Dust Storm!

Bryce, Cody & I set out on our walk yesterday afternoon trying to beat what we thought was a rainstorm heading our direction. As I was looking at the sky, I was thinking to myself that it was looking a little too brown to be a rain cloud and just as we made it to the end of our street, Wayne came flying around the corner on his motorcycle to tell us that he had just raced a huge dust storm home. So we all headed back to the house and just as we shut the garage door, the cloud of dust hit. Here are some pics of the dust cloud from the local news channel. They say it was a 90-mile long wall of dust which was one of the biggest dust storms in years...

Now you can see the Superbowl Stadium...

Now you can't...

Ahhhh.....Kansas!

Bryce and I had a great time during our visit in Kansas. We definitely enjoyed the much cooler weather and seeing all the green grass and trees. We stayed busy the whole time going to Chicago to our cousin David's wedding, going to the K-State stockyards & gardens, visiting with friends, picking pumpkins in grandma & grandpa's backyard, hiking on the Konza and most importantly, going to the K-State Football game. Go Cats! When we left Kansas Wednesday morning, it was raining and 59 degrees. When we arrived in Arizona, it was a sunny & warm 105 degrees. Bah!

We're getting back into the swing of things at home now and Wayne is certainly happy to have us back. Bryce starts soccer practice on Saturday and starts school part-time on Monday so, we'll have to let everyone know how that goes.

At the wedding...

Hanging out with grandpa in his tent...

Helping grandma make cookies...

His favorite animal at the stockyard...

Picking pumpkins from the pumpkin patch (note: if you ever want to grow pumpkins in your backyard, just throw your old pumpkins out back and let nature take it's course...)

Go Cats!

K-State Gardens...

Hiking on the Konza (Actually, Bryce did very little hiking and more shoulder riding)

Random pics...