We Are Engaged

You heard it correctly, Nico said YES, to the big question. Here are the details on how it all went down. We drove to Sedona our favorite place to hike, and hiked Devil's Bridge (Arch) Trail. The trail rises quickly out of a valley to a cliff that over looks a wind made arch with an awesome view of the valley below. When we reached the arch, I set up the camera to take a series of consecutive pictures and proceeded to suprise Nico by dropping to one knee and asking her to marry me while the camera flashed away. Even though you can't see in the pictures the look on her face was priceless.



The link below is the exact GPS location that the proposal took place

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Below are some more pictures of the hike up to and on the bridge.

Welcom Rohan

Congratulations to Mike and Mara on the arrival of their son Rohan Alexander.

Welcome 2009

Happy New Year
Nico and I finished 2008 in a grand way, with a visit from our friends from the frigid lands to the North, known as Missouri. We had a great time with them here and got to do so much hiking with them.
Thursday -Christmas Morning, Nico and I relaxed around the tree and opened gifts. Then we were off to the Airport to pick up Mike and Mara. We spent the evening making deranged Christmas cookies and ate a nice Christmas dinner.
Friday we watched Three Sheets and drank along with Zane.On Saturday we hiked Waterfall Trail and Black Rock Trail in the White Tank Mountains.Sunday we ventured out again to hike Thunderbird mountain and Lookout mountain trails, We had a great lunch at Four Peaks Brewery along with dinner at Raul and Theresa's Mexican restaurant.
Monday we hung out with Mara's aunt Heather and family. On Wednesday - New Years Eve, we all went on a very long drive up to Cave Creek Trail and went a on a 4 mile hike in a small canyon along the creek. Thursday morning after only 4 hrs of sleep we were back at the airport to see Mike and Mara off, back to the freezer box that they had come from.