Vacation: Day 3

We stayed in the night on the edge of New Mexico and attended services with the saints. It was a good opportunity to worship and meet with those of like precious faith. We then had a nicer meal at Cracker Barrel before hitting to road to travel some more. Everyone was ready to get to the destination as we have been traveling for two days already. We have been traveling well and have made good use of our time in the car by having family devotionals, reviewing Bible facts, planning for future events, making specific plans for our vacation. Kaylee took a lot of pictures from the car. All of us have enjoyed the dessert and the different scenery from where we live. We arrived at the Grand Canyon at about 4:00 PM local time and immedeately went to check in and find the trail head so that JT and I can be ready to hike it tomorrow. It took us a little bit to find our way around this small part of the park but once we did, we really enjoyed it. The look on the kids' faces when they got a glimps of the canyon for the first time was priceless. JT said it was worth the four-year wait! As soon as we got moved into the room, we took off to get something to eat. We ate at an Italian restaurant so that JT and I could get some energy for our trip tomorrow. Shawna and Kaylee went back to the room to move in and get settled. I took JT to a look-out point and he really enjoyed it. It got dark soon after so we went back to the room, had a family devotional, and went to bed. Looking back, it was hard to sleep that night as JT and I were so excited about hiking the canyon. Here are some pictures of the day.

-j