Time with Alli

This holiday weekend several of my grandchildren and their parents went to the Grand Canyon to give service to the Indian tribe that live in the village at the bottom on the canyon. The older boys that are in high school hiked down to the bottom on Thursday night. (the thought scared me to death, but I was assured it was safe and it is done all the time). Everyone else in the group of 4 families hiked down in the morning on Friday. They had prepared a full day of activities to share with the families who live there to make the 4th of July celebration fun for all.

Alli my youngest grandaughter was lonely, being left home all alone with her dad. On Friday eveing the 4th the rest of her cousins were all involved in going to the Diamondback baseball game and she was bored. I decided to have this opportunity to spend some time with her one on one. I called and ask Steve if he and Alli wanted to go out to dinner with me and they both agreed. We went to Islands at Desert Ridge and then walked around the marketplace. A HUGE storm was approaching so we headed home, to wait for it to blow over and the fireworks to start. They can be watched from Steve's front yard, since the fireworks display is just a few blocks from their house.

On Saturday Alli and I went to see the new movie "Kit Kitridge"..such a fun movie. We both loved it and laughed and I learned so much about living during the great depression. The cast of characters is so fun in the movie, they teach several great lessons on bigotry, being humble and on being honest as well as the struggles that the people endured living at that time in the United States, all the while making it such a fun movie to watch. You fall in love with Kit and her family .

The movie is a great one for all ages and there were more adults my age in the theater than children and everyone loved it. Alli had a fun weekend and I know I did. It was fun to be able to spend some one on one time with her.