Before the big project

We started a great, exciting project. We bought new granite countertops for the kitchen and main bathroom!!

This is a good view of the beautiful yellow counters and harvest gold drop in stove. Now all we need is a backsplash to finish the project :)

And After

We put in new granite countertops in our main bathroom and the kitchen. It all started because I wanted/needed a new stove. As you can see in the old pictures our stove was a drop in so we had to cut countertops in order to replace it. These are just quick pictures. You'll see I don't even have the bathroom drawers put back in yet.

The backsplash has not been determined yet. You can see the samples against the walls. Hopefully we will decide soon so we can get the kitchen finished.

The new stove that started the whole project. We kept the old range top and just painted it with black laquer.

Even new counters will work for OCD girls who need to line up princesses.

These are all pictures of Zion National Park. We stopped there on our way back. Yep, it snowed there, too. We have been here lots of times but it still seems so spectacular. We also went to Red Rock Canyon and Hoover Dam but those pictures are on my phone and I still need to find the cord to download those. My camera battery died the day we went there.

20 mule team borax

I need to start with an explanation of the badwater sign picture. The man in the picture was not Rick so I just wanted the sign not the guys head. I just got impatient waiting for our turn.

These pictures are of the borax mine in Death Valley. Anyone out there remember the show "Death Valley Days"? There was always the pictures of the mule team and wagons when they advertised borax cleaning stuff. This part really intrigued Rick.

Death Valley

I have always wanted to go to Death Valley. Here we are at the lowest place in the western hemisphere.

This part was called Artist Drive because it had different colors. It looks pretty blah, but it really was one of the highlights of our trip.

Then you have some oasis areas around water. There is a little golf course in this little area.

Spring Break

Hopefully this is the beginning of several posts. Rick and I just stayed 5 days in a time share in Vegas. The first two pictures were from The Valley of Fire on our way into Vegas.

We spent about 4 hours on The Strip. This is a new building going up that seems to have no vertical sides. The tall tower in the back is part of the crazy building as well. The strip is not our favorite place. Some of the places are pretty cool but the atmosphere is so decadent and crowded.

Here you see what? Yes, snow in Las Vegas! It was record cold. It seems that Rick and I foster that when we go places on spring break.