Bathroom re-do BEFORE and AFTER

BEFORE pictures of the main bathroom.  Since I was re-doing the dining room and had some extra paint, I decided to paint this dark burgundy wall, the same "mocha" color that I painted in the dining room.  (Those pictures will be coming when that room gets finished...hopefully soon :).

BEFORE:  I ended-up changing the rugs, shower curtain, toilet lid cover, pictures, stuff on the counter, etc. as you will see in the pictures below.  It is fun to change things up a bit.  The rugs are MEMORY FOAM and they feel so good under your feet!!!  They can be a bit spendy unless you shop at Wal-Mart!  Lol ; )

The LAST   "BEFORE" picture.  The rest of the pictures below are all of the AFTER pictures of what I did to change up the bathroom.  I am happy with how it turned out.  Its amazing what a little paint, some pictures, towels, rugs etc. can do to spruce up a room!!!

The Grand Canyon Train & Tour from Williams, Arizona

Our entertainer on the return trip, Clarence Clearwater, www.clearwater.com he sells CD's and he was good and also a comedian.  We enjoyed him too. 

 This was when we looked out the window and saw the "robbers" riding up on their horses!

The Train we took from Williams, AZ.  It's 65 miles to the Grand Canyon and 2 hours & 15 minutes each way.  Williams is about 2 1/2 from Lake Havasu City.  You climb to an elevation of 7100+ feet.

Some of the beauty of the Grand Canyon.

Tom & I.

These mules are some that are used as pack mules and riding mules to go down into the Grand Canyon.  A person has NEVER been lost due to a mule losing its footing, however, two mule have lost their lives due to slipping off the trail!

The train station.

 On the train ride home the train got stopped by "robbers"...they halted the train, and got on, and here they are............."LOOK OUT"!!!!!!!!!!  HOLD ON TO YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!

They look pretty 'fierce' don't they???  But then the Sheriff came below to help out!!!

 This horse and buggy w/ the dog was just outside the train station waiting to give rides to anyone just after riding on the train to the Grand Canyon!

 Our hotel room  in Williams at The Grand Canyon Railroad Hotel.  It was a really nice place to stay and just beside the train station.  Highly recommend it!

 The MAIN Lobby of the Hotel....was very cozy with the fireplace and beautiful pictures and beautiful staircase and chandalier, etc. to look like the old times.  It was pretty neat looking!!!

 At the train station in Williams, AZ where you catch the train for the Grand Canyon.

 JoAnn Peterson and her son Dale from Eastern, WA.  JoAnn took Tom and I on this trip for my birthday.  It was a special gift I must say, from a special friend!!!  JoAnn's son, Dale had never been on this train trip to the Grand Canyon before either, so it was fun for all of us!  Once we got to the canyon, we caught a bus, and took a bus tour, then we ate lunch at a lodge all as part of the "GRAND TOUR PACKAGE".

 These two pictures were part of the "shoot-out" which took place in the morning before you even board the train.  It takes about 15 minutes.  It's a fun humorous skit....and these three men become the bank "robbers" later that "hold-up" the train on your way back from the train.  They actually ride up on horseback!

 This fella entertained us on our way up on his banjo with singing and music.  Yep, he was good!

 Taken from my window.  A neat vantage point as we rounded a curve!!!

 A lot of the scenery we saw as we climbed to higher altitudes!

SPECIAL TIMES!!!

 Derek, Tom, Pam, Trisa Chavez, & Malia holding Missy, her puppy.  At the poluck at our house on Monday, October 24, 2011.  Six workers were here, along with the friends here in Havasu.  It was so nice to all be together.  Really special times. Been a long time since we've had any time with Trisa!

The next morning we met up and took a little "tour" down to the London Bridge with Susan Hansen, Andrea Gronley, Virginia Boyd and Trisa.  This is in front of the fountain by the bridge.  So nice to be together.  Joe Alexander and Bill Brown were also in town for the potluck!

Tom is IN LOVE with a new little girl!!!

Malia has purchased herself a new little puppy, Missy....she has brought her over to the house several times now.  I'm not a HUGE animal lover, but Tom is, and he loves this little girl...he thinks we finally have a little granddaughter!!!  She has blue eyes.  She's 6 weeks here and is 8 weeks now and has had her first shots.  The couple where Malia lives and rents a room have the parents which are a pit bull and a bull mastiff (the mother and father).  I'm afraid for them to be around children, but Missy is only a child, and a cute one at that...and there's no children here...hopefully, Malia will raise her correctly to be a good, obedient, happy, little girl!

I love "JUST BECAUSE"

I love "Just Because" and "No Special Reason" especially coming from my sweetie pie :) :) :)

And Some People Think There is No God???

 Tom & I drove through Yosemite National Park on September 20, 2011.  What an awesome drive!  It was absolutely beautiful and to see God's handiwork...pictures just don't do it justice!!!   After you see some of these huge rocks and the beauty you wonder how anyone could question that there is a God!

 Half-Dome @ Yosemite Park...

 Guess Who?

We were at nearly 10,000 feet elevation at this point...and a storm was rumbling (thunder) in the distance as well as rain drops were coming quickly...we soon got a downpour!!! But it was just as we were driving down and out of the park.  It was an absolutly beautiful day-drive through the park!