How in heaven’s name have I lived here in the desert for almost twenty years and have never spent time in Sedona? (just a little over two hours away). I always like to ask for hikes for my birthday. It seems like a good ploy to hit my family up…
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It was my birthday on January 24th (which Dave made pretty well known over in these parts since he put together a very sweet “birthday hack” post). He had printed out all those nice things for me at breakfast that morning and I just sat there and read them with…
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There are many times I forget why in heaven’s name we live in the desert. Those are the days when I can’t even think very straight since I’m just trying to keep from melting in the heat. But in the winter? That is when I remember. Right now we live…
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Ok, now we are home and I still didn’t post this, but here we go, get ready for lots of posts after this… better late than never… _______________________________________________________________________ Hello from London where we are visiting my sister. Oh boy, do I ever have a lot to catch up on here,…
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It is spring here in the desert. Everything is in full bloom. The flowers are budding, the birds are chirping, and if only I could bottle up the smell of the orange blossoms filling the air everywhere you go. Oh boy. It’s all glorious except for the fact that…
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We felt so very thankful that we got to have so much family at Max’s farewell. I looked around over and over and over again this last weekend filled with so much love and gratitude for them and all they did to support and help. All the in-town siblings plus…
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When you turn in mission papers not only can you get called anywhere in the whole wide world to serve for those two years (or 18 months if you’re a girl), you never know when you’ll be called to leave either. Max put December 18th as his “availability date”…
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When my sister-in-law from Utah is in town it turns into a party here. I talked a little bit about her visit back HERE, but I left out our hike. And I kind of have to put it in here because not only was it great conversation (I love each…