We Survived the Big Storm

Well, I’ve had a few comments on my post from Monday (e-mails too) thinking that the kids had a party during yesterday’s storm.
No. I didn’t let them play in the rain during one of Phoenix’ worst storm. I think I need to post things more regularly. I’m sure it would look like that [...]

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring …

Wow, what an incredible storm came through today!!! It was hot today, over 100 degrees and pretty nice and sunny all day. At about 3:00, I could see clouds rolling in and then this big black one was coming in just at the time I was at the school to pick up the kids (4:00). [...]

The Gift of Laughter

I love how laughter can feed my soul so much. I met a group of amazing women tonight at a party that was supposed to be for my daughter. (I’m sure she had a wonderful time too but this post is about me .) All of the moms initially congregated in, guess where – [...]

I wanna AWANA

Next week AWANA will begin at our new church, Laveen Baptist Church. They have an open house registration and then the fun begins for every Wednesday for the entire school year (except the occasional holiday). Eric and I have volunteered to lead the Sparkies (K through 2nd grade). This grade is so fun yet busy. [...]

Birthdays, birthdays, birthdays … and birthdays again

Three birthdays this week … actually four in our family but one day, tomorrow is for the twins, Mason and Drew. Friday is Cooper’s birthday too. They have a busy week back home. I’m here and not even aware of what festivities have been planned or have already happened. Seems so weird. I was so [...]

Emily’s 13th Birthday Party

What a fun time I had at Emily’s birthday party last weekend. It’s such an honor to be included in this group of girls and dance the night away with crazy routines and girl chat. They are growing up so fast and so mature for their ages. I took a lot of pictures this time [...]

Girlfriends

The weekend started out with my friend Jenny (www.jennyonthespot.com – check out her blog!). She picked me up at the airport and we talked the entire hour and a half to our night out … and I’m sure could have continued late into the night. One of those special friends that you pick right [...]

The Flu Has Hit

What a fabulous weekend I had going back home to visit friends and family in Washington. It rained, no surprise there, but everything else was terrific. This is the first of several posts of the weekend of fun.
I returned last night and all was well until I woke up this morning to Haley having [...]

It’s like we’re in Hawaii!

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Today our plants arrived. Amazing how quickly they were all put in. Jack hammers to get through the hard dirt and after an hour and a half or so … 42 plants were in. It was so great to see GREEN!!! My absolute favorite palm is the pineapple palm and we have one [...]

Pool Fun

Well, I guess I’m updating with a lot at once as I downloaded so many pictures today that I had to share. This past weekend, Lorena was here and I realize today that I didn’t get one single picture of her in our new pool! We were in it a lot – I guess since [...]