Saturday, January 24, 2009

Birthday!

It's been quite a birthday weekend! Don and I went out to dinner last night after he got home from work, and then we got up and went hiking today in the mountain canyon just east of the house. It was beautiful! The stream was running (which the dogs loved) and there was a gentle breeze. I love all the boulders and the plant life. Then my mom, Jennifer, and Nicole came over for dinner and games (which included watching the Arizona Wildcats win their basketball game-yea!). It's been a full, really fun few days. Thanks, sweet family, for a great week of time together, good food, and great memories!


I put a slide show to the right of some of the pictures we took while hiking today. Hope you enjoy them!
























Sunday, January 18, 2009

Good Week!

This week began last Monday with removing packrats from an attic space in a home in the foothills, and will finish this Monday with removing raccoons from another family's attic. In between we played soccer Wednesday night, Don had a soccer game Friday night, My mom and sister, Susan, took me to lunch at Olive Garden for an early birthday (yummy), and the Collins family came over to spend the day with us Saturday. It was fun to see them again and have some time to spend with them.


The keeper!



Lunch at Olive Garden


Kerri, Chase, Don and Pat (being silly), and Aurora



Badminton and horse shoe playing area

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Resolution Time

Since this is the time of year that everyone makes resolutions, one of mine is going to be "remember to take the camera with you every place you go and take pictures for the blog"!!!! We have had a fun couple of weeks, but the only time I remembered to take pictures was yesterday (and Don ended up taking them). Oh well. I've got a whole new year in front of me to improve!


We had a fun New Year's Eve with my cousins, Roger and Jean, and then spent New Year's Day getting some exercise (soccer and walking) once we woke up. Don did a 15.3 mile hike two days later with the Boy Scouts, went to a couple of soccer practices during the week, and played goal keeper during the first game (last Friday night). It was really fun for him. I stayed on the sidelines and tried to stay warm as I cheered. The games will now be every Friday night.


This weekend there was a big 3-day horse event at the equestrian center here in the park that Don was involved with. Below are a couple of pictures from yesterday...ahh...Tucson in the winter! So beautiful!










The biggest thing that happened over the last two weeks (in my mind) was that the Stake Presidency redrew the boundary lines in our part of the stake so our ward will now be bigger. Everyone will have only one calling from now on...I wonder which of our 5 callings we will be released from...hmmm...we should know in the next couple of weeks. We are looking forward to meeting more people in our "new" ward.


Tomorrow we start another week of critter gittering with some packrats that are making themselves at home in someone's attic space. It's also a week of working on the needs of the HOA in our old neighborhood, since I am still the President. Hopefully, we will be able to hold new elections at our March meeting, and I will be relieved of that responsibility. The kids and grandkids are doing well in Germany...we get to talk to them via the internet with the webcam...it's so good to see them. We miss them! The girls keep in touch almost everyday, for which we are grateful. We love our little family!