Catch Up

A couple of weeks ago I said I would post pictures of Jennifer's new purple glasses and Nicole's new purple and green art studio (which in our upstairs office). Today I'm finally going to get around to doing that!

I was also going to post pictures from our little jaunt to the Renaissance Festival, but that's not going to happen. When we got there last Monday, the line of cars on the highway trying to get into the several-acre-large parking lot (which was already nearly full) was more than a mile long. Don (who hates crowds and hanging out in long lines) was not very enthusiastic, so we came back home and went to a movie and out to dinner instead. Maybe next year!

Another Good Week!

I'm sorry that I didn't get any pictures taken this week. It seems like we ran a hundred miles an hour all week long and really enjoyed ourselves, but I never managed to make everyone sit still long enough to take pictures. Oh well. I'll try to do better this coming week.

Highlights: we had friends over Monday night for dinner and Family Home Evening which was very enjoyable. He also played soccer two nights (they won their game this week), and worked on trapping a little spotted skunk in someone's house. I went to lunch with Carol (a good friend that I haven't seen in months). It was so good to catch up on her life and that of her family. We're glad to report that the University of Arizona basketball team beat both USC and UCLA this weekend--yea! Don had Boy Scouts and scout committee meetings this week, and took his scouts on an 11 mile hike yesterday morning. We had a fun Valentine's Day (dinner, movie, and dessert), and are looking forward to getting the garden planted next weekend. Tomorrow we plan to go to the Renaissance Festival which is up between Florence Junction and Gold Canyon since Don has the day off.

Hope you all had a good week, too!

Happy Birthday to My Mom and Nicole

Today we had the family over (all of them, that is, that live in Pima County) for my mother's 81st birthday and Nicole's 22nd birthday. We had a good dinner together and had a fun time. I'll post a few pictures below.

I went to lunch this week with my friend Valerie and her husband. It was the half way point between our two birthdays (which are 3 weeks apart). It was good to visit and catch up with each other.

And on the critter front, we handled a couple of calls: skunks and ringtail cats. It's been warm this week...up to 79 degrees F., and next it's supposed to snow again (twice in one winter--that's pretty unusual for us). We'll see if it actually happens!

Day by Day

We've had another fun but busy week. We had friends over Monday whose company we always enjoy. Tuesday was Boy Scouts, Wednesday was Soccer, Thursday I sang at a Visiting Teaching Convention, Friday was another soccer game, and somewhere in the middle of all of that we worked, got critters, and took care of other responsibilities. On Saturday we went to the temple in Mesa. I was grateful for the peace and a chance to step out of the noise of the world for a while. On our way home we found an interesting sign on the roadside...I'll put a picture below for you to see. We also saw both girls. Nicole, who is now using our upstairs office space for an art studio, got her things moved in Friday night, and we got new glasses for Jennifer on Saturday. I'll try to remember to get pictures of both. Yes, a busy week, but we loved every minute of it. Life is good!