Phoenix

Last week we got the chance to go over to Phoenix to visit dear family we hadn't seen in years...some many, many years. We had such a great time! Reconnecting with loved ones and meeting new ones is so fun.
The girls had an absolute blast with cousins and cousins kids. We sure do thank the Lord for Family!
And thanks to Family for being wonderful hosts.

Brrrrr

Well, it's a sunny 37 degrees up here in Colorado and we are COLD! But lovin' our family time. Shannon's parents and sister and brother along with their families are all here as well as dear friends not seen nearly enough. So we are soakin' it up!

We just sent out a letter to everyone who signed up last weekend at the Conference last weekend. Unfortunately, several got kicked back and a couple were hard to dicipher. So if you did NOT get an e-mail from us around 4pm on Tuesday (check your spam) let us know so we can try again.

That's it for now, I'll post snow pics soon!

Lost Moments

I've loved our time home. The one downside has been no internet at home, so no blogging after bed-time. Every day things happen that I know you would love to hear about, but alas. Here's the first in a LOOOOOONG while:

Today we had our first pet burial. Mimi Melanie bought a fish, Skittles, when Hunter was maybe 2. Today she no longer moved her gills...the only thing that had moved in a while. So, out we went with a post-hole digger, a cardboard jewelry box, and a floppy fish. We put her 6 feet, I mean inches under and covered her up. I paraphrased the "dust to dust" passage and asked Hunter if she wanted to pray and thank God for Skittles.

"Dear Lord. Thank you for Skittles (voice breaking, sniffles starting). We know you've brought these two dogs to heaven (the Brown's previous 2 black labs buried there), so please, Lord, (tears falling now), please bring Skittles to heaven too! Amen"

At this point I am trying to hide my chuckles but still peek at her and I see her catch her tears on her finger, lower her hand and shake the tears off onto the fresh grave. Several times. Ah, my darling. How I adore you.

Family FUN!

Christmas...American Style

Lookin' Pretty

December