End of the Year Snow!!

It had really started to snow and accumulate as we came home

last night from seeing "Mary Poppins", which was FABULOUS by the way!

Joshua was ready for a snowball fight bright and early this morning!

Isaac, and Willie, coming to meet Joe and me as we return from a short walk!

So beautiful and peaceful, while it lasted!

Fall Basketball

These boys LOVE basketball!

They are already looking at national rankings and wondering who will make it to

March Madness!

The local high school basketball coach offered a fall Saturday basketball 

opportunity  for elementary aged boys

.

Great practice and a lot of fun!

JOSHUA!!

ISAAC!!

The boys also had the opportunity to be "Ball Boys" for one of the WHS home games!

Unfortunately, the Cowboys lost to Desert Christian, but it was still a great game!

A great time of fun for sure!

An Unexpected Weekend With Courtney!

Courtney spent the entire last week in San Diego on business.  She was

supposed to fly back to Huntsville on Saturday, but ended up having to stop over in 

Tucson to attend a meeting with Raytheon.

How wonderful!

We got to have her here with us for the weekend, and then she met with Jonathan

and Rachel Monday night for dinner.

Then back to Huntsville on Tuesday.......whew what a whirlwind!!!

These two younger brothers were beyond excited to have big sister here!

We didn't do much!  I fed her good homecooked meals, we watched Christmas
movies, and went to church!

I'm so glad the older three were able to connect for a dinner in Tucson!

An Afternoon with Rachel and Elenna!

What better place to meet than Costco!!

Eat a meal together that's workable for a three year old, and get shopping done

at the same time!

Miss Elenna certainly does love her two youngest uncles!

It was so good to see these girls again!  Rachel's feeling great, and Baby Nathan is

due to arrive in early February - on my birthday!

Afterwards, we went over to Rachel's church where they were having a

Christmas celebration, complete with all kinds of crafts, a living Nativity, a large

"snowball room", etc. where kids and adults could throw cotton snowballs  for a five

minute interval!  It was a blast!  Snowflakes were coming down from a machine up high, and

it was like a winter wonderland.  It was so dark that my pictures didn't come out very well -

Isaac and Joshua were hard to track down because they were having so much fun!!

Cookie decorating!

The cookie decorating room looked like this..............

......so we went off to the side by ourselves.  It was packed!

It was a fun time as a family!

Willcox Lighted Parade

In early December, our little town of Willcox, had a lighted parade.

It was great fun, great weather, and a good way to usher in the Christmas season!

There were carolers by the theater.

Isaac and Joshua got to ride on the Extended Hands Ministries float.  They

 handed out candy canes - Joshua was on the other side, so I never got a 

picture of him!

This float from Stotz Equipment was a big hit!

Burning Tumbleweeds!

When we lived in Nebraska we raked and burned leaves.

Here in Arizona we have the annual fall chore of raking and burning tumbleweeds!

I say "we"..........I was just the photographer and did some raking!

These boys are strong to serve!

Isaac 11 1/2

Joshua 10 1/2

A look at our beautiful row of Arizona Cypress - they have tripled

in size over the last several years!

Willie, the dog, likes to hang out with the family!