This past month, I discovered a wonderful thing: I can check out books from the library online and read them on my computer! Okay, I’m pretty sure when I first said that to Curtis, he was pretty disgusted – he’s a traditionalist when it comes to reading. Like in order to actually have read the…
Charlie – 4 months and 1 week old Today marks 2 months of having Charlotte in our home, our routine, our laundry, our food, our recycling, and our hearts. She’s impressed us with her strength and annoyed us with her stubbornness. She’s tested every limit and broke every boundary that we set up. She’s been…
Hooray! My mom was finally able to take a much deserved vacation and come see me!! 🙂 We had been to Tucson together once before I lived here, but this was her first time getting to see our home and some of our favorite spots. Of course the best part about the week was just…
Sedona – home of the beautiful red rocks in Arizona. Even if you’ve never heard of it, you’ve probably seen pictures of the quintessential red rock formations. I remember hearing about it for the first time from a teacher at my massage school, as she spoke about her travels there and the beauty and serenity…
Veteran’s Day Hike! November 11, 2014 Picacho Peak Happy Veteran’s Day! We are thankful for all who have served and are currently serving. Tonight we talked a bit about how different next year’s Veteran’s day will be, after Curtis has begun his service. For today, we were thankful for a day off from school so…
November 8, 2014 Carr and Miller peaks Arizona’s 20-20 challenge – 20 diverse and prominent peaks and canyons throughout the state of Arizona. We have hiked the #1 peak – Mt. Humphreys – and the #11 – Mt. Wrightson. We’ve also been to the peaks of Heliograph (#6) and Mt. Lemmon (#17), but those are…