relishing the life God has given us
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year From our family to yours! click to enlarge! Our year began with us back in Iowa with our families, celebrating Christmas in 7 different homes, traveling with Curtis’ family to Michigan to see family, traveling with my family to Missouri to some basketball tournaments, and surviving the -30 wind chills that came across the… Read More
It’s beginning to *feel* a lot like Christmas! Here in Arizona, you can’t go by looks, because it always looks the same in the desert. So I guess you could say it always looks like Christmas… 😉 Anyway, it is becoming quite chilly down here. It’s only 60 degrees right now, and I’m sitting here all bundled up and drinking… Read More
Saturday, December 6, 2014 Hiking in the Tortolita Mountain range We planned to do this hike the week before leaving for Supai – we needed something else to look forward to once that adventure was over! Even though we were planning on hiking 12+ miles, we still let ourselves sleep in and took our time getting ready. Only 12 miles?… Read More
One major thing was on our minds while we prepared for hiking to the Supai Village: What were we going to eat? Obviously, when you’re hiking 10+ miles a day, you’re going to need a lot of food to keep you going, so how could we bring down the most food in our 3 collective backpacks? I was their “water… Read More
Sunday, November 30, 2014 Let me just say – staying in the lodge may be pricier than camping, but it is SO worth it! I’m not sure we could have finished out this trip strong without a great night’s sleep in the very comfy beds! Not to mention, some of us may have been too cold to camp on these… Read More
November 29, 2014 Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Do something every day that scares you.” Now let’s say, hypothetically, if you do like 20 scary somethings in one day, can you save them up and not do anything scary for the next 19 days? I think I need a break after today’s adventure. 🙂 Breakfast of champions! We awoke before dawn… Read More