And just like that, the holidays were over and we were on our long journey home. I don’t think goodbyes will ever get easier for me, and no matter where I live and make my home, I’ll always be looking forward to the next time we go back to our hometown. Â That morning, we…
We arrived in Iowa on Friday night, December 19. I always love returning to my hometown and being at either of our family’s homes. It’s such a warm, relaxing, and happy feeling to be home and with people who know us and love us so much! We’re so blessed to have both of our families…
From December 18-19, 2014 How blessed we are to have an extra long Christmas break! I don’t know if I will ever say that phrase again, but at least I know that we took advantage of it and enjoyed it as much as we could! This year, we did our “reverse snowbird” thing again and…
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…
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…
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…