Merry Christmas 2018

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

December 2018

A chance for Pepper and Pearl to explore the garden!

Our 'small group' - prayer partners, and do life together family.

November 2018

Celebrating Lilly's 11th birthday!

(Zack, Emma, Zander, Lilly, & Matthew)

New flooring for the front room.

Completed the novel Frankenstein, saw the play, and had fun with an art project.

October 2018

Our dear friends, the Vega family, visit from Argentina.

Great Granny Rich's funeral in TN.  She is an inspiration for living a life fully for Jesus.

Halloween - Pepper had fun greeting the kids at our front door.  He's doing well on his medication.
Lilly went out (Sloth in front) with her neighborhood girlfriends.

September 2018

Nana & Papa Joe visited for 10 days.

Tonya & Craig joined us for an afternoon at Odyssea Aquarium.

Micah sports his cards - he's getting really good at cardistry and magic tricks.

Pepper and Pearl enjoy their perch at the front window.  They greet us when we come home and they "meow" good-bye when we leave.

Pepper had some symptoms that have continued to persist throughout the last month and all began to culminate together.  We scheduled an appointment with the vet on Monday morning (9/17/18) but Lilly persisted we take him to VetMed on Sunday.  We found out he has an enlarged heart and his lungs were full of fluid.  He is going through congenital heart failure.

August 2018

We celebrated Micah's 15th birthday at K-1 Racing.  Since summer baseball is done we scheduled his wisdom teeth to be pulled.
Matt and Lilly went to St. Louis for a weekend to celebrate his cousin's wedding reception with family.  They got to go into the Arch.
Lilly began taking classes at Circus School of Arizona.  She does aerial silks, tightrope, trapeze and the lyra hoop.  At home she continues to make DIY crafts.
Before school got underway we spent our annual week in Flagstaff with Aunt Alice.  It is such a blessing to us to have that time to relax!  We spent one afternoon at a favorite place of mine - Flagstaff Extreme (an obstacle course in the trees).  :)

July 2018

Micah's 14u team, PCA, won the championship game in their last tournament of the summer.  A great clincher!
The kids and I went to Camp Verde area with some friends to a new jumping hole.  There were 3 levels of cliffs!
Soles For Souls is well underway, but we are taking breaks with days at Wet N' Wild, DBacks baseball games, and activities with friends.

June 2018

What an incredible fun-filled month!  SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER. 😊
Micah spent time RC racing with his buddies, playing baseball (practice and weekend tournaments) and working on coach Steve's houseboat.  Lilly hosted a 'slime party', went to Horse Camp, played with our neighborhood friends, and served at FMSC with the Adventure Girls' group.  Both kids attended the SBC (Scottsdale Bible Church) Performing Arts Camp.  During their adventures, I began our annual Soles For Souls planning, communications and activities.

The most exciting news ... we got kittens!!  Oh my goodness.  Their names are Pepper (male, dark tabby) and Pearl (female, white/silver).