Young Life - Kingman Arizona

I had the amazing opportunity to be a Young Life leader at Lost Canyon Camp (Williams, AZ) during July. We had a great group of Kingman kids go...and it was a blast. I had so much fun getting to know the girls and guys! I felt really old and ancient at first, but I got over myself pretty quickly. (with the help of some stellar ladies like Linda Ann and Amy Smiley!) Here are some shots of the facility itself. Gorgeous. They really thought of everything! I feel so priviledged to be a part of such a stellar organization GO YOUNG LIFE!

July was a blast!

We had such a great time in July...time with good friends, good food, family 4th of July! It was great...especially because we didn't think it would work out this year!

These are some of my favorite shots from Haskells Beach in SB.
CALLAN

CAMO

CALLAN

PANINI

It's been a while since I have posted...I have been soooo busy. I did just want to take this opportunity to let everyone know that my Paninis are better than Dom's. Everyone says so...they just won't say it to his face. :)

Funny Farm

I thought I would introduce you to some of the inhabitants of the Funny Farm...25 Chickens, 6 Turkeys (not including Dan), 1 pony, 2 dogs, 2 pigs and 4 cats (3 of them short). Never in my wildest dreams did I ever believe I would be living this life...what did I do to deserve this? Dan took the boys today to look at a cow. The cow is where I draw the line...He is trying to convince me we'll save money on milk...why am I having a vision of me out milking the cow?

Short Cats

Some how or another I ended up with more cats. I figure they will keep the yucky things away...so that's how I justified it. Camo is really excited about it because he "always wanted some short cats". Too cute.

My second home is Home Depot.

So, anyone that knows me...knows that I spend a lot of time at Home Depot. I think I almost gave birth to a couple of my children there. We have been remodeling homes for many years now and its just a given that I will spend at least 5 hours a week at that store. Everyone knows me by name...and I have a personal relationship with the Store Manager, Phil. Now, I am not bragging...I am just setting you up for our trip to Home Depot yesterday.
Dan and I go to Home Depot yesterday morning for a few items...and halfway there we hear a "meowing" noise. Great. The cat is in the car. With gas prices the way they are these days, there was no way we were turning around to drop off the cat...so we continued on. We shop, check out, and are loading our purchases in the back of the car...when all of a sudden this man comes up to us to notify us that our cat is in Home Depot. How embarrassing. I chased the cat through the lumber department before finally catching it and throwing it back in the car. It was pretty funny.

El Pollo Locco

I caught my husband out feeding the chickens a few mornings ago like this...I don't really know what to say about it...other than he has some serious issues. At least the kids thought it was funny...