Post Christmas

We had a late Christmas with Jason, Carolyn, Isaac, Briana and Rob. Isaac really liked his new puzzles from Marsha and Richard.

Lucy liked her new food processor. Curtis is looking forward to new food combinations.

Isaac really liked his new basketball backboard, the same type that his cousin was also given.

Best friends.

Joy bonds growing.

Daddy relaxing.

Watching Briana's pictures of lions in South Africa.

The new tunnel, much like the one that Darcy uses in agility training.

Very special people.

Catalina State Park

The whole gang went on a hike at the Catalina State Park. Well, to be more accurate, after we corrected the GPS problem we went hiking. The GPS took us to a different Catalina Park, there was a "slight" operator error in choosing the incorrect destination. The pictures do not show any of the ministry children due to regulations in that regard. The adults carried the toddlers on the first leg. Curtis took four of the children, ages 8 to 12, on a total 5.6 mile hike. It was the rockiest trail Curtis had ever been on. The children were amazing hikers. Even the eight year old girl did well, at times having to crawl over the big rocks in the trail, while the older boyes could just step over the rocks. The destination was an amazing waterfall and pools, in the desert! It was beautiful. Later we opened some presents, went with the big family to church, looked at Christmas lights, and ate homemade "Trisha friendly" cheesecake. Curtis helped the children make leather crafts. It was a real challenge moderating the younger children to do time intensive leather detail. We finally got back to the "Respit House" at 11pm, a very full day.

Arizona Scenary

Arizona Day 2

Arizona Visit

Festus

Lucy and Curtis visited Marsha and Richard's church to watch Richard star as the character Festus in the play called Return to Cricket County. He did extremely well and the audience laughed uproariously with him. Festus was a hillbilly who was trying to learn his lines. He had four main lines and he would spout one of these lines at the most appropriate moments. Afterwards Marsha fed us pizza and multiple helpings of desserts. Curtis nearly fell asleep driving home.

Assorted recent pictures

Isaac loves to read. Skyler is of course very interested.

Skyler is the queen of relaxation, nothing bothers her.

We like to relax and watch the aquarium, I've heard it lowers the blood pressure.