4 from Oregon 2 Arizona--Highlights

Such a fun trip

went by too fast

lots of pictures

thanks Zach for being such a good sport

Hard to leave

Henry begged to stay

We'll be back

The Heat

When I lived in Oregon, and people would visit and it was raining--I would apologize.  I knew I did not have anything to do with it, but still, I felt bad.  Two weekends ago our friends were here in Arizona for Spring Training and it was HOT.  Not like August hot, but the sun was bringing it on and were at a ball field with little shade, so we were hot.  I felt like I had to apologize.  I know I didn't.  Everyone was happy to be in the heat...Jantze told me she left sideways rain in Oregon.  

All that to say...I love both of my states, especially when I get to see friends from one of them in the other.  

PS...Does JoAnn Watson ever age?  Like the Lord--timeless.

Limonade anyone?

Have you picked citrus fruit lately, well citrus trees are mean. They don't really have thorns, but they are prickly and I have been battling our citrus trees for a couple of weeks now and although I have fruit to show for it, I also have scratches all over my arms. I finally found my dad's fruit picker and I am winning more than I am loosing. The bucket above represents about 4 cups of juice. YUUUUUUUMMMMMMM! Another reason to love Arizona!

rain...arizona style

So, today I met Ryan for lunch in Mesa and on my way back I see this storm over the Superstition Mountains (my mountain). I race (not really, safety first, fun a close second), to get home so I can be there when it starts raining. I love the rain. In fact, this morning I was watching the today show and Al (first named basis with all my Today Show friends) said it was raining in the Pacific Northwest. My heart sank a bit missing my Oregon rain and all that comes with it. As I near A.J, I am guessing that the Lord is pretty fond of me, and I start to realize that I am going to get my rain after all with a storm to boot.
Lightning, thunder, 101 degrees, cool rain drops and the sweet smell of the desert finally getting a cool drink of water. I stand in it for a while. Have you ever smelled desert rain? Yummy, the closest I got to it in Oregon was Wildhorse Canyon, but there are a lot of sage bushes out there, and so often there is a hint of cat pee smell in it.