He's off to Iraq now

This is our good family friend Sgt Brinkerhoff who is currently serving in the Air Forces at Luke. He is being deployed to Iraq this week and we were invited to see him off at the airport this week. Along with being sad, but grateful for his service, we were able to join his family to say goodbye... Many of us have family members who serve in the military and we are so thankful for their time they give to our country.

Snowflake, Az trip

This past weekend my kids had a four day weekend break from school, so we decided to take a trip up north to Snowflake. We traveled with our good friend Becky who luckily enough has her parents who live up there so we could stay with them. While on our way up we decided to play in the snow on the side of the road, but the snow was not soft at all. Despite the hard snow we managed to throw a few snowballs at each other and get cold enough to call it quits for the day. Becky's son Daniel loved the snow and followed Frankie everywhere he went. We were able to visit the LDS temple up on the hill too, and it is a magnificent sight to see. We had a such a good time up there that by the time we had to leave we were so sad to say goodbye to her parents who are like grandparents to my kiddos. Snowflake didn't even have that much snow either, which was a surprise to all of us. Anyway we had a great time together and can't wait to go back to visit when there is more snow on the ground to play in.

Sweet Memories

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Our Christmas week in Safford

This year for our Christmas we decided to head to Safford, which is where my mom lives. My younger brother David was able to be there to visit too, so all the more fun with them. Christmas morning was filled with excitement of opening gifts and having David over for most of the morning. Later on in the day I took all seven children to Mt. Graham to play in the snow. Crazy? probably but we had a blast until they were so cold that they wanted to leave. The wind was blowing fierce, so that caused us to only stay for about an hour and half before we left down the mountain. For the rest of the afternoon they just jumped on the trampoline and watched movies while I rested and recooperated from our adventures. Least of all to say we enjoyed visiting with David's two young children Malaysia & David Jr. who we rarely see anyways and they had fun seeing all of us too. My kids were sad to say goodbye to their cousins by the end of the week, but had a great time together while it lasted. By the time we ended up leaving Safford it was snowing outside and it was a beautiful sight to see all the snow falling as we drove back to Phx.