Finally! Thanksgiving in Arizona

I'm asking Santa for a new and imroved camera this year! Mine was having problems so I wasn't able to upload my photos in a timely matter.

Every other year we go to Arizona for Thanksgiving to visit Matt's family and friends. I love this visit because not only does he have a great and huge family but I love his friends and we always all get together and laugh and talk. This year we did it without 50 kids running around so we got to visit a little longer without the usual interruptions.

Okay, I also love the weather this time of year in AZ. We wore shorts and t-shirts, played in the water, visited a favorite lake and ate too much! Here are some photos, finally.

At Saguaro Lake - notice the cactus in the background. Ilove it!

We stopped and skipped lots and lots of rocks. Matt won but I was a close second!

The kids loved running and dodging these mini fountains that spurted randomly at a local outdoor mall.

This ginormous Christmas tree was a great photo opp!

Timpview Takes State!!!

YES!! Nicholas' team took the State championships just before Thanksgiving break and it was soo exciting! We played Cottonwood High. The score was . It was truly a great game to watch. They all looked so seasoned out there. I felt like I was at a pro game.

I stood up the entire time because I wanted to be by the students and cheer! Students kept looking back to see who the loud mouth was and I just smiled. Matt was glad to sit a row behind me :). I cheered, jumped up and down, and froze trying to keep warm - I must have burned several hundred calories!! Yeah for our local high school. They deserve our applause!

Tee awesome photos I took are corrupted (whatever that means). I'm so sad :(

Ahhh, Tuesdays . . .

Tuesday is just about my favorite morning of the week. Why? It's the only day I have somewhat open. Monday - vaccuum, and clean bathrooms, then gym to teach and work from home. Wednesday - laundry, mop floors and dust, gym to teach then work from home. Thursday - Walmart (groceries), do preschool with kids, work from home. Friday - gym (for fun), work from home. Saturday - work from home (most of morning). Of course, there's all the in between stuff, like stimulating your children physically, mentally, spiriutally, and socially. Obviously, I feel great comfort in structure, but I also love my no plans Tuesdays!

This moring, after feeding the kids, kissing Matt goodbye, paying bills, and getting dinner in the crockpot, I started on a soup I love for lunch to avoid the whole meal rush at lunchtime - Yes, three meals down and it was only 8:30. After that, Aidan and I made gingerbread men cookies while listening to Christmas music. I love Christmas music and the feeling it fills our house with. It was so peaceful, meditating (I love to cook/bake) and fun. Ella chose to draw instead as she is in love with our nativity scene constantly playing with it. She was all set to draw every character. I think I'll frame this one. I treasure my Tuesdays. I treasure mornings with no plans - who knows what peace and fun they can bring.

Photos to come