Holidays!

Christmas holidays have been fun at our house this year. I look out my window every morning and feel an instant uplift from the bright sun shining out at me. I see the green field with 200 sheep and wonder how I was so lucky to end up in a place that is just summertime all year long.

Elena got this keyboard from Santa this year, she has been attached like glue to it ever since.

Sierra got this scooter for

Christmas and she was

thrilled to ride it outside

on Christmas day!

This preying mantis caught the kids attention for a while, they loved it.

Our friends from Canada came to visit us for a couple days. They arrived in shorts and t-shirts. I couldn't help laughing because when the sun goes down, it actually gets quite cold here.

Fun times on Christmas day caroling and games with my cousin Maria and her family.

Merry Christmas!!

We do a family letter and picture every other year. So this is last year's picture. Since we aren't doing a letter this year I will just say Merry Christmas to all friends and family. We miss you and hope you are doing well. We are looking forward to having lots of company come stay with us in January and February. As our blog suggests we are very happy living here in Arizona. Dan's work is great, and he couldn't ask to work for a better company. Frito Lay, ~lots of free chips and good benefits.
The children are doing well in school and making alot of friends. Dan keeps busy as the Young Men's president and I keep busy with little Maysa at home. We have been blissfully enjoying the 70 degree winter in the Arizona desert and continue to discover beauty all around us. We have good faithful friends here and hope to buy a house in the very near future!
We plan on staying in Casa Grande permanently as it is everything we had hoped for plus more. The immigration fees and 2 year wait time was well well worth it. Hope everyone will have a fantastic Christmas, thanks for reading today!

Ten Years - We got it!!

So we have ten years! Dan and I celebrated our anniversary by climbing to the top of Picacho Peak last Friday. The guy that took our picture said, "wow ten years and still in love?" Dan said- "even more so".

Love you too Dan! Even if you didn't touch the "sissy ropes" -even once- and by so doing stopped my heart on several occasions! You are the best. Even if we are still a little immature at least you make me laugh every day. Even if you are my big handsome trucker dude at least you're strong and bring home the bacon. Even if you forgot the roses at least you went back to get them as soon as you came home. You are the sweetest best husband a little Canadian farm girl could ask for. Don't you forget it.

Electric Light Parade

We went to the electric light parade last week. We have never seen anything like it before. It was simply awesome and the kids loved it!! I decided that my children will be in the marching bands when they grow big. My favorite float was from the Baptist church and on it was written,

"This Christmas night, let us not forget Jesus".

At the end of the parade when Santa was waving at everyone Dan was yelling his lungs out, "SANTA!!, ITS SANTA!! I was a tad embarrassed. But the kids loved it.