Momo & Papa come for Christmas!

Momo and Papa were able to visit for 10 days during Christmas week. They were happy to get out of the subzero temperatures of Montana! They did bring the cold down with them though; Phoenix was quite a bit cooler and rainier than usual. We all agreed however, it was a perfect visit.


We spent one day in the mountains just a few minutes from our house. It was fun to explore and Papa enjoyed all the different types of cactus. We even found a tortoise shell! We watched Madagascar II on the big screen (August’s first time). We made a ton of candy. We had more sugar flowing through our house than I can remember! Papa and Momo even spoiled our dogs rotten.


The time was well spent with just the right amount of busy fun mixed with a lot of stay-at-home relaxation. We visited a live nativity scene. How exciting to see the birth of our savior played out live! Momo was more excited about the donkey Mary rode in on… Momo is crazy about donkeys. Everyone was surprised at all the gifts given this year. Momo and Papa were especially surprised to find out a new tandem bicycle was waiting for them back home. Of course they will have to wait for a long time it seems to enjoy it with such an incredible winter this year.

No one wanted the visit to come to an end and getting back into the cold was the least desirable thought. To add insult to injury, they had to sit for three hours on the tarmac waiting for the ice to thaw as the temperatures were so cold down here and the airport didn’t have any de-icer. They eventually made it home…

Christian

Everything is up and running!

Everything is back! Again, any e-mails you may have sent over the past few days may have been sent back to you or lost. But our e-mail addresses are working now.

Christian

Website and e-mail down

The server that we have our website and therefore e-mail accounts with is down. The company that we are using is working on the problem. This is an unfortunate issue and hopefully is resolved soon. It has been down for a couple of days and if any e-mails have been sent they may have been returned to you as undeliverable.

We have not closed our accounts and those e-mail addresses are our current addresses and will remain active.

As we put so much time into updating the family website, we hope to have it available soon!

Christian

My first 1/2 Marathon!!

It was a perfect day to run. I was able to run very close to my goal. I finished at 1:44:42. All conditions were right and with this being my first long distance race I feel very good about it.


I am looking forward to my first marathon in January! It is still hard for me to imagine doubling what I ran this last weekend.

Laurel is doing very well with her training. She is now classified as a runner rather than a walk/runner. It is so much fun to see her excited about all of her accomplishments during this training time. Unfortunately, she has not been able to enter into any races so the 1/2 marathon in January will be her first but the training we have received is excellent and she is more than prepared.

Christian

My sisters came to visit!

My two sisters came to visit from Billings for a long weekend! Since they have never visited us down in Phoenix it was fun for them as well as us! Their husbands were not able to come with them but we had a fun little reunion just the same.


Amber brought her youngest, Bjorn, down. He is six month old and is cute as ever. We will have pictures of him on the family website soon!


Tara was a huge help during her stay. In the few days that she was here she made beautiful window treatment for us out of a wonderful fabric. She is highly skilled on the sewing machine! She also is an incredible cook and made great meals including salmon! ...one of Laurel's favorites. She also gives great massages and Laurel got a much deserved massage one evening.

Overall it was a perfect weekend and Amber supplied the personality and fun she is so famous for.

Christian