Friends

Shaundra came to town and some of us met at Mesa Froyo to catch up.  I loved hearing how Shaundra and her family were  doing in Oregon.  I really missed her and it was so fun to catch up.  We don't see as much of each other as we used to, but we are great friends and are there for each other.  

Memorable MondaySunset Crater Volcano & Wupatki Indian Ruins

On our way from UT in 2003, we took a detour and saw the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument and the Wupatki National Monument.  It was a fun detour and one that we made at the last minute.  We stayed the night in Page, so we had the time to make this detour.  I'm glad that we took the opportunity to stop by and see what AZ has to offer.

MacFarland State Park and Casa Grande Ruins

Our kids and I went on a little road trip.  We headed to Florence to see the MacFarland State Park, which was a museum that housed an old sheriff's office, jail, DA's office, and courthouse.  It was fun to walk around and see the place, especially the courthouse. I just received my jury summons, so I checked out the court every inch of that courthouse.  Since Emily missed an English assignment, we played that she was in court and Josh sentenced her to jail.  Emmy was such a good sport and played along.  It was such a great experience and so much fun.  I don't think Em will ever miss an assignment again.  The funny thing was she had already handed in that assignment, but it wasn't reflected in her grades, so we gave her a hard time.

Ang was the DA, Josh was the judge, and Emily sentenced to jail

Having fun at the museum

Afterwards, we headed just a few miles East to the Casa Grande National Park,  There are some cool Indian ruins to see.  We helped the park rangers by coloring some paper bags that they will use later that week for an special event.  The ruins were really cool to see.  

Casa Grand Ruins

This was a fun road trip that only took 1/2 a day, but it was a lot of fun.  We bonded as we toured the museum and ruins.  We even went to lunch afterwards.  I want to have more experiences like this with my family.

Memorable MondaySchool Schedules

Emily is starting her last half of her freshman year.  I wanted to show my schedule next to her schedule to see the similarities and differences. I think that my freshman schedule was more like Emily's than any other schedule.

My 9th Grade Schedule                                 
1- Algebra 1                                                     
2- Basic Foods / Type 1                                               
3- Social Studies 9                                                           
4- Science Composite                                                 
5- Seminary                                                     
6- Orchestra         
7- English 9 


Emily's 9th Grade Schedule                                 
A- World History / Geography                                                     
1- Spanish 1 
2- Symphonic Pops Orchestra                                           
3- Essential Elements of Science                                                         
4- Lunch                                               
5- Algebra 1                                                   
6- Freshman English       
7- Seminary

New Years 2020

We came home from Utah on New Year's eve,  We went to In-N-Out for lunch which has become a new tradition and I love it. We were still really tired from our trip and didn't want to do much.  We found a puzzle at Hobby Lobby that was similar to the ones we found in Creekside.  We spent the day doing the puzzle and recovering from our super fun trip.

In - N - Out

Completed Puzzle