Friday, March 19, 2010

Desert Flowers


Only one really good picture that I think captures the essence of the desert in bloom. This was taken on our way to Saguaro National Park outside Tuscon. Some things are starting to bloom, but not a lot as of yet. We are enjoying our last week in Arizona as the weather begins to warm up some. (It's sure windy here though!!!!!)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Cochise County

This was the view from our coach for a week -- not bad!! We were also camped next to a conservation area so there were birds all over the place. Our first visit here was to Karchner Caverns. No pictures allowed so can't post them. It is worth seeing though, it's only been open for a few years and they are doing a lot to preserve the integrity of the cave so there isn't so much damage like in other caves.






Bisbee is the county seat of Cochise County. It's a really neat Victorian town and was fun to walk through. We also got to ride on a rail into an old copper, silver, and gold mine here. That was really interesting.









Howard walking the streets of Bisbee.







Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.


















Doc Holiday giving the cowboys a bad time (he was really good)














Here Lies Lester Moore four slugs from a 44. No Les, No More.















The results of the shootout at the O.K. Corral















Famous saloon with cowboys and horses out front.















Stagecoach going by.
















Huachua Mountains south of us.

Monday, March 8, 2010

It started raining Saturday night and rained most of the day Sunday. Sometimes it was coming down pretty hard! The finale was this beautiful double rainbow that lasted for quite a long time.










We did have some flooding around the coach for a short time. The water puddles up really fast in the desert and then runs off really fast so all the creeks are running for a short time and roads are flooded for a short time, then amazingly soon -- everything is dry again.








This picture is especially for all our grandchildren. We came out of eating lunch on our way to Tombstone and there was a roadrunner right by our car so I took pictures of it. This one was the best shot. Pretty cool! (It ran REALLY fast!)

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Here's our sign

We finally found someone to make us a sign for a reasonable amount -- so here's our sign. (It's very small, but if you look really hard you can see the red heart she put on about where Moscow is located.) We decided since we have South Dakota license plates, we should have something to let people know where we're really from!

We are enjoying Arizona and at this point looking forward to Spring. The forecasters are saying that Arizona is about 1 1/2 inches above normal for rainfall so far this year. That usually means the desert will be in bloom. We're looking forward to it and will take lots of pictures if it is! We'll stay in Arizona area at least until the end of March (so Betsy can get her new crown) then we'll head east to Sherman, Mississippi again for some warranty work on the coach.

Saturday, Betsy got to go to a brunch at the Ward we're visiting here in Phoenix. Our friends, Diane & Mike Martinez, from Moscow, go to this Ward so it's been fun to get reacquainted with them since we've been here. It was fun to visit with all the women at the brunch and get to know them better.

Yesterday we went to the Scottsdale Fine Arts Show. WOW, over 100 talented artists under one roof. Lots of talent and lots to look at! There were 2 artists from McCall, 1 from Cambridge, and 1 from Lewisville. The one from Lewisville was Gregory Sievers. We had to go back and ask him where Lewisville is located (between Roberts and Rigby). He asked if we knew where that was and we told him we did, because we had 2 children go to Ricks College. He also does church historical paintings and has a painting in the temple at Winter Quarters and one in the Conference Center! He said it was very humbling to have his paintings chosen to be displayed! It was very interesting to talk to him.

This morning we tried SKYPE for the first time. We called our friends Jack and Sandy in Florida. It was so cool to be able to see them as we visited with them. It made us realize how much we have missed them! We need to get more of our family members on SKYPE too!!! (hint, hint)


Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Family Pictures

Not a bad shot of Mom and Dad!

Loriann always takes a good picture.

















Brian and Grayson.


The Prescotts: Di, Rick, Koby, Dean, and Tessa.

















The Jones: Jenn, Jason, Karson, Kate, and Claire.

Grandma with the youngest grands!

















Grayson, 8 on Jan 26.

Koby, 7 on Jan 24.


















Karson, 6 on October 1.

Dean, 4 on January 15. (He was tired.)


















Kate, 4 on February 2.
Claire, 1 on October 14.


















Tessa, will be 1 on February 14.




Quite a family if I don't say so myself!!!!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

This week






This week we went to doctor and dentist appointments. We have to go back for fillings and Betsy needs a crown -- what fun! We also decided to drive out to Luke AFB to get us a new Retired US Army sticker for our car since the old ones went with the 5th wheel and pickup. Just as we were leaving Luke AFB, we spotted jets doing touch and goes. What a fun thing to watch!

On Friday, we got to go to Grayson's 8th birthday party at the Pump It UP (inflatable toys). The kids had fun and Jill even went down the slides! It was a really fun night.

Monday, January 4, 2010

What a December!








December 28th all the girls and families arrived in Phoenix. We cooked.






We got pictures taken. (Hope they are really good!!)














We got tired (and hungry)!




And got lots of loves!!!!










We ate!














We shopped. (We like to start them young!)




















We discovered friends in cousins.















We went to the Phoenix Zoo (and walked A LOT!)
















We had a campfire and made SMORES. That was really fun!!!















We tore out a wall in Brian's house.







Then we put it back in.






















The kids even got to tour the new home. They liked our new "condo on wheels."
On January 3rd we took the Prescotts to the airport, saw the Jones off and collapsed! It was a super fun week and we can't wait to do it again!!!!