Trip to Arizona

Arizon is known as the land of many uses.

We started our trip visiting one of the Seven Wonders of the World...The Grand Canyon (South Rim).

Sun Set in Sedona

Sedona is south of the Grand Canyon. It is a quaint town rich in natural treasures..gem stones, vortex & forestry.

15 minutes later


Forest in Sedona


Sand Dunes 20 miles west of Yuma (in California)

Kofa Wildlife Refuge

Kofa (King of Arizona Refuge)

Silver Mine
Yuma Prison

First prison to have a library

View from Yuma Prison ...Mountains, Colorado River &Canal

Much of the winter lettus is grown in Arizon. Here workers are yielding the lettus crop from one field. Most workers are brought up from Mexico.

Off to Mexico for the day.

November

Once we returned home from our lovely trip to California and my hand was repaired we started renovations right away.

Reno #4 - Furnaces

(Reno #1-Paint exterior of house, Reno #2-Remove beams in front of house, Reno #3-replace broken kitchen appliances)

I thought I would enjoy this renovation as we paid someone to come into our house and replace our two old loud, inefficient furnaces. With in two days the job was complete.

Although the work load was minimal and reno's have made the temperature of our house much more comfortable, the experience was somewhat deflating. I feel we should put lawn chairs around the new furnaces and watch the furnaces turn on and off.

Reno #5 - Leaky Window #1

We have tried to replace a leaky window in our bedroom. We ordered a window back in Sept., however we have had to send the special order window back twice as the home improvement store has ordered the incorrect window or made errors in their paperwork. We are hoping that the third time is the charm (optimistic or foolish?).

Reno #6 - Braces

The most exciting news of this month is that Samantha, Nicole and Amanda all received their first stage of braces. They each had an expander placed in their upper mouths. They now all mumble and chew differently.

Every night for 28 nights I have to crank the center skew one turn which then gently pushes the teeth outward. This system is used now instead of removing teeth. The girls are handling this all these changes well.

This is not a picture of ours, it is from the one of the dental websites.

Travel

We are off to Arizona in December to see the Grand Canyon, hang out with Nana and Papa and complete a small volunteer project in Mexico.

School

Yes, we are happily plodding through the course work. We had our first home visit from our teacher. The children are doing great. Steve and I are not doing as well as we should, we are finding the French a little tough, but we are committed to working harder in new year.