Trip to Flagstaff

We had a free Saturday and decided to drive a couple of hours to Flagstaff...to get some volcanic soil to use in the garden next year, to hunt for morrell mushrooms (epic fail) and to just eat up the cool weather, since Phoenix is already hitting 100 degrees.

I found this patch of snow as we walked near a trail on the road to Snow Bowl. 

Spied some deer

Diamondback Baseball Game

Our friends from church invited us to share in their Diamondback Baseball season tickets. We saw the world Champion San Francisco Giants play...and I can see why they won the World Series in 2012...they were awesome! It was fun...and the weather was great! The stadium is air conditioned, but on nice evenings, they open up the top...and that they did!

We had such awesome seats! The players actually looked like people...not ants!

Grammy had to share the fun with her grandbabies. Here she is trying to hear Adam on the phone. Baseball stadiums are noisy places!!!

Ron and Judy Newhouse and Suzzy

This is some sort of race with retired Diamondback Players. 

Happy Birthday, Dee!

I actually figured out a gift for hubby for his birthday. Happy Birthday Dee. Heck, I am married to a 56 year old...old guy! Who'd have thought. I also made him a pineapple pie to enjoy. That is his other birthday favorite. We had his favorite dinner: tacos and Spanish rice, too.

He has ALWAYS tried to guess what is in the package before he opens it. Drives. Me. Crazy.

A Ryobi Chain Saw on a Stick. We have tall Mesquite trees that he has to climb a precarious ladder to trim. 

Saturday Pizza Night

Kayty and some friends wanted to have pizza and watch a movie, so we heated up the oven and had another great pizza night. Elder Moala (a missionary from Tonga that is serving his full time mission in Phoenix) loves it when we have pizza night, for Dee always drives one over to their apartment.

Dee teaches the group the 'fine art' of pizza making

Kayty and her friends had a buffalo chicken pizza during their Salt Lake City trip, so she made one herself. I can't eat much pizza...but THIS one I did try...and it was awesome!

The girls created a dessert pizza. Instead of flour, they used powdered sugar. They cooked it  on a pizza pan. And they added plenty of chocolate chips. All said it was awesome.

Elder Rice Update for April

Here are a few pics from Elder Rice

Elder Rice was washing dishes after a ward event and heard a commotion in the other room. Apparently, Koreans use bee sting therapy to heal themselves. 

I had to be re-assured by Jessica this was NOT my son's hand!

A happy toilet paper roll from the missionary apartment

Elder Rice and Elder Smith on the train

Mission Tour

Family Birthday Celebration

We celebrated all the birthdays in March, April, and May...which ended up to be quite a few!

I made Dee's traditional Germann Chocolate Bunny Cake

Doran's 29th birthday: March 21, 2013

Liz's Wallin's birthday cream puffs

Jade Wallin's birthday Lemon Bars

Dee's 56th Birthday, April 21, 2013

James shared Dee's April 21 birthday and lemon bars