Look what appeared on my front lawn!! A birthday greeting from a neighborhood friend!!! Actually, this friend's birthday is the day before mine, so she is one day older than me!! ha! Something always seems to show up on my front door, garage, or front lawn from this older friend of mine!

Funny, as one approaches the other end of the tunnel of life, getting older doesn't seem like it!! I certainly don't feel like I am 40. . . .er, 50. . . .oh, 60!!!! Yikes!!! I remember the 60's as though it was yesterday!! Too bad those 60's are now distant memories!! The new 60's are on the horizon!

I am celebrating today with a ride to Camp Shadow Pines, up by Heber, AZ. The AZBeemer riding club is hosting their annual rally this weekend. Starting with lunch for free at Joe's BBQ, then a coaches banquet at a local Applebee's, then on the road to Heber. I will be returning to play in a golf tournament on Saturday as a school year-ending golf tournament and then headed back up to Heber. I sit on the board of directors for AZBeemers and have rally responsibilities. Plus, with triple-digit temps approaching, the cool pines of Heber will only be in the mid-60's!! There's that number again!!! Happy Birthday to me!!!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.  Tina's working on Mother's Day, but before she left, The kids and I gave her a gift which was two framed collages of the kids faces.  You can see the pictures I used in the collages here.

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sports/prep-softball-St--Michael-s-splits-doubleheader-with-Lady-Tiger

Here is one article of many on Mariah and softball. She is doing really good! Just a side note from the article, she got ejected from a previous game because the ump doesn't know what he is doing! He said she maliciously

Malia is almost done with track, she has also done really well. She participated in most of the relays, but her race really would have been the 400m open if her coach would have given her a chance ( and if he knew what he was doing!) She really enjoyed it and plans to do it again next year. It has been fun watching her run and watching Mariah play softball, but boy, I sure can't wait until school is over!!

So on another note, I may have to postpone my trip to Haiti. Looks like we will be heading out to Arizona to take Tahi to the doctor. I have been playing phone tag with the doctor, so not sure when exactly, but planning on the end of May or beginning of June.

New Temple for Gilbert

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Thomas S. Monson has announced two new temples to be built in Arizona. One will be right here in our little town of Gilbert!! The other to be built close to the Thatcher-Safford areas. This is an artist's rendering of the Gilbert Temple. I suspect that we will be assigned to the Gilbert Temple. We will end up living between the Mesa Temple and the new Gilbert Temple.