Walley Ball....

Here's just some of the fun you can have at our free to residents clubhouse-walley ball, racketball tennis, beach pool, heated year round swim pool, hot tub/jacussi, boating, kayacking, fishing, reception rooms with kitchen and dance floor, work out room, weight training room, various classes, communitee activities such as chili cookoff, dances, christmas mountain /food drive,and clubs, bikeing and running trails. There are parks with soccer fields baseball diamond, basketball courts and cool playgrounds-- great places for kids,all within this lakes area.

ummm.. this is a shameless plug for this area.

Baby-fest

Took a roadtrip to Provo for some weddings and to move home a few of my things 'cause my old roommate was moving out of our old place. I didn't take any pictures of the blushing brides (sad) but I got a few of my friends and their babies! So that was neat. Here is Astrid of Jasmine and Arthur VanW.

Above: me and Cami

Below: me and Brad and Heidi. We had some good times when we were all living in the junky upstairs of 282 E 200 N. Close that chapter now...
Preston. Belonging to Dave and Sarah Aller. He pretty much couldn't take his eyes off of me the whole time I was at their house. I had to leave the room so he would eat and drink. This was the opposite of Astrid who managed to shatter glass with her cries when she realized I wasn't her mom holding her.

Hooray for friends and babies of friends!

Local activities

A few fun things I have done in Arizona since my trip to Bisbee. Hiked Camelback mountain with Mike whom I know through...you will never guess...Anasazi.
I was too afraid of scraping my face on the stone and maybe breaking a bone to try this view of Phoenix.
Will likes to slack-line. I think it is funny and would never actually choose it as an activity. But I am game if someone else wants to. Here we try back-yard style with bro and Lara in tow.

Can anything beat wally-ball with funny people? With beards? With acrobatics and switching sides during a set? (Jessica (mission comp), Tyler (Bisbee), Dave (blood), Will (anasazi), me, Tim (Bisbee), Lara (anasazi, Bisbee) and Sheldon (anasazi).

A rather static and dull "action" shot. But there aren't any others that aren't blurry.

Oh the places you'll go!!

I know you have missed me, despite mom's wonderful efforts of keeping me alive and well on the blog with her "standing on furniture" and "sitting on furniture with ginger snaps" pictures. A few weekends ago I went on a little Arizona excursion with some good friends (Lara, met through Anasazi-we are bosom friends-Tyler, the first guy I hung out with after the mission (he was home 2 months) and so he has seen me at awkward and his blond buddy Tim who is now my buddy too.)

This car was the first thing we saw as we pulled into Bisbee and then we got this shot at the end of the day as we were touring the town on our way out. If only everyone was this passionate about their beliefs...

Hooray for beautiful friends and being able to capture some of that beauty on film.
Pit stop.

Lara photographing...
...this.
Standing next to the peace wall with some of the famous Bisbee stairs behind (the town is located in a narrow gorge-like valley so houses are built up the hills and there are many stairs).
Up.

Down.

Sad to leave Bisbee, town of wonder and joy.

Finding this tree however, we quickly forgot or sorrow.

It was big.

Sunset + golden grasses + my cowboy hat + 2 photographers (lara & tyler) = very long photo shoot resulting in at least 20 different shots. I deleted most of the ones on my camera.

Lara's turn.

Scenic.

More scenic.

Lara took this.

We did take one with the flash, but I liked this one.

Goodnight.