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- November 1, 2008: Costumes and Candy!
- October 30, 2008: *Huge Pumpkins!*
- September 7, 2008: Moments in Time.
- August 13, 2008: A *new* Month.
- July 27, 2008: "Why I wore lipstick to my Masectomy"
- July 15, 2008: Quiet Time...
- July 9, 2008: It Comes in 3's...
- July 1, 2008: Happy Birthday Paper Trunk!!!
- June 22, 2008: The World Turns...
- June 22, 2008: Before & After...
The Glory of the Desert
Since moving here way out near the Superstition Mountains, I have often wondered if my family would be better somewhere else? Dale and I fell in love with all of God’s glory that we felt surrounding us everywhere the moment we came here over about 7 years ago, to this mountain, this place. When i drive i feel close to the Lord, I feel close to my Mom and Dad, I feel a huge power of Love. My Husband and children feel it too. The beauty and the glory of the desert. The one day passing of a gorgeous female Deer, to a Coyote the next. Gardening all year round and finding caterpillars one day, and a black widow the next. We have learned the beauty but also the dangers of this place that is our home. But all of these dangers we are aware of, and would not trade them for the beauty any day. My dear Cole was running around the house on Oct. 7th screaming “Bobcats Bobcats”… he was in his room playing and they were on the block fence right outside his room, a Mama and two babies, I sent Dale with my camera to grab some shots, when he spooked them they jumped the fence and ran under our neighbors car to safety…..
I have missed talking with so many of you, Dale made some major upgrades to my computer, YAH DALE!!! SO I hope to be back on alot more and we can catch up, I feel completely out of the SB loop. I love ya and miss ya all!!!!! Oh and I cannot say goodbye without an update on my kiddos…LOL, Cole starts Basketball today, he is very excited, Addy will be starting a dance class with her friend from school, she has made sooooo many friends its amazing. If you remember the Jesus on her Head Story I shared a while back…Yes he is still on her head and now all over her, we (Addison and I- meet in Heaven every night in our dreams) We have so many secret special mommy daughter moments together, I am so proud of how she is turning into a Big Girl. Cole still thinks I am a “cool” mom and we to have our special moments so i could not be happier or prouder of them both. OH and they both have a new cousin, Dale’s sister Cari had her little boy Timmothy Matthew Sykes…YAY!!!! We got to see him just hours old…….yes my baby itch kicked in and has not left yet. Mom and baby are healthy and home now, another miracle. OK love to you and may you all be blessed!!!!!!XOXOXO- J
October 20, 2007 at 1:20 pm
sorry about the whole last paragraph being a link, not sure why that happened…wierd….hope you can still read it ok..
xoxo Jules
October 20, 2007 at 3:45 pm
wow, Sweets…how cool are those bobcats! Well, thankfully, your kids were in the house (yikes!) I love your perspective on your beautiful surroundings!
October 20, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Great pictures! By their size, I’m sure they are the same ones that were in our backyard for so many days. Diddo on loving the desert!! We have a dish for water outside our fence and something is emptying it every night. Bobcats, deer, javelina, coyotes?? Who knows, but they are thirsty!
October 22, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Wow. You really do live in the wild. How cool that wild animals have learned to adapt and that we have not killed them all off. Your new web pages are incredible. You could do it as a business!!!!!! love. Sent a small package to the kids for Haloween. Look for it. AK
October 22, 2007 at 1:50 pm
**Wow that must have been a mixed emotion of excitement and apprehension when you first saw those bobcats. What an amazing site to see right in your own yard! TFS!