Chillin'

Gina is a big basketball fan, and of course Nic, Jared and David are happy to join in. I'm watching too, more or less. The Suns are a fighting team, and it's been fun to watch them in the playoffs. Brutal at times, Steve Nash keeps getting beat up, but just keeps playing hard and winning games. Tonight we're watching Boston beat Orlando. Oh well,there's really not much else on Friday nights.....

This week has been great, having Jared home. He's helped me in the garden, and gone on several jobs with David and Nic. His little dog Rocky is settling in with Cara, and Chica is gradually getting used to the newcomer. She had a seizure yesterday though, but that's not surprising. She tends to have seizures when a new dog first comes around, then once she gets used to them she's fine.

The wind has been awful! There have already been several fires along I-17 freeway, and with no rain and lots of wind, I expect it to get worse. The flowers were beautiful this spring though, and I'm so glad we had lots of rain last winter. All in all, life is good right now.

Thank you Veterans for your service to our country, and God Bless America!

Bliss

We are all home! I flew in last Wednesday, spent the night in Phoenix and had lunch with my old friend Emma Jo. I haven't seen her in some time, so that was really great. I stopped by St. Francis cemetery and had them help me find my great-grandfather William Pike's grave. We finally found it, but there is no headstone. That makes me sad, but now that I know where he is, I plan to ask my sibs and cousins to help change that, and put a headstone there. He's been invisible for 80 years, it's time to honor his memory a little.

David and Jared drove cross country with a U-haul trailer and a puppy, but they had a really good trip. They were dodging tornadoes throughout the midwest, but the Lord was with them and they had no problems... Until they hit the Arizona border on Sunday, and nearly got blown off the road by the wind. The freeway was shut down between Winslow and Flagstaff, but they were able to take highway 87 south and come in from Camp Verde, so at least they didn't get stuck. Good thing, because I-40 was closed down from 10:30 am to 7 pm~

Right now we are watching the Suns play LA, hopefully they'll win. Nic, Gina and Jared are all hanging out watching the game with us, sheer bliss for a mom. The only one missing is Heather. She's lonesome out in NH all by herself, but she loves her job and it's just not time for her to leave there yet.