Happy Easter

Thank you Elder Holland.

Happy Easter! He is Risen!

Rodeo Roundup

"There never was a hoss that couldn't be rode, and there never was a cowboy that couldn't be throwed..."

We can officially say we live in the Wild West--we made it to our first Steak Fry and Rodeo!! It was the real deal with live music, fresh manure, and mounted cattle hand. Events of the evening included Tie Down, Break-Away Roping, and Goat Tying.

(Dinner)

The video below is of a cowboy Bareback Riding. This is when a cowboy holds on to an animal with one hand and has to keep the other hand high in the air. Touching any part of himself or the animal prior to a full 8-seconds results in a "no-score." The harder the animal is to ride, the more points a cowboy's performance is worth. Yikes!

Red-Tailed Hawk

Jared and I were returning from a local church ward's Provident Living fair when this big guy swooped down in front of us.

Empty-beaked, he flew back up to a telephone pole to perch. Yes, he is as thick as a telephone pole. And he knew I was taking a picture of him and looked straight into the camera...

I looked out the window and what did I see?

Popcorn blossoms on the Apricot Tree!

We are excited about the fruit to follow. Jared tells stories of the awesome apricot pies he made in Argentina while he was serving on his mission. Apparently there was an apricot tree outside of his apartment window in Bahia Blanca. Can't wait to see him use his "mad" baking skills.

Cool Cacti

Just a few shots from the past several weeks:

Looks like "Geoffrey" from Toys R' Us!

The Arizona State Bird

Another Cactus Wren

See the bird in her little house?

A male wood pecker making a NEW home!

Didn't Expect This

Last Monday afternoon, emails were furiously being launched all over the Army base regarding "Winter Storm Warning" protocol due to an impendig snowstorm predicted to hit during the early morning hours of Tuesday morning. We rolled our eyes about the mass volumes of emails and went about our day secretly wishing we lived somewhere cold (not the desert) so we could reap the benefits of a snow day. Falling asleep with the wind howling outside our windows, at 5:00 a.m., we woke up to silence:

P.S. Believe it or not, we had a two-hour delay to work--Fort Huachuca is at the bottom of the Huachuca mountains, which had more snow than us city folk. Yippee!

National Danish Performance Team

The National Danish Performance Team is on their 08-09 World Tour. In the past 3 months, they have been to Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Mozambique, Australia (doesn't it sound exhausting?), and they are wrapping up in the U.S.A. Nearly 50 countries have invited the team to perform throughout the last 10 years.

We were privileged to see them perform last night on-post (for FREE)!


The team consists of 14 women and 14 men aged between 20–28 and they perform with a combination of modern dance, rythmic gymnastics and acrobatics. You can read more about them here: http://www.dgi.dk/OmDGI/verdensholdet/english.aspx