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ELEVEN MONTHS


BEER

Memorial Day weekend started off with some brewery tours and friends.
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We stopped at three brewery’s, the Vine Street Pub and Brewery also know as The Mountian Sun, the Copper Kettle Brewing Company and Strange Brewing Company.  The first picture is from Vine Street, they had great selection and wonderful salsa.  Copper Kettle (middle) had some of the best crafted beers.  We came home with their Mexican Chocolate Stout….imagine cinnamon, chocolate and habanero…de-lish! Our last stop, Strange Brewing was hurried, but my favorite was the Cherry Bomb.  I’ll be back here to try the rest.  All three brewery’s where fabulous, thanks to our friends for the beer lessons, all the new flavors and arranging safe transportation.

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I take a ton of pictures.  I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone.  My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week.  So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored.  Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.

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THE POOL

The swimming in Phoenix was a blast.
We all enjoyed ourselves in the sun and in the water.
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I think I’m ready for a nap.
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I take a ton of pictures.  I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone.  My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week.  So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored.  Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.

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PHOENIX, AZ … THE DUCE

We flew to Phoenix on May 5th.  First item on the agenda: food.  Enter The Duce.  Fab-food and eclectic vintage style.  I was in heaven.

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This is Duchess, their 1965 streamline, where all the food is made from scratch

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We split the slider sampler, my favorites where the egg and the brisket.

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On each of these tables are vintage games, soooo fun.

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And to top it off a little shopping.  Yes that is a spoon-dalier, I think my kitchen might need one.

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I take a ton of pictures.  I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone.  My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week.  So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored.  Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.

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IT’S WARMING UP

We’ve been spending time out on the deck.  Baby girl has discovered the world under the deck.

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I take pictures but struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone.  My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week.  So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored.  Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.

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BABY GIRL’S DEDICATION

Huzband and I dedicated baby girl at church on Sunday April 22nd 2012.  It was beautiful.  Full of love for baby girl.  We did the traditional “we do’s”, but we wanted to personally write promises (vows) to her. 

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Huzband:  We feel very blessed to be your parents, to honor this blessing I promise to be present, available, encouraging, supportive, and protective, but hopefully not overbearing.  (Pastor: good luck.)  Most of all I promise to model healthy relationships and pray that together we may grow in and truly experience the love of Jesus Christ and the presence of the Holy Spirit.
 

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 Me: I promise to pursue the Lord with a willing heart.
        I promise to pray the word of God over, in and throughout your life.
        I promise to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger.
        I promise to teach you an eternal perspective.
 
I was nervous.  Family was converging.  I was so thankful they wanted to be here.  I didn’t know how to make each feel welcome and comfortable.  So after days on worry and week of not sleeping, I prayed with huzband…confessing my desire to worry about what other people thought.  I knew the boundary, how to protect my family.  But I still used a ton of energy to worry, to play scenarios in back in my mind.  I started a new day.  The Lord has specificly given baby girl to huzband and I to push us toward Him…it will be a blessing and a chalenge.

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I take a ton of pictures.  I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone.  My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week.  So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored.  Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.