Arizona!!!

   On Wednesday (the 4th) our family loaded up in our van and headed to the airport.  Every year, Bro. Bobby Wertz hosts Harmony in the Desert  in Tucson, Arizona.  It is a wonderful time to hear believers sing praises and to meet up with friends you haven't seen in a long time!  :)   We left on Wednesday, got to Dallas Fort Worth and spent the night there.  We caught a flight out on Thursday morning and arrived in Tuscon around  10 a.m.  After getting the rental cars we headed over to Uncle Samuel and Aunt Robin's house.  We got a hotel and went swimming in the afternoon, and then went to Harmony in the Desert!  The Strite Family sang the first night as well as many others.   About 800 people attended and there were over 2,000 people listening on the internet to the audio streaming!  If you ever get a chance to go, we highly recommend it!

    On Friday Aunt Robin, Nathan, and Genia went with us up Mt. Lemon.  It was really neat to go through the different "climates".  We started off in the desert, then we went through the plains, up into the pine trees, and finally into snow!  We told Nathan that he has more snow that we do at our house!  :)  

Genia and Hope

Prickly Pear Cactus

Playing in the stream

We found the bottom part of a basketball hoop stand and used it as a sled!  Redneck sleddin'!

Joshua found a piece of cardboard and was using that!

See the rock bird?  :)

Daring Daddy with David

Hope and Joshua climbing on the rocks at Windy Point

Our lil hiker! :)

     When we came down the mountain we went swimming at the hotel and then on to Harmony!

 Hope holding baby Micah David

 David and his buddy, Boaz

The Poe Children

 Friday evening after Harmony, I went home with Joanna Strite!  We had so much fun, I think we stayed up until 2 a.m.  Quiet Time seemed to come really early then!  Still Waters Camp Registration was also on Saturday morning, we all got in except Justin, he's on the waiting list.  Harmony was again in the evening.  On Sunday, Harmony started at 3:00 in the afternoon.  After all the singing Bro. Bobby fed everyone a delicious taco dinner.  I took a few pictures of us with our friends and a few of the singing groups too.  Enjoy!

Joshua Sanger, Joshua Strite, Jared, and Jesse

Liliana, Abigail, Me, Joanna, and Zoe

Bro. Jared and Daddy

Elainah

Cousins Conference

"How should we get in trouble next?"  :)

The Knapps

 Sis. Sally Duke

At the end, all the singers were called up to the stage and sang a few songs together.

Genia, Hope, and Grace