More of Arizona

Annually for several years Brother Russell and his family have hosted a skiing trip to the White Mountains for many to enjoy.  So on Monday we began the 5 hour drive to have a wonderful time skiing/snowboarding with friends. After breakfast we had a few stops to make along the way...

 

 

 

Our first Stop was the TOP of Salt River Canyon. 

 

It was really pretty...

 

 

 We made it to the BOTTOM of the canyon by the river!

 

 

Josiah, Benjamin, Joshua, Timothy, Abraham, David, Joshua, and Justin 

 

 

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On Tuesday morning we hit the slopes.

 

 It was David's first time to ski...

 

 

 

  Cutest snowboarder on the slopes.
(Micah David age 4)
 

 

 It was Elainah's first time to go skiing too!

 

 

 

 

 It was Joshuas first time snowboarding...
He did an awesome job!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 



It was an enjoyable two days of skiing!

 











 Uriah and Benjamin were playmates back at the hotel.

 



 



After skiing we all met for supper and fellowship.

 

We celebrated Carols 14th birthday!

 

Thanks Dad for taking all the pictures on the slope.

 

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We spent Thursday relaxing at Kaitlyn's and then the Strites invited us over for supper...

 

 

 

 



Visting Justin & Kaitlyn

 

 

 Special Delivery!

 

                   Walking in the nice sunshine up and down Kaitlyn's lane. 

               

Kaitlyn and Hope



 

 



David and Benjamin

 

 



 

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  Harmony in the Desert  

Every year in January Bro. Bobby hosts an amazing musical event at the Hotel Tucson from Wednesday until Sunday for hundreds of guests.  There are many talented singers and musicians performing each night.  On Sunday Bro. Bobby generously invites everyone to eat a delicious Mexican meal prepared by the hotel.  It is a wonderful time of fellowship!  We were only there a couple of nights this year, but it was a blessing.

 

Bread Day

Sis. Sarah taught us how to make different kinds of bread!  She taught us about ingredient reactions and relationships.  For instance yeast feeds on simple sugar and releases carbon dioxide that makes the dough rise.  The oil makes the bread more tender and increases the shelf life. 

To start off she demonstrated how to make raisin bread, cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, pigs in a blanket, sopapillas, and white bread with dough she had already mixed up. 

These were baked and enjoyed as the afternoon snack. 

The last thing we did was make up our own dough.  Each person was equipped with measuring spoons/cups, a BIG bowl, and the ingredients.  Then we each put our dough into a greased Ziploc bag and took it home to create our own baked goods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was nice to have Laurisa join us for class all the way from Alabama.

 

 

 

-Woodworking-

 

Sis. Melissa has done an awesome job teaching the boys class!  This time she taught how to make wooden candy dispensers. Special thanks to Uncle Karl and Uncle David for cutting the wood before the class. 

She referred to the scripture in Psalms:

My meditation on Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.