We may not be ready to apply for our LPGA card yet, but occasionally we actually hit the ball far and straight! It took us a full hour to figure out which club worked best, and how to keep score. FORE!
Yearly Archives: 2016
Lavender Festival — A first for all of us
“Last minute idea” I said to the AuPairs (via What’sApp, of course), “but tomorrow I’m driving to northern Arizona for a Lavender Festival near the White Mountains. Who’s in?” My car was quickly filled as 4 aupairs said “Count me in!”
OK, so the Lavendar Festival was a bit of a flop – especially after one of the AuPairs said, as we were getting out of the car, “I hate the smell of lavender — it gives me a headache”. Naturally we didn’t bring any home in our car — did I mention it was a 3.5 hour drive – each way?
Now the last minute stop at Woods Canyon Lake on the way home was a different story. Can you say: G O R G E O U S ??
Surfing in Arizona? Who knew?
Summer time in Phoenix and there is no place better than in the water. Big Surf in Tempe was our destination. Lots of water slides, wading pools, “waves” and sunshine. Fun day – and no one got sunburned. Score!
Baseball = All American Cluster Meeting!
CLUSTER MEETING – MAY 2016: We skipped the hot dogs, but we enjoyed pop corn, sunshine and what the au pairs now know is called “a pitcher’s duel”. Arizona State University hosted Univ of New Mexico in collegiate baseball at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ. It took forever, but ASU finally scored a run in the 9th inning and won the game 1-0. For many it was their first baseball experience. And unfortunately, it may be the last for most of them. I loved it, however!
SEDONA – God’s Country
“Can i get a hallelujah? Can i get an amen?”
It was a
beautiful day in Phoenix (Sunday), so we rented a van and headed north to Sedona. Singing songs and eating chocolate was how we filled our time in the van. Our first stop was the Chapel of the Holy Cross. The view from the Chapel makes it well worth the congestion. Once inside 
the spiritual vibes “feel like the Holy Ghost running through ya … Yeah I guess that’s my church”
Thank you to Maren Morris and My Church lyrics.
January Community Service Project: Starting off the new year helping others!
Our group spent the afternoon preparing meal packages for Feed My Starving Children. This organization provides packaged meals to starving children all around the world. Our efforts, as part of a bigger group, packaged meals that will be sent to the Philippines and feed 85 children for one year!
It was fun afternoon … lots of singing, dancing, laughing and trying to think of victory chants that rhyme with Seven (our table number). We were unsuccessful with the later, unless “Kevin” counts.