Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Go Suns!

I wanted to post this picture while it is still relevant. Jeff and I are having a great time watching the Suns-Lakers series. I did not enjoy the first two games so much, and I don't think Jeff has really enjoyed the last two games. The series is tied 2-2 and I say Suns in 6 :) I am sure Jeff would differ. If the Suns win, Jeff has to wear my Suns shirt to church, and if the Lakers win, then I have to wear that awful gold shirt to church.
Last night we watched the game at his apartment - he cooked a really good dinner and since the game got over so late he even offered to give me some cash for a cab home. I was fine with the subway, but it was the thought that counts :)

LET'S GO SUNS!!! BEAT LA!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Christmas in Arizona

I flew back to Arizona from December 21 - 26 for Christmas. It was always too short of a trip, as usual.

I met some friends for dinner at Hanny's Restaurant - Paul, Kelly, Jaime, Jenn, Me, Bob and Allison
We had Christmas Eve at my parents house - Cannon, Shane and Colby
Rob, Kathryn, Kevin and Jocelyn
Me and Kellyn
Dad and Mom
Dad and Rob
Me and Leila
Santa getting his clothes on
Santa brought gifts for everyone - Coby
Kellyn
Roger and Betty
Kevin and Jocelyn
Kathryn (she even got a kiss!)

Dad found Grandma Lois's original yearbook on eBay.
The great-grandkids - Cannon and Leila
Horton Grandkids
Christmas morning with Mom, Dad, Kellyn and Coby. Kyle, we missed you!


The Balmer Christmas dinner - also at Mom and Dad's
Me and Grandma

The Balmer Grandkids (and great-grandkid Leslie)

Thursday, May 20, 2010

UES MC Christmas Dinner

Back to "catching up." I think I will only have two more catch-up posts after this one. This was the Upper East Side Missional Community dinner with church. We went to a little Italian restaurant on 86th.
My LifeGroup (at the time)
Lindsay, Jessica Joy and Liz
The desserts were yummy!
We really liked the background - Grace, me and Heather
The guys - (Back) John, Jon and Ben (Front) Jeff, Steve, Zach, Nathan and Matt

The restaurant.
UES MC

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Dad's Spring Trip to NYC

Dad was here from April 27th through May 4th. He just hung out with Otis and Sam while I was working, but some fun highlights were as follows:

On Wednesday night he came with me to the Trinity Grace Ronald McDonald House Missional Community. On the last Wednesday of every month, we serve dinner to the families staying at the RMH. This little girl has been there the last couple of times, please be praying for her.

On Thursday night, we made a trip to Costco, and then went to Dad's favorite restaurant, Hi Life. I like it too.

Friday night we went to Times Square and saw The Million Dollar Quartet. I got pooped on by a bird and we missed the bomb scare by about 24 hours.
On our way back to my apartment, we ran into this group singing in the subway station. They were singing hymns, so we stopped to watch, but Dad started singing along with them. One of the guys in the group came and talked to us - they were from an Amish community in Holmes County, Ohio.
We are on the M79 bus here. Dad loves riding buses in NYC.
On Saturday morning we slept in for a while and then we rented bikes and spent the afternoon in Central Park. These were the last of the tulips (they are all gone now).


On Sunday we got up early and drove to Springfield, MA (about 2 hours north of the City) to go to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Dad shot some free throws.
I dunked.

We saw all the "enshrinees."


And some Pumps from the 1990s.





On Sunday night we went to Hi Life again. This was on the walk back to my apartment - Dad's favorite show.
The End.