Holidays, Birthdays and Anniversaries...Oh My!

I will be so glad when February and March are over, even though I am really enjoying myself. There is just too much celebrating going on...



First, on February 6th, Dave turned another year older. We didn't do much that day, but took a short trip on his behalf February 21-24. Belive it or not, the school kids get 2 days off for the rodeo in Tucson. So we took that opportunity to get out of dodge. My parents have this book called Weird Arizona that talks about sites that have strange or interesting things in this state and Dave's goal is to go to all the places in that book. We started at the Dreamy Draw Dam, which is touted in the book as being a "fake" dam built on top of a crashed UFO to cover it up. You cannot get close to it because of all the No Trespassing signs and there is no water behind it (but there is not really any water anywhere in south Arizona - even the rivers). Who knows - Dave and his conspiracy theories thought it was very cool.



Valentine's day was in the middle of all this somewhere - which I almost forgot. Dave, Noah and I had a very romantic spaghetti-from-a-jar dinner at our card table dining set.



Next came Charles and Barbara's anniversary - see earlier post.



Then Diamond's birthday. She turned one year old on February 17th. Her favorite things are eating, licking people's nostrils (especially Dave's), sucking on the inside crease of my elbow, biting at my toes when I'm walking around without shoes, playing with her cousin Beagle, and barking ferociously at any other animal (on tv, outside, in pictures, her own refection, etc.) She makes us laugh everyday - even when we are angry with her.



On February 23rd, my parents celbrated their wedding anniversary - 41 years. Dave and I took them to a place of their choosing in Phoenix, where we dined on steak and rattlesnake (does not taste like chicken). We went with my sister-in-law and her two girls (my brother was at a seminar in Vegas). It was a good evening.



A wonderful surprise occured last Sunday. There was one whole row at church filled with Loganites from Utah! We were able to get them all to come over for a meal and had a great time catching up. It is always so comforting to see dear friends from our old home. Here we are in the top picture - notice the weather and attire. Left to right - Front: John and Jean Stewart; Back: Mary and Norb Debyle, Ray and Betsy Franchina, Dave, Barbara Hedgepeth; Very Back: Charles Hedgepeth



So I am now gearing up for next month. March 1 and 2 are Tate and Heidi's birthdays, March 13 is Noah's birthday, then spring break and Easter. And lets' not forget about St. Patrick's day!


Happy holidays, birthday and anniversary to all!

50 years!

Happy 50th anniversary to Barbara and Charles Hedgepeth! Dave's parents have been married for 50 years today - what an amazing accomplishment. I found out that only 5% of married couples make it to their 50th anniversary. It's a long time to be together - especially for those two. They will be the first to admit that they are total opposites and it hasn't been all fun and roses. But we sure are overjoyed that they are together and thankful that we can benfit from their example.

We went out to dinner with some friends of theirs and had a very nice night. Noah was very excited to get all dressed up (he can't be my son) and he behaved like a perfect gentleman for the 2 1/2 hour meal where he had crab, lobster and steak. He said that all he was missing was the "little rose in his pocket." His is definitely Pop's little capitalist prodigy.

Noah has started taking archery lessons and really likes it. I think it would be so fun to learn myself. He has also begun a chess class with Dave along with the bowling he does with his dad. We are raising quite the little geek. Is it any surprise - look at his parents! It's a good thing he is progressing in his karate lessons.