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Arizona Lessons in 3 Years

As of August, we have been official Arizonians for 3 years! Seems kind of crazy that it's been that long. We have all learned a lot about the west. So, in celebration of our 3 year Arizonniversary here are a few things Arizona has taught us... about survival.  1. Get up early. From about May-September if we want to run, hike, ride the horses, swim at the pool, really anything outdoors we are up the the flipping crack of dawn because any other time of the day is miserable. When it isn't the heat of the summer, the evenings are pretty decent. And when people say, "oh it's a dry heat out there though, so that's probably not so bad", I literally laugh out loud. Before we moved here people had told us the dry heat isn't so bad {you know who you are}. So we stupidly went out to the barn to clean stalls in 120 degrees. I thought the hot breeze was going to melt my eye balls. And then we were both sick with chills the rest of the day. Now, under 105 degrees,
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Love.

"We make loving people a lot more complicated than Jesus did".  A quote from the new book from Bob Goff called "Everybody, Always". Jesus loved everyone and continues to love everyone. He tells us to love our enemies. He tells us if we do not have love, then we have NOTHING. I've always thought, 'well, it's a good thing I don't have any enemies. I'll just skip over that message'. But maybe He didn't just mean enemies {like Harry Potter and Voldemort or Darth Vader and Luke}, maybe he also meant people who are difficult, people we just really do not like, people that have different opinions than us. I'm just going to be honest, it's hard for me to love people. I mean, I truly love my group of friends, my family, and people who are pleasant to be around- but what about the people I try to avoid, people who are just plain rude, or negative, or have thoughts and opinions that I can never understand? I have to love them too

Let The Summer Begin (almost)

We decided we needed to get out of the valley for a few days {with summer quickly approaching and tempts reaching the 90's}, so we packed up and went to Payson for the weekend. I highly recommend going to see the Natural Bridge, pictures do not do it justice.  And I'm pretty dang impressed with Andy for hiking all day with this baby pack. It is seriously not as easy as it looks. I've got to start training...  Raja clearly had the time of her life. {per usual} We are so excited that little man is big enough to ride in the baby pack! And I'm excited Andy is able to haul the baby pack.  Raja is just excited about dirt and water {mud}.  Happy Monday, everyone. Thanks for reading :) 

Keep It Simple

Yes, we are still here, alive and well in Arizona- with an all new blog page! Life is going pretty great. Andy is almost in the clinic and I am finishing up my last few weeks of work! May is going to be a big life changer for us and we are so excited for it. We're getting into the routine of the parent life, I'd say pretty well. The last 2 weeks we have gotten at least 7 hours of sleep a night! So kind of feeling like a boss right now; compliments to the baby boy- thanks for that. I've been debating a lot lately on where to go with this blog... I originally started it to keep up with our adventures in Arizona. I must say, I do enjoy going back and reading old posts and remembering all the fun times {and difficult times} we have had. However, I have decided I do not want my baby's entire life posted on blogger world for all of man kind to see- so I am going to keep the blog for memories, adventures, and thoughts but I am keeping the baby pictures to a min

Fun Is An Attitude

Andy and I have had an exciting insane  few weeks since we returned from Alabama. First of all the drive back to Arizona was not easy. We were pulling the horse trailer with a few things we wanted to bring back, including: A dirt bike, twin size bed, lots of baby things (huge thank you to the friends and family who were so generous to baby buck), a western saddle- just to name a few. I tried my best to enjoy the road trip but I was so uncomfortable and my sweet baby continually stuck his feet in my ribs throughout the drive taking my breath away ... Nonetheless, we made it. We finally got home to find our guest bathroom toilet had been leaking for who knows how long while we had been gone. We had a large mattress in the hallway (we were in the process of moving) and thought, "wow that was lucky- it caught all the water".  Ha. Little did we know the water had gone under the floor into the living room, master bed room, and master closet... and ruined all the floors. I

Weddings Bring Us Together

Basically I have another sibling that I haven't mentioned. Her name is Anna and my family decided we would claim her as our own about six-ish years ago. Another fact you may not know is that she is getting married in September. We are all pretty excited about this because we all actually like Parker (fiancĂ©). With help from our friend Whitney we had a small, fun shower for Anna and Parker.  Before getting cleaned up. They're cute.  As always with anything the Calhouns' are  involved in, we needed some entertainment. I'll let you guess who sent dad's truck into the woods 20 minutes before the shower started...  When these guys are involved, usually so is shooting.  Skeet shooting to wish the happy couple the best? It was fun either way.  And that concludes the pictures. I can't wait to stand by this girl in a few