The decorations are all put away…

January 13, 2020

The holidays are one of the busiest times of the year for the Guest House…and we LOVE it!!!There’s just so much to fill you in on. Thanksgiving had us able to host nine other folks besides our family. Three are missionaries, two were folks from Mississippi visiting their kids who are the missionaries from Mexico, […]

Holiday season recap

January 14, 2019

Looking back at the last eight years and I realized that we haven’t had two “holiday seasons” the same. Each year looks different around here when it comes to the “traditional” holiday seasons. November held a visit from Torre’s mom and us hosting Thanksgiving. We had a family from the Guest House over to enjoy […]

How I Enjoy the Fall in My Desert

October 3, 2017

I have loved fall before Pinterest and Facebook made cool posters proclaiming it as a wonderful time of the year. Before I even met Torre I wanted to get married in October. Ta-da! God blessed me with that AND it was peak color season for all the trees in Michigan. Fast forward to 2008 […]

Uber-esque

July 30, 2017

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be an Uber driver? No? Neither have I, but this last week I had the opportunity to serve like one. At least it felt what I think an Uber driver must feel like. It started with picking Narah up from the airport last Monday night as […]

Home is where…

May 10, 2016

I read a book recently asking the reader where home was. Would home always be a certain place? Do you feel at home where you are currently at? I was explaining to the kids that we were hoping to visit our friends and coworkers Chris and Rachel Thomas in Mississippi on our way back to […]

Well it’s coming

February 14, 2014

Well it’s coming…summer. First spring, then summer, hot, hot, summer. I hung some towels and sheets out today, went for a walk and when I came back they were bone dry. I almost feel bad posting this as our Michigan family and friends are experiencing an extremely long, cold, and snowy winter. Yes, it’s 80 […]

Four weeks of fall…week three.

October 22, 2012

After writing the last blog post I realized that I had our anniversary in the wrong week! Week three of October held our eight year anniversary, Oct 16th. See what happens when I get off my routine! Today is Monday, a day that I have always loved. It’s full of new beginnings, we’re not behind […]

October

October 7, 2012

I love to read blogs. I gain ideas from blogs, I learn lessons from blogs, I am enertained by blogs. A few of the blogs I like to read are featuring a challenge, “31 Days”, the writer of the blog chooses the topic. At first I was excited to try 31 Days of the Guest […]

Tamales anyone?

January 8, 2012

I tell you what, Mexicans sure know how to make the holiday festivities last. On January 6th, Three Kings Day is celebrated, or Epiphany, or Los Tres Reyes. It’s actually celebrated in other countries than Mexico. However you call it, the celebration is kind of fun. One family will host the celebration by purchasing, or […]

Is that, fall, in the distance????

September 5, 2011

So it’s been a little hot. Like a LOT of hot. 100 deg temps for most of August. I’m trying not to complain. I’m trying to compare it to winters in Michigan when it’s April and it’s not quite spring yet, and you’re so tired of being cold for the past five months you wonder […]