audrey and emma. sweet little pair huh.  

audrey blowing out her candles. they sort of ate cake before we sang happy birthday and lit candles, so thats why its half gone.i think emma was most excited about a birthday. 

yep that house stickin up is theirs.

heres emma in front of the house.

heres a cool sunset that night, when we were looking at the house. 

heres the park. 

me and dan. walking on the path between houses. their house backs up to this walkway that leads to a park, instead of other ppls backyards. 

closer view. see doesnt that look cute, i like the green trim. and the burbs already waitin for ya. (at my house for now). its also got a huge backyard, perfect for a pool and a yard! 

their new house! (everybody cross your fingers! ) its got a great floor plan! a big L shaped loft upstairs, room for an office and a family play room.  

maggie and grandma picking up leaves.  

hahah! this just looked very funny. its from omaha, david and james. and james's son. dve hanging over lake zorinskys's brigde.  

this one is that same sunset. it was just so cool looking! its at the end of our street looking into this field, and that palm tree to the left needs to be trimmed real bad!  

heres our backyard so far. not much done to it yet, just some digging. we want to put grass in the middle and extend the porch with cobblestone, and plant orange and palm trees around.  

And heres our house for anyone who missed it.  

same sunset 

this was the sunset like 2 nights ago, it had rained a little bit, mostly west towards the sun got rain, but it made a cool sunset! 

This is right before that huge storm we had. and before i cute my hair... its at the end of our street. on my way back to the house i got pounded by blowing sand... 

The Storm

Wow the night before last we had quite the storm!! it was pretty amazing, it snuck up on us! dan saw outside a lot of clouds and then i went outside to take some pictures and by the time i was a few houses down the street the wind picked up and was blowing sand and dirt in my face, with impressive force. it stung! so then i got home, and the little trees in on our street were swaying back and forth with the wind, and i went inside. then we saw our little tree had taken a fall and it couldnt get up! we tried , we built up the base with dirt, and tried to stick the wooden post it was fixed to deeper in the ground, but later we found out the post is what broke. anyways, so our tree was not the only one down. in chandler and gilbert where we work tons of trees were down! like trees 15 feet tall had falled. some say its the most powerful monsoon in 20 years. our backyard was like a pool, and we had some leakage in the house, from below. the thunder and lightening lasted for a couple hours nonstop, and some of the lightening was VERY close to our house. of course jinx was very scared, hiding in boxes, under blankets, and curled up in a ball when picked her up. our power was out for a couple hours as well, until like midnight. Anyways, thats sort of whats goin on in Casa Grande. since that storm , its been pretty clear outside. man it was nice to see clouds. I LOVE CLOUDS!!! I LOVE RAIN!!! it was so nice outside when it was raining, almost chilly!!! i will bet it was in the 70s. i forgot what weather like that felt like, cool air that smells like rain and a cool breeze, with big blue clouds overhead. its been hot stagnant air and a blow dryer. but you know, its not THAT bad. once winter comes i am gona be LOVIN it. and its hot nomatter where you live in the lower 48 mostly. at least its not humid here. they say in 7 weeks we'll be singing a much different tune. they say it will be much cooler by then. :) well, incase i dont see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night.

I found it!!

Guess what?! i found my long lost sketch book!! its completely full of sketches, every one of which i thought i would never see ! its a wonderful life!! see the reason this is so exciting is because i dont really think i will do a whole lot of sketches anymore, because i found oil painting, and i love that. maybe more. because the outcome of the art is so much more alive and vibrant. and it doesnt smear over time... and its just so colorful. I am so excited for next week when my family moves down!! we have the key to their house, and its a beauty! i think they'll love it. Well. just wanted to drop that great news!!