The Latest!

We had a "moving in" party last night! Tim and I, James and Beka, Deb and Jonah, and Clay's brother Klint showed up at Clay and Rachel's perfectly packed up apartment and in no time had everything in the moving truck and then unloaded into their new home (these strong guys are amazing)! It is just a great house for them and it's very exciting that they can get settled before baby arrives in November. Check out their link on the right to see more!

School starts up on August 25th for Jonah, James and Beka. Clay is hard at work on the second half of his Master's program in finance at ASU. Both Jonah and Clay are also working full time! We're so proud of all of them for their hard work!

James and Beka are involved in two different shows in opposite valley locations - a first for us, they're usually doing the same show!

 James is in the midst of Blackbeard rehearsals in Mesa and has 15 shows in downtown Phoenix, at the Herberger, from Sept. 5 - 27th.

We're so glad he can drive himself where he needs to go!

Beka is in the midst of Into the Woods rehearsals in Fountain Hills and has 15 shows there from Sept. 12 - Oct 5th. She can't drive herself, so Tim and I find creative ways to use 3+ hours during rehearsals five times a week! The hardest part will be having to miss some of their performances ... 8 of their shows are on the same night!
Check out James and Beka's links on the right to find out more!


Tim stays very busy working from home for Boeing, settling his mama's estate (check his family link on the right - the house is on the market!), and keeping our household affairs in order!

Life for me is really changing! For the first time in 25 years I'm not planning school - both kids will drive off daily to the community college! It's a bit overwhelming to think of the many projects I could start in on ... seems like 25 years of catching up to do! The challenge is figuring out what to do first!

It's a bit silly, but putting this "blog" together is a nice diversion. I can keep this little corner of the web all in order - something impossible for me to do with the rest of life! Thinking about all the blessings we have and putting them into words actually helps me when dealing with the frustrating things - and it is seems like there are plenty of those these days!

Just so you know ... we may look all neat and tidy here - but our house is often a mess, we are regularly dealing with the stresses of two teenage "artists" and are constantly reminded of how very different and imperfect we all are - thankful for God's grace!!!