Dear Reader,

I am tired, had the runs this morning, vacuumed the WHOLE downstairs tonight, planned my intro to my first swing class, it's going to be clever and I learned all about Pack Rats, which we have in abundance here in the Sonoran desert. One has made a nest in Matt's car which stalled it on the freeway. They are the size of guinea pigs and they are not scared of us, the humans. But life goes on and it's enjoyable when your children are sometimes clever.

Grace prayed, "Please bless we can eat dinner. Please bless we can yell real loud..."

I asked, "Why do you want to yell?"
"Maybe if we yell real loud Heavenly Father will come down and see us."

I love the desert and I love the people who live in the desert and I love those people's pools. Although we haven't become good enough friends with any of those people yet to warrant an invite, but it's just a matter of time, really.