our little island

this has been a rough week for cody and i. lost a friend and a family member last weekend and we've so wanted to be home in salt lake to mourn with the people that mean the most to us. more and more i feel the blessing of having a husband who is my friend and my constant companion. we are a little island here in arizona and when things are so sad and far away we have each other to cling to. been busy working at the preschool all week. i get to kiss fat, squirmy babies all day and then come home and kiss my husband. it's nice. next month we find out if we're having a boy or a girl. still hard to believe there's a baby in there.

flagstaff and sedona- oh i'm sewwwwwwww happa....

we drove up to flagstaff and sedona yesterday- was so happy to get out of mesa and to feel cold, crisp mountain air- i actually cried. cody took his skis up to see if he could catch any last minute spring snow and he totally lucked out. it's beautiful right now. i hiked and wandered and read my book and watched a woodpecker and was so grateful to be outside and to feel healthy. went to a little diner in town and pigged out on cheap yummy burgers and fries then headed to sedona to explore some more. that place is gorgeous. a little community tucked into green trees and huge redrock cliffs. even the birds seemed ridiculously happy. i think it will be our escape from now on. once a month we'll take two days to go north to get away from the heat and enjoy the mountains.
mother's day is tomorrow. cody and i water-colored some cards and made funny little envelopes for the many special women in our lives. cried as i wrote in some of them. i cry a lot lately. mom's will do that to me though. we just love them so much.