We ended our year at the Sunbowl...cheering for the ASU Sundevils!

Enjoying a holiday celebration with close friends...everyone has grown up!

After opening presents and having breakfast, we enjoyed a hike up Picacho peak

Merry Christmas 2019!

Christmas Eve, we enjoyed dinner at Andele's and walking around the Mesilla plaza

A day at White Sands. We took our holiday guests, Yasin and Charlie, to see our great National Park.  Students at UWC, they were unable to head back to Africa, their home, over the holiday break.

Cate performed with her jazz class in the Cracked Nut

She did a beautiful job!

 Cate was also a snowflake in Las Cruces Nutcracker

She was the Ballerina doll in the Las Cruces Nutcracker

Shows started in Alamogordo, where Cate was a snowflake in the Nutcracker

Missing his mom...busy rehearsing for her big shows

Cheering the Sundevils to another win!

Getting ready for the annual rivalry...ASU vs. U of A!

We stopped for some holiday photos before heading back to Tempe

Out for a hike...on a very cool morning!

Celebrating a Thanksgiving dinner in Sedona, Arizona.

Manna packs 2019...we reached the 1 million pack distributed from Real Life Church!

Time to rest, after a long week!

Working on a Halloween project for English...a literary pumpkin!

It was a fun evening!

Cate, Olivia and McKree joined mom in the 12th season of Look Who's Dancing!

Go Bulldawgs!

Cate walks Barrow down the field, as Junior prince of LCHS homecoming court

Spirit week at LCHS!

Mom turns 52!

Cate back in school during the day...and the boys miss seeing her!

Back to school, a 9th grader at LCHS.  Back to dance, now Level 5

A new play station for the boys!

A night at the El Paso Chihuahuas game!

Not bad!  We perfected our technique in making spring rolls, pad thai, and cashew chicken

Mother-Daughter Thai cooking class!

Happy to be home...and reconnect with our animals!

One day, we enjoyed playing at Jacksonville Beach.

We headed to Nana and Pop's house and enjoyed meeting up with our cousins

We grabbed some breakfast, then spent the afternoon at NASA.

First stop...Ron Jon Surf Shop...open 24 hours!

We sailed back to Port Canaveral

It was a great time together as family

We rode the zip line and played putt putt golf

Sushi making class!

Learning some surfing skills!

We enjoyed watching some musical theater shows, aqua theater shows, and an ice skating show.  One morning we brushed up on our ice skating skills!

We toured the kitchen, where the prepare daily to feed 8,000 people

We spent the end of the day shopping along the pier...then riding a boat taxi back to the ship.

The next day we arrived at St. Maarten. We rented a car and drove around the island...finding the highest point!

We played on the beach, snorkeled and paddle boarded

We stopped at St. Thomas and took a tour bus to Magen's Bay

The next day was spent at sea.  We explored the ship and found some lounge chairs on deck to spend the afternoon

We enjoyed some poolside drinks before the rain came and we had to board the ship a little early