Archery and Cameron's Baptism

Emma Taylor had another archery competition in Dorsey on Saturday morning. 

Here she is with her friend Lee Ellen before the competition.  They are so cute together!

After the competition, we met Doug and Harrison for lunch.  Then Doug decided he would teach the kids how to properly wash a car. 

So they vacuumed and washed their mother's car.  They did a good job too!

You can see that it was a beautiful day to be outside!

Emma Taylor doing a little posing after the exhausting car wash.  She had gotten hot so took off the top she had on over this "wife beater" t-shirt!

Sunday was a very proud day for our family.  Cameron was baptized at Auburn Baptist Church by the children's minister Ben Stephenson.

We filled a whole pew at church.  My sister Karen came over from Red Bay.

Ben was very proud of him! 

As we all were!

 

 

Archery

Emma Taylor had an archery competition yesterday after school.  She's really getting the hang of it and enjoying herself. 

7th through 12th grades compete together. 

The guy to Emma Taylor's right looks like he should be a teacher instead of a student!

These archery competitions aren't much of a spectator sport.  I can't believe how close to each other they have to shoot.  I love the sound of all the arrows going into the targets!

The sun is shining today and though it's still pretty chilly, I know spring is right around the corner.

Happy weekend!

Last Game of the Season

Cameron's last game of the season was Tuesday night.  His team didn't have a very good season and didn't have a very good coach.  It was a little frustrating but sometimes you play on a good team and have a good coach and sometimes you don't.  I guess they're both good learning experiences.

They lost their last game but Cameron scored all 3 of the points for their team. 

He was disappointed but that's just part of it when you play sports.  He was a good loser though!

Doug drove to Madison, WI on Tuesday to pick up a new "toy" he purchased on the internet.  It always makes me nervous when he's traveling that far away to meet a perfect stranger and is handing over cash!  I guess I watch too much Dateline!  Thankfully he picked Bob up in Rockford and Bob rode with him to get the car so he wasn't alone and the guy he bought it from was not a serial killer after all!  Doug drove part of the way home Tuesday, stopped in Springfield, IL and headed out yesterday morning.  The weather was terrible, snow and ice, and the roads were treacherous.  I'm SO thankful that he arrived home safely!  He drove 1,504 miles to pick that car up.  I just don't understand some of the things he does and I doubt I ever will!   I'll post pictures of his new toy soon. 

Tortilla Flat

It was a pretty drive through the Superstition Mountains. 

Canyon Lake.

We stopped in the little town of Tortilla Flat. 

We had a bite of lunch at the Superstition Saloon.

When they say "saddle up to the bar," they mean it!

Dollar bills were stapled all over the walls.  Hope it never burns down!

I topped off lunch with some prickly pear gelato. 

Delish!

Goldfield

One of my classmates suggested that we take a ride through the Superstition Mountains.  On our drive we stopped in the ghost town of Goldfield.  The town was established in 1892 during the gold rush, hence the name Goldfield. 

It's right across the road from this beautiful view.

It's just one street basically.

But has all the necessary things like a saloon, jail and bordello!

 

And even a church.

The mine has been closed since the late 1800s but now is a tourist destination.

We enjoyed walking around the little town and was a nice stop before driving through the mountains.

Desert Botanical Garden

It's a beautiful day today and supposed to get up close to 70 degrees!  Maybe there's hope for spring's arrival!

After walking around the sports area in Phoenix, Doug dropped me off at the Botanical Garden while he went to visit a friend in Sun City for the afternoon.  He used to work with this guy at Palmen Motors in Kenosha.

The weather was perfect for enjoying the gardens which were amazing.  Cactus like I've never seen before.  I took lots of pictures!

They say fences make good neighbors.  I wouldn't want to live close to this fence!

I spent 3-1/2 hours at the gardens and enjoyed every minute of it!