Halloween 2022

 We decorated early this year--we couldn't let last year be our best year.  Since we didn't have the 12 ft skeleton this year, we went and got a 15 ft. phantom that we named "Danny."  We of course did a few doll drops to Mesa friends this year as we tried to spread Halloween cheer all over the valley:). Even though Halloween fell on a Monday this year, we still had a decent turnout of Trick-or-Treaters and of course our yearly get together with the Thurmans on our front porch.  Max and his good friend, Jackson G., dressed up as "Walter White" and "Jesse Pinkman" from their favorite TV show "Breaking Bad."  (They even made some blue meth--hard candy--to go along with their costumes).  Tatum and her good friend, Chloe M., we cute Vampires.

Max's Senior Year-Homecoming Game & Dance

 As the boy mom, you just get the pics.  Not a lot of details other than it was "TOTALLY LIT" and that Natalie was a great date...SO here's my Max just rockin' his Senior year keeping up the "Hype Man" role and dancing the night away with his beautiful date, Natalie.

Max & Ricky

Pink Jeep-Sedona~

 We've lived in AZ for almost 25 years and had never been on a "Pink Jeep" tour in Sedona.  So grateful to have had this opportunity along with my other ABI fellow employees.  It was such a fun day and a great escape from the Phoenix heat:)

From Left to Right:
Gavin, Nicole, Ashley, Hunter, Chris, me, Laree

We had the BEST tour guide--he's been doing this for 20 years so of course he knew how to get all the cool trick shots!  We had a great time doing these.

Chris hanging on for life as Hunter drives:)

Rocco

September/October were ROUGH months for us.  We found out that our 10 year old Beagle, Rocco, had developed bone cancer.  We brought him home for a couple of weeks and had him put to sleep on October 6th.  He was my piano teaching companion for 10 years and boy that first week without him was tough.  I will forever miss his daily howling routine.  You were a good boy Rocco James Carlos Meeker.  Hope you're running around with Sofia and catching those pesky road runners in heaven.💙