Jeff and I have one day off a week together- when we aren't grocery shopping, painting the kitchen or running errands- we explore some of our neighboring public lands. These are some of the recent photos that we've taken on our adventures-all within an hours drive of Flagstaff - plus hiking time.

Deb Hankens invited me to Switzerland as her support system and assistant brain for a little over a week - leading up to Ironman Switzerland. Not the average mother-in-law. We spent an amazing 8 days there, the first couple were a little fuzzy- the 9 hour time change was rough. For those that don't know, this was Deb's fourth Ironman, a triathalon that consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run. Not my kind of race. But to see Deb and a thousand other people compete and complete was truly amazing.

Wahoo!! We left snowy Arizona for our Baja Honeymoon shortly after the new year. A long drive brought us to the border town of Mexicali and into Baja California, Mexico.

We've had some crazy weather here in Northern Arizona- we've made national news twice and been in a state of emergency 2x in the last week!! The wet weather started last Tuesday when the Hankinson's left a day early for Phoenix, at that point 1-2ft of snow were expected, instead Flagstaff received 4" of rain in 24 hours- the same amount that fell in the 24 hrs prior to our wedding!