November Weekend Smorgasbord!!! Youth Rally-Hike-Birthday-Thanksgiving-Feast-2016!!!

LPC YOUTH RALLY 2016

Starting off with this past Friday, we had an AWESOME Youth Rally!!! Bro. Garrett preached a very much needed message to us all about living for God and if we want to make it to heaven and if we want to live for God it's NOT going to happen UNLESS we do something about it, we're not just going to make it coasting along!!!

 After wards all the young people had a great time socializing, eating and playing games. We had out fire pits, a coffee bar, an air hockey table, a ping-pong table and of course basketball!

Annnnnnnnnd we had something VERY COOL at our thing and that is a HOT COOKIE TRUCK...it was GREAT!!! A big hit!!!

Deedee's First Hike

I took Deedee up to Fountain Hills early Saturday morning and we hiked! She absolutely LOVED it! She's so athletic, I'm all hauling myself up the hill and she's like, YOUR TIRED??? LOL I was just a little disappointed tho that the fountain wasn't going, its soooooooo BEAUTIFUL and I wanted her to see that, buuuuuut oh well NEXT TIME!!!

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BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

Annnnnnnnnnnnd after the hike Deedee and I headed over to Scottsdale Ranch Park for the birthday party of some of my favorite kids, Arie, Sammy, MaKenna and Isacc!!!! Their parents decided since all their first 4 kids birthday are real close together in the fall that they would have one big party for all of them! It was great and funnnnn!!!

It was Arie's actual birthday tho!!! Love this girl, she's such a sweetie and fun, pretty much has my love life all planned out...I'm glad someone's working on it, bahahahahaha!!!

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 Us ladies even joined the potato sack race!!! I was the first one to volunteer to join...LOL!!!

Annnnnnnnnnnnd off we go!!! Hopping like bunnies!!!

 Sis. Abbott WON! She's basically an athlete runner now...;))))

Annnnnnnnnnd there I am, coming in LAST and cheering for myself!!! LOL!!!

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Deedee!!!

I LOOOOOOVE THIS GIRL!!!

 MJ, I looking cute!!!

And games and FUNNNNNNNN!!!

 It was a great time, so glad I got to join!!!

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THANKSGIVING FEAST 2016

Had a great time today with my church family!!!

Its an LPC tradition to have a Thanksgiving Feast every year, memories of this from when I was a kid, was one of my FAVORITE times...LOVE IT!!!

Candy Rain after wards...parents were like, MORE CANDY??? Lol weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllll some of them...some of them were OUT THERE GETTING IT!!! BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

 

Annnnnnnnnnnnd that was my awesome Smorgasbord weekend!!! I'm so grateful for such a funnnnn and busy weekend!!! Looking forward to MORE funnnnnn this week!!! Thanksgiving, birthdays, pizza making with my bro, black Friday shopping, a play...Wooooooohooooo!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

I DID IT!!!

For the VERY FIRST TIME, in my whole entire life, I made it to the top of the mountain hiking!!! It took me two hours to hike up and two hours back down, and 30 minutes to chill and take pictures on top!!! So it was a grand total of 5 hours up and down!!! I know that hiking to the top of a mountain may not seem like a big deal, buuuuuut FOR ME, its a HUGE DEAL!!! There is NO way I could have done this hike without these two sticks to dig in and keep my balance, there were some parts that were soooo steep I had NO idea how to go accept almost sit down and slide...This is BY FAR, THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER PHYSICALLY ACCOMPLISHED IN MY LIFE!!!

The moment you decide that TODAY IS THE DAY,

you will climb to the top of that mountain!!!

On my way up!!!

Taking a little rest!!!

Annnnnd I KEEP GOING!!!

You guys have NO IDEA, how many times I ALMOST turned around!!!

Buuuuuuuuuuuuut I kept going!!!

Annnnnnnnnnd FINALLY you see the peak, ONE LAST, BIG CLIMB!!!

I know that doesn't look like anything more than a little hill, buuuuut it really was BIG and steep, the picture really couldn't capture that!!!!

Annnnnnnnnnd then THE MOMENT YOU DO IT...

YOU HIKE TO THE TOP!!!

Annnnnnnnnnd

your standing on the peak!!!

You guys have NO IDEA how happy I was when I reached the top and was standing on that peak!!! I felt such exileration!!! I was like shouting out, JESUS!!! Thank you Jesus!!! Annnnnnnd just to be honest with you all, it turned into a little worship service up there on that mountain peak!!!

I was just chilling and worshipping God up there!!!

I really thought I was all alone, just ME and Jesus!!! Buuuuuuuuuuuut I guess you could say that THE NEXT HIKER up the mountain got a LITTLE more than he anticipated when he got to the top as well with my worshipping God up there!!! Hee, hee!!!

Annnnnnnnnnd this is me, HI!!! This is my FIRST TIME hiking to the top!!!!

WILL YOU TAKE MY PICTURE???

Heres a few scenic pictures!!!

The view truly was BEAUTIFUL!!!

The pictures really don't give the view justice!!!

It was awesome!!!

Sooooooooo cool being that high up

Annnnnnnnnnnnd knowing you were that high, BECAUSE YOU CLIMBED IT!!!

Paradise Valley!!!

Look, I STILL HAVE MY CURLS!!!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!

The sunset was BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Something I always wanted to do was read my Bible at the top, it was so cool just sitting there reading on top of that peak!!! You all have gotta do that some time!!!

Sunset behind me...

Weeeeeeeeeeeeellllll I better start heading back!!!

That moment in your hike back down when you realize that you probably should have started back sooner!!!

Ooooops!!!

You'd be surprised how much light the moon actually puts out tho...I MADE IT BACK by 8!!! Soooooooooooo I probably won't be doing the whole hike up to often right now, considering that it took me 5 hours up and down, buuuuuuuuuut I WILL do it again!!! For now I'll probably just hike up for 30-45 minutes and then head back down, thatll be at least an hour of exercise!!!

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Buuuuuuuuuuuuut I DID IT YOU GUYS,

I DID IT!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

January Update!!!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeelllllll I know it's the middle of May, buuuuuuuuuuuuut, how about a January update!?!?! So our computer has been acting up and I was having difficulty getting pics saved into here but finally got it!!! 

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Last hike of 2018!!!

We brought in the new year with a HILARIOUS PLAY

GOODBYE 2018!!!!

HELLOOOOOO 2019!!!