Back again just before Christmas

Yesterday morning we awoke to a day promising to be sunny and 75 degrees. This morning we awoke to fresh snow and 32 degrees. Yesterday we were in Phoenix waiting for a plane. Today we are in Minden, NV, where we will spend nearly three weeks with our family, celebrating not only Christmas and New Years, but also daughter Kathie's birthday and granddaughter Renee's birthday.

This will be the first Christmas in many years that the whole family will be together: from two great grandsons with their Mom and Dad in Carson City, a grandson and his wife coming down from Post Falls, Idaho, another grandson home from college in Bozeman, Montana, two daughters and one son-in-law right here in Minden, a cousin coming up from Redwood City, California, and the two of us from Benson, Arizona, we will to be lucky thirteen gathering around the Christmas tree.

Here's some of what we saw this morning, a real treat for us desert dwellers:

Daughter Deb's backyard fence

We loved the lines of snow on the fence. 

Waiting for Spring.

It'll all be covered again this afternoon.

Colorful banner.

So, aside from being in Nevada, how are we? Well, my term on the SKP Saguaro RV Park's Board of Directors is over in six weeks. It's been a great experience, with some strong challenges and a whole lot of reward. I certainly know a whole lot more about the business and its management. Suzy, wanting her turn, is one of five candidates running to fill three vacancies on the Board. Some of us think she's a shoo-in, but she's not counting on it yet. We'll know the answer in six weeks.

Health wise, we're still alive and ticking. Yes, the usual expression is "alive and kicking," but since we have been taking turns going to hospitals for heart problems, we're happy our hearts are still "ticking!"

Now, blogging friends, we wish you a wonderful and colorful Christmas --

...and urge you all to remember the Reason for the Season!

That's all for us this day in ... Our Life on Wheels.