We drove about an hour southwest of Flagstaff to Sedona, where they're known for the spectacular red rock. Just take a look--isn't is beeeauuuutiful???
This Thanksgiving I was invited by my friend, Karen, to visit her in Flagstaff where she's been completing her masters degree. Our mutual friend, Ericka, also made the trip up and we've been having such a wonderful time! I thought I'd post just a few pics from our adventures. We've been doing a lot of relaxing mixed in with outdoorsy fun; we spent all day on Thanksgiving cookin' up a delicious din-din; we did some shopping in the way-cute and unique shops in there old downtown area. So...here are just a FEW pics. You can see more posted on my Facebook page...
Willingness...
"If you are willing to trust and follow, there's no point in guiding you. Willingness is the key! Maybe that's why God remains so hidden. Surely God could make us do his will if he wanted--right? But why doesn't he make us do his will? Because he's waiting for our willingness."
"God has a plan to restore what has been lost and broken relationally, one willing life at a time."
"Jesus says, it's not religious observance, but willing relationship that God's after. What you must do is repent and trust in this good news."
"It's not religion that God wants. Relational revolution is what he's after. It's not about jumping through spiritual hoops; it's about living in intimacy with God and others, so that God can begin to heal and restore what's broken in our world. Life in God's kingdom is relational. The means and the measure of maturity is relationship! That's why spiritual maturity is not measured with how religious or outwardly righteous we behave. It's measured in how willing we are to trust God, do what he says, and let him lead us to become loving life-giving people to one another. God lives his life of love in us and through us as we're willing.
All quotes taken from Soul Revolution, by John Burke.
That's my bro with his hands outstretched. This was at a work party/grand opening and they had professional bikers doing jumps and stunts. One of them asked Danny to get up on the ramp so the guy could jump over him. Pretty cool! My mom noticed the eagle in the background and it made her think of a particular verse in the Bible, so she added it to the pic.
God is good!!!
Sunday was a perrrrrrfect day to spend in Julian! Warm, breezy, and full of sunshine. :) I went with my friends, the Pinsi Family, and had a wonderful time. We started off with lunch in a really cute place called Miner's Diner followed by walking through the little shops, buying candy, chocolates, and Julian jams and honey. The outing ended with warm, crumbly apple pie and ice cream at Mom's Pie Shop. The line as usual crept outside and wrapped out front, but we enjoyed watching the pie-makers in the window. Here are some pics from our day...
This year, we celebrated my Mom's Birthday at Shogun. It was tons of fun and incredibly yummy food!
Thanks, Mom, for being so amazing! I seriously don't know what I would do without your unconditional love, consistent thoughtful care, gentle listening ears/heart and so much more. I hope I can come close to being a woman like you!!!!!
I just realized that I haven't posted pics in awhile because I usually just upload them to Facebook or MySpace. So, I thought I'd upload some of my adventures over the last couple of months...
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