Snowshine

It's been cold the last few weeks....well, at least quite chilly....unusually so for February in Arizona, so I'm told. Last night we had a big storm, lots of wind and heavy rain with hail in some parts of the city. I was surprised today when I went to the mailbox and noticed there was snow on the top of the mountain.

funny bunny

On our honeymoon we made up a photography game where we took pictures of a little bunny, a gift from my dad, in various places as we traveled. The bunny had his picture taken in a pile of chocolate kisses, leftover from the basket feast at our wedding and packed in a cooler with other goodies.


When we visited Salem North Carolina the bunny went with us for a yummy meal of hummus and white pizza. Looks like the bunny was hungry.


After a late evening in Charlotte, North Carolina visiting Morning Star Fellowship the bunny stopped at the drive through and had some of Bojangle's famous chicken 'n biscuits.


The bunny loved Pensacola beach....he didn't want to leave even though he got sand in his ears.


When we drove through Georgia the bunny insisted we stop for peaches. Yum!

silly lily #2

Lily is very agile. She loves to run fast, jump over things, is quite comfortable standing on her hind legs....

and is very patient when hunting for lizards or other little creatures that live in small places.

sundance

Dressed in my fluffy lavender bath robe, I dashed to get my camera the other morning in order to capture these fiery clouds.

Dressed more appropriately for outdoor photography Jay made a similar sprint when he saw this beautiful display as the sun was setting.

dancing in the mirror

Challenger Space Learning Center inspired this self portrait with its large mirrored wall.

silly lily #1

Lily does some silly things....on of the silly things she does is the way she sits. Instead of sitting like a dog she prefers to sit on things the way people do. Frequently this involves sitting on the stairs although she will also sit this way on my lap.

The stairs also work well for reclining and are sometimes employed as a type of playground equipment that involves jumping off or over.

The tenth good thing about my dad #10

The tenth good thing about my dad was that he loved me.

Journal Entry 1/16/08
Wendy stayed until 1 AM. We were giving meds as often as possible trying to keep him comfortable. She went home and I lay down in Lazyboy intending to get up at 2 AM to give next dose of meds. At 2 AM I heard dad exhaled/moan and the bird clock chirp. I got up and started to give meds. After the second dropper full, dad took a large gulp of air-paused-then a couple more and he was gone. Wayne said, "He finished." Wayne was holding dad's hand while I rubbed his head-something I had been doing a lot. Wayne and I sat and hugged and cried a while and then he called Wendy, Keith, and Gera. Time of death 2:15 AM. Wendy and Leon came. Wendy had a victory song she wanted us to dance to. She sang and the two of us dance. Amy and Julie came. We called Arlene and invited her to come out. The rest of the Cooks came-we prayed and Logan read a couple of dad's stories. We ate breakfast and discussed some funeral plans and then headed our seperate ways until the meeting with the funeral home at 11. I slept. When I talked with Keith he said he had awaken in the middle of the night and was overcome with shadows. He knew before we called. Later in the day he said he had this feeling like he needed to call dad and tell him the news-as that is typically his first call when something big happens-then he would realized dad already knew he was dead. Met at funeal home and then had coffee with Grace. Spent PM at Cooks looking for pictures for slide show. I had prayed that dad would pass on 16th as 17th is Brian's B-day and the 18th Keith's B-day and Saturday seemed too far away.

(Photo credits: Amy Cook)