You never know what you're gonna get.

Ok, so it has been a little while since I have posted anything. I apologize, I will work on getting better at that. For quite awhile there they blocked my access to this site at work so that was my excuse at really me just being too lazy to post. But now that I have access again and I am at the moment, bored out of my mind, I figure why not post a little something for the rest of you to enjoy.

So, I have the pleasure and thrill of being able to ride alone now. I have completed FTU (field training unit), and Journeyman (riding with a senior agent.) It was a long, very long process but finally I am working alone and loving it. Being alone is by far more dangerous but in a lot of ways much more enjoyable. Our job has many tasks and different duties to perform. One of these is to respond to various types of sensors that are tripped. Responding to these can result in an apprehension of large groups of illegals, drug loads, or what seems most of the time a variety of animals. We were actually able to mount a camera near a water tank close to one of the sensors and this is what we came up with. It goes to show you there is a lot of life in the desert.

Erik

We have had a few visitors the last month or so. My sister and her family came down in early April and then my big brother, Erik, came down over Mother's Day weekend. I'm glad to know that we are missed and that people love us enough to come all the way down here to visit. (Although I think Erik missed Baxter more than us. J/K)

The reunion between Erik and Baxter was pretty cute though. They got to be pretty good buddies while we were still in Utah because Erik (and my other bro David) would watch Baxter when we went out of town. I know Baxter has missed the boys and I'm pretty sure the boys have missed him too.

We had a great time with Erik, showing him all over our great area, eatting at all our favorite little places (Bisbee Breakfast Club, Jimmy's Hot Dogs, Buffalo Wild Wings) and playing games. Andrew was so proud of himself for beating Erik at Thurns and Taxis, he's still talking about it! We did a little bowling before Erik left, where he and Andrew kicked butt! We bowled three games, Erik won twice and Andrew won once. My first frame I bowled a strike, Andrew had a great second game and schooled us all, but Erik's last game was awesome! I think he had like 4 strikes in a row! We had a great time making up bowler nicknames and celebratory dances.

Just a really really great weekend. We love you Erik and we are so glad you came down for a couple days.

In case anyone is wondering, my Gerber Daisies are still alive and doing well. We've had new blooms and they are looking really beautiful out there. The grass in the backyard is green and thick and it's Baxter's favorite place to hang out. Ours too actually.

The weather here has finally gotten HOT. It starts early and is 90 by 10 am and doesn't cool down too much til 8ish. The nights are absolutely amazing, which makes the days worth it. It's warm, breezy and you can see every star in the sky. We love Arizona and are excited to have many more adventures here.

Spring Flowers

I got adventurous today and decided to try gardening for the first time in my life. My biggest fear is that I will manage to kill these sweet little Gerber Daisies, but the people at the nursery assured me that they are pretty hardy and can survive almost anything. So I have planted 10 Daisie plants in the little flower bed that Andrew built for me and we will see how well I can keep them alive. I fertilized them, watered them, spoke nicely to them and now we will just have to let nature do it's thing. I will keep you updated, but just wanted to share my little bit of a contribution to all our yard work. Oh yeah! One of my favorite brothers, Erik, sent me a hummingbird feeder (Sierra Vista is the hummingbird capital of the world!) for my birthday so I figured it would probably get a little bit more action there by the flowers. Hope we get to see some birds!