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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Arizona

In early May my dad, and step mom Michelle moved to Arizona, but my baby sis Cassidy (she's 16) stayed in CA to finish the school year.

My brother Tim and I just got back on the 16th from taking her out to AZ. It was a fun trip!! I've really missed my dad, and even though we didn't see each other every day it's hard knowing I can't just go see him anytime.

It was hard being away from Paul for that long, but he was away at a conference on Church history that week. That's why I planned the trip when I did.

There aren't many pics from the trip and what I did take was on my phone so the quality may not be so great. :/

There's also a short video of a lightning storm!

The view on the drive up. We're almost there!!

Cassidy on our first day exploring.

Dad & Tim on our first day fishing.

Cassidy & her new friend! :)

Our dinner that night...the BIG one was mine! ;)

My dinner!!

Tim & Cookie on the back porch.

Pretty rainbow (view from backyard)!

Same rainbow.

Michelle, Cookie, Tink (chihuahua), and Bella (Mastiff) relaxing!

Tim at the top the mountain at the ski resort. We rode up, but hiked down. Tim, Cassidy, and I didn't stay on the trail, we went into the trees where we knew there were bears and things because we saw a bear cub cross the trail on the way up. It was fun!!

Another view.

Cookie chillin' on the back porch...I think she misses it! :(

This storm went on all day, the day before we left. I'm just glad it was clear the next morning.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Nazareth & Cana

The day we arrived in Israel we went straight from the airport to the Mount of Beatitudes Hospice (Tiberias) which is where we were staying, so there were no real pictures from that day. Just a couple scenic photos. I posted two of them to give you an idea of how green it was. When we arrived to the hospice it was dark, and we were tired, so we ate dinner then headed to bed.

The next day we went to Nazareth to see Mary's Well, the Church of St. Joseph which is built over the Nazareth home of the Holy Family, and the Basilica of the Annunciation where we heard Mass.

Sadly I had trouble with one of my memory cards and LOST pretty much all pictures of the Basilica and the Church of Saint Joseph. I will find some pics online and post them on a later date, so you know what we saw, but I do wish I had my own photos, I know I had some great shots I really wanted to share with you. But luckily I had another card on me, otherwise I would have lost all pics of Cana too.

View from the bus driving to Tiberias

Nazareth

You can see the top of the Basilica of the Annunciation in the middle of the photo.

Mary's Well

This is called Mary's Well, but it's actually just an extension. The actual Well is inside St. Gabriel's Church.

Amer (our tour guide) explaining all of this to us.

He was born and raised in Nazareth, and still lives there today.

He was awesome!!

Paul at "Mary's Well".

St. Gabriel's Church

Actual site of the Well, just up the hill a bit.

Inside St. Gabriel's Church

Actually Mary's Well

Water spout

Inside St. Gabriel's Church

Basilica of the Annunciation

This is the only picture I have. The inside was beautiful, and Mass was said just outside Grotto of the Annunciation in the lower Church.

There are two levels.

Down the street and around the corner. If I remember correctly the sign was put there during the Pope's visit (I think John Paul II), so that he would see it as he drove by. It was never removed because that piece of land is Muslim property.

Can you find the misspelling?

Cana Wedding Church

Inside the Wedding Church

Where we (and all couples in our group) renewed our wedding vows!!

Painting behind the Altar

Me & Paul

Cana Wedding Church

Main Church

Friday, March 23, 2012

First Stop, London!

We started our trip off in London, but we were only there for one day so we did not see a whole lot. In fact we had so many delays that day most of what we saw was as we drove by it. We did get a glimpse of Westminster Abbey, Big Ben (can you really miss it?!), and St. Paul's Cathedral, but the main event of the day was the inside of St. Thomas More's CELL!! I believe we were supposed to see more of the Tower of London, but like I said we were really delayed...