Author: Linny Saunders

The 4th of July

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Isaiah’s FIRST 4th of July – it was AWESOME!! We went to the parade in Bayfield where Liberty, Isaiah and I walked with the Blue Star Moms. It was so moving as the people stood and clapped as we passed. They honored military families and our kids serving this great country of ours. I was…

Africa Here They Come

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They’re off!! Early Monday morning Dw and Emma were packed and ready to head to Albuquerque. They have 4 suitcases to check – stuffed with 3 trumpets, 1 trombone, 204 Beanie Babies, 500 lollipops for the orphanages, fill-in-the-blank workbooks for the pastors conference, teaching materials, Emma’s VBS teachers materials, craft materials, dozen of Granola bars…

The River Rat

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We try regularly to take our kids on “dates” alone. I knew with Emma leaving for Africa the summer is all of a sudden much shorter. Her all time favorite place in Durango to eat is The River Rat and it’s only open from May to August. Just before she left for Africa we decided…

Collecting for the Orphans

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Emma had an idea before leaving for Africa….why not collect Beanie Baby type little stuffed animals to take? She went to yard sales and and bought a bunch and then went to thrift stores and asked them if they would be willing to donate some. Before long she had collected 204. It was really fun…

Bikes

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As Dw prepares to leave the country for the next 15 days we had one last date to squeeze in. I told him that I got to pick since he is the one leaving. We headed downtown to grab a cup of coffee at Starbucks. We had brought breakfast bars because of how “good for…

Friends Forever

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There are some people in life that just “click”. Their presence in your life reminds you that God is the orchestrator of awesome friendships. One of these types of friends is one of our oldest and dearest friends – Dennis. The Lord brought him across our path years ago, not long after we planted our…