End of Winter Visitors

Since Minnesota hogged up all the winter this year we were left with nothing but sunshine and warm temps here in Tucson.  So warm in fact that our three raised garden beds produced very little this season.

Minnesota tried to make up for this by sending us some fun visitors, Jane and Isaac, who were here for 4 days basking in the Tucson sun.  They enjoyed hiking, biking, and driving up Mt. Lemon. Jane also got to experience her first wine from Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico which she loved!

12 years!

Matt and I celebrated our 12th anniversary last weekend!

Of course we celebrated with steak and our best bottle of wine, Souverain Cabernet Sauvignon from the Alexander Valley, 2007 vintage.  Awesome.

Ligonier Ministries National Conference 2014

We are back from yet another Ligonier National Conference, my 10th!  I love the conference so much and was so sad when it was over this year.  The conference lectures have just been posted on Ligonier.org for free streaming for a  couple of weeks.  They are all worth listening to but my favorites this year were:

The World the Flesh and the Devil by Voddie Bacham 

Do Not Love the World by Robert Godfrey.

The Q & A sessions were also very good and at times quite lively!  In the first Q&A session RC answered the question I submitted having to do with the view many of my libertarian Christian friends hold, namely that government should not be involved in marriage.  RC had a very strong opinion on this matter.  You can here this question asked and answered at 14:13 minutes into the first Q&A session.

The bookstore was filled with wonderful books again this year and here is what we bought.