We love being only a few hours away from cooler weather, beautiful scenery, and slower, lazier days. The White Mountains of Arizona is where our family goes to relax and unwind. I loved growing up and raising my kids in the Old Pueblo. We moved back to Tucson when I was in 5th grade. My five years in Northern California were filled with fun days in the redwoods and at the beach. I was born in Tucson and spent all but five years of my childhood here. I love Christmas! Our family has tons of traditions that we do through the season, including setting out our collections of nativities and nutcrackers, making a generations-old family cookie recipe and the kid’s favorite, opening stockings after Christmas brunch. Caleb and Courtney blessed us with our beautiful granddaughter, Parker. My husband Jeff and I have five kids, Caleb (married to Courtney), Jacob (graduated to heaven), Hannah (Married to Palmer), Bekah, and Zeke. If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily.' Is it not clear to you that to go back to that old rule-keeping, peer-pleasing religion would be an abandonment of everything personal and free in my relationship with God? I refuse to do that, to repudiate God’s grace. The life you see me living is not “mine,” but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. Christ’s life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. So I quit being a “law man” so that I could be God’s man. 'What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn’t work. We are looking to try somewhere new in the next few years. We love going to Disneyland and California as a family. It's really hard to choose between May the 4th, Halloween and Christmas. I love it! As a family we love Disneyland. Andy got me into golf when I came to Lifepoint. Mary and I enjoy every single University of Arizona sport & professional sports. My wonderful wife, Mary and I have been married since 2007! We are both Tucson natives.
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