If you ever go to San Diego I hope you get a tour guide that is as good as mine. We are in San Diego with my good friend Pete and his beautiful wife. They are showing us around and are excellent hosts!

Marco Loves to Play Fetch

We have this really weird cat. He is more like a dog. He comes when we call him. If he is outside, he comes when I whistle. And to top it off, he loves to play fetch with stuffed animals. The only thing he doesn't do well is bark like a dog, but he tries.

My Angel's on Earth

My Angel’s on Earth

Some people are blessed

by angels from above.

Looking down from heaven,

giving of their love.

I am much more lucky,

my angel is on earth.

Perfect and beautiful,

ever since her birth.

She is always there,

to help me on my way.

She sets a good example,

each and every day.

Constantly she is serving,

with no thought of reward.

Following the teachings

of our Savior and Lord.

She loves without condition,

always quick to forgive.

For her I will be grateful, 

each day that I live.

She plays so many roles,

Daughter, sister, friend and wife.

Each role she does so well, 

helping all throughout their life.

Because I am her husband,

she helps me most of all.

Encouraging me onward,

the many times I fall.

So of all the Angels,

spreading joy and mirth.

I am so happy,

My Angel’s on earth.

-Randy Holland

I wrote this poem for my wonderful wife Amberlee.  Amberlee, thank you for all you do.  I love you!!!  In the Sunday morning session of conference, Elder Anderson refereed to his wife as an angel on earth.  Just for clarification, I wrote this poem a few days before he gave his talk.  

I was talking to one of my patients this morning and she told me how the city of Kingman was started. She said that a wagon train was traveling through and it got really windy. The head wagon trail guide guy said they were going to stop and rest until the wind stopped blowing. Well, the wind never stopped and that is how the city of Kingman was started.

Well, school has been keeping me very busy and I barely have time for anything besides work, school, and sleep. But as we know, all work and no play makes Randy a dull boy or something like that. So we did take a little time out for fun. On Thursday night we watched Amberlee's little brother Caleb while Amberlee's parents went out of town and celebrated mom's birthday and Valentine's Day, which happens to fall on the same day( lucky her). Caleb was fun to have over and enjoyed playing games with us and watching movies.

Friday after work Amberlee and I celebrated Valentine's Day. We got food from Chili's and watched a movie together. It was fun. Of course I also did the basics. I bought Amberlee flowers and a big teddy bear.

Saturday I got up early and did homework while Amberlee slept in. She deserved it. After I did about as much homework as I could handle, we got ready to go. We drove to Las Vegas and went shopping at Costco and Goodwill. Then we drove up to the Temple and met Ashley( my sister) and Jake. They drove down for the weekend to visit us. We all did a session at the Las Vegas Temple. Then we made the two-hour drive home to Kingman. We did make one pitstop at Taco Bell to fill up our bellies. We got to our house and gave Ashley and Jake the grand tour. By this time it was pretty late so we all went to bed.

Sunday we got up early and went to church. I of course made everybody breakfast. That is the least I can do since Ashley and Jake made the 8 Hour Drive to come visit. Church was good. Everyone went home and took a nap while I stayed at the church and counted tithing. When I got home I barbecued some Polish hot dogs and we ate lunch. Then we went on a little excursion. A couple hundred yards off of a well-traveled highway there are some well hidden old buildings. I'm not sure exactly what the buildings are, but I think maybe they were an old mining camp or something. One of the buildings for sure looks like an old service station. We walked around and checked out the buildings and tried to figure out what they used each building for. We then went home and watched a movie while we cooked the lasagna. We ate dinner and played games and then went to bed.

Monday I got up and did homework. When everyone else woke up I made pancakes for breakfast. We then played a couple games and had a good time together. Around noon, Ashley and Jake had to leave. They had a long drive ahead of them. We were so happy they came and we had a great time with them. We hope they had fun too.

Wow,

This week has been very busy. I have had a lot of school stuff and am just barely keeping up. Oh well, at least it keeps me out of trouble( most of the time). Let me just try to fill you in on a few of the highlights. We bought a new car. Actually it's not new, but it is new to us. It is a 2006 Hyundai Accent. It is dark blue. It is nothing fancy, but is exactly what Amberlee wanted. It gets good gas mileage and drives very nice. We went down to the dealership "just to look." Before we knew it we were walking out with the keys. Amberlee sure knows how to wheel and deal. She talked the salesperson down $3500 and made him install cruise control. I still am not a big fan of dealerships and hope to avoid them at least for a few years.

Amberlee started her new job and is really enjoying it. She is working with a little girl with Rett Syndrome. She actually gets paid by the state of Arizona. It is a program to help the mothers of children with disabilities.

Friday night we chaperoned a youth dance. Our main assignment was to guard the punch bowl to make sure nobody spiked it. I guess last year someone put cough syrup in the punch. We had a fun time hanging out with the kids. We were able to sneak away for a couple dances and of course had to sample the food. We helped clean up and as a reward we got to take home some leftovers.

Saturday was spent mostly doing homework. Saturday night we had Amberlee's family over for food and games. We had a very good time. It is always fun to have the kids over. It is amazing how quickly they grow up. The kids had the most fun I think playing on the love sac Dan and Janelle gave us. None of them had ever seen such a big bean bag chair. So big thanks to Dan and Janelle. We kicked everybody out between 12 and 1230. We then cleaned up and went to bed. It is amazing to me that with a little teamwork and about 30 minutes, we were able to erase all traces of our house full of guests.

Sunday we had church bright and early at nine o'clock. We got to bed late and were still tired when we woke up Sunday morning. Church went good. Our primary lost their Sunbeams teacher so they got added to our class. It was nearly impossible to keep them focused on the lesson. But we made it through and hopefully they learned something.

Anyway as it is now Sunday afternoon and probably time for an afternoon nap. We love you all and miss you.