Agoura Hills

HOME SWEET HOME!!!
Thank you all for your prayers. I'm home safe and sound on the other side of the world. I've missed my family so much.

First family dinner together - Mom's famous tacos! Yummy!!!

Tanner with the Liger, Chops.

My bestest friend in the WHOLE wide world!
I love you sis!

Thank you Jesus for bringing me home for such a time as this.

Christmas in November! 11.3.09

Last family night!
The Mattox family knows how much I love Christmas, so they decided to give me one last Cyprus Christmas. I was so blessed!

I got home from taking Abby to Limassol for ballet, and the house was decorated, Christmas music filled the air, Christmas dinner tantalizing the olfactory glands, and an incredible family to welcome and love me.

Christmas crowns

They even blessed me with gifts.

A beautiful Christmas dinner spread.
Emma, well done on setting the table and folding the napkins.
Darlene, home run on the meal...yum!
I'll miss Chicken on the throne...haha!

Then we cuddled up on the couch to watch one of my favorite Christmas films, Elf! This was such a special night.
Tim, Darlene, Abby, and Emma, you are forever and always going to be a HUGE part of my life!!!! I love you! Love Linz

New music.

Music.

My friend Mary has a pretty cool blog, and I wanted to share it with you all.

Click HERE to check it out.
Every Monday, she shares new music, artists, or bands that she has discovered.
Enjoy!

Love Linz

September get-away. 9.2.09

Beginning of September get-away to Latchi.
I went with the Mattox family on a two day vacation.
Great time of refreshment before the start of school and ballet.

You can never be too old to love swings.

Two monkeys.

Don't feed the children.
They bite.

Night walk along the Latchi Harbor.

Great picture Darlene.

Morning sunrise with Jesus.

Fisherman.

In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before You
and wait in expectation.
--Psalm 5:3

This is me at 6-something in the morning.
Thanks for enjoying the pictures.
I do apologize for slacking a bit on the blog.
May Jesus bless your day.
I'll be back to CA soon - land at LAX on November 7th!!!
Love Linz

Neuswanstein Castle 8.23.09

Inspiration for Walt Disney's Castle.

The drive to the castle was spectacular...my new favorite picture, taken from the car.

Check that action out...Yowsers!!!

Remind you of D-land?
Kind Ludwig II lived here only for 140-something days, so it is still unfinished.

View from the inside of the castle.

God's creation takes my breath away =).

Giants in the land.

I can't resist...

Lederhosen Family.

Darlene and her Colorado roots reconnecting.

The best place to kiss a horse on their soft muzzle. I miss my Molly girl!

Ballet in the lake by the castle.

The Hills are Alive! 8.22.09

With the Sound of Music!!!

We visited Salzberg, where The Sound of Music was filled - so cool!

Front of the Von Trapp Family Home.

Karen, Darlene and I can now watch the movie with new eyes...

We've been here!

I am 16, going on 17...

The gazebo is locked, but I am pretending to jump from bench to bench on the outside...haha!

Inspired to sing and dance...

...always.

Our amazing friends and tour guides...Anja and Janos.

The rain made it seem that much more real.

The back of the Von Trapp Family Home, where the kids tipped the boat with Maria.

The Do-Ray-Me steps...

Of course I danced and sang all the way down them.

So cool to be here.

Recognize this?

The famous fountain.

The place where the family hid at the end.

This was such a cool day!!!
My dream come true!
Thank you Jesus for blessing us in the sweetest ways.

Eagle's Nest 8.22.09

Hitler's 50th Birthday Present.

This place was tall in the mountain with a spectacular view, so we heard. Today was foggy and rainy, so we could only imagine the sheer vastness of the mountain peaks and valleys. All in all, very cool to see something so historical.

Bus ride up the mountain.

Looks like we are going skiing or snowboarding.

We had to travel on a bus up the hill, then through a tunnel, then up a huge elevator.

Where's Waldo?

A little out of order...another bus picture.

On the right, you can see Hitler...he didn't really visit here much. It is recorded that it made him sick to be up here. Altitude maybe...not sure.

The inside has been turned into a restaurant and souvenir shop.

What the view would have looked like...haha!

The cross on the hill with the Adel Weiss flower.

There's a light at the end of this tunnel...(sing it Third Day).