Wow! It's been too long since I last updated. Sorry about that. Been busy with the children and trying to write other things. Maybe one day I can actually earn a living writing...but I doubt it.Anyway, Spring break has come and gone. School started two weeks ago. To our surprise, so did spring in Arizona.
I first noticed the baby prickly pear pads (yum) starting to come up, along with potential fruits (double yum). Then Tori noticed these beautiful flowers on the organ pipe (?) cactus. Just today, we went walking through another part of Sagauro forest and noticed flowers of all colors (orange, yellow, and purple). The saguaro flowers are not out yet, but they will be soon. I can't wait to see those.
So, despite living in the desert, we are experiencing a beautiful spring here. Things are greener and more 'flowery' than we expected. I'm loving it. Of course with spring comes pollen. We have this strange tree in our yard that has pom pom like balls for flowers. They are kind of the equivalent of those stringy pollen strands that fall all over back east. These balls are everywhere now. And they are invading our sinuses like crazy.
With spring comes spring cleaning. We decided to straighten up our backyard today. Our old picnic table chairs started breaking, so we went off to target to replace them with new chairs. Instead of getting boring beige ones to match the table, we got them in rainbow colors. The kids like them and it adds color to the back yard. Kevin powerwashed the back deck before he put the chairs up and now, it looks great.
I also cleaned up our sandbox and added sand. Stefan loved helping me do that. Then we enjoyed the new lounge chairs Daddy got (our old ones from Bealeton also broke). So all in all, it's been some nice sun time. But of course there is no going outside without sunscreen...or SPF swimsuits.
Gotta love it!
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