San Diego – Escaping the Heat

School starts back up this week, and the temperature in Phoenix was anticipated to be 115+ this weekend. Since this summer has been a little rough on the kids, combined with the fact that my boss made me take some days off and San Diego was 20+ degrees cooler, we decided to drive over to…

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No More Trees

Our neighbors cut down all 4 sissoo trees from their backyard! It took an entire day for the people to chop them down. It was crazy loud, and as of today, I’m not sure how I feel about it. First take a look at a SMALL PORTION of the mess we had to clean up…

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All the changes and updates.

It’s official. School is closed for the rest of the school year. Emergency schooling has begun at home (different from “homeschooling” and supposedly even a little different from “distance learning”). What it means to us is that we just have to do our best to make our kids get through as many assignments as possible…

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Years of Enjoyment

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Back in 2015, we purchased a bunch of PVC piping and tubing with some pumps and bins. We gave them to the kids as a great way for them to play in the water. We let them drill holes and build and fill the buckets with hoses. They spent hours playing with the…

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Sedona – a day trip

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This past weekend we took a trip to Sedona! It is still so hard for me to believe that we can just hop in the car and drive over and be in Sedona in just a couple hours – but we did. We had considered driving out and spending the night before and begin our…

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Monsoons!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Weird to think that there’s flooding. We’ll take another look tonight to see what the parks look like after we’ve had a day of sun without more rain. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=”7636,7637″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_no” speed=”1000″ autoplay=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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The Arm Adventure

We’re almost through the arm debacle! In case you missed it, here is a link to the photo album with the photo documentation of what Hayden went through. Since his final cast was removed, he hasn’t been able to go out to recess or participate in Gym class – that ends December 2nd! I’m not…

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