The day after we moved in I took the kids 
out for a walk to our neighborhood park. Braden had instructed us that the first thing we would do when we got to Arizona was find friends, so we were on a mission. We lasted only minutes in the hundred degree weather and failed our mission as no one else was crazy enough to be out. Mercifully, the sprinklers came on, which are a novelty to my kids (no one has sprinklers in Ohio), and we had a wonderful time after all.
out for a walk to our neighborhood park. Braden had instructed us that the first thing we would do when we got to Arizona was find friends, so we were on a mission. We lasted only minutes in the hundred degree weather and failed our mission as no one else was crazy enough to be out. Mercifully, the sprinklers came on, which are a novelty to my kids (no one has sprinklers in Ohio), and we had a wonderful time after all. On the 4th of July we went to our ward's annual breakfast. Th
ough it began at 8:00 a.m. to beat the heat, by 9:00 when the softball game started it was already pretty toasty. So, I happily chose the martyrs role and sat on the sidelines with the girls. Braden and Ryan stuck it out though, Braden hitting quite the pop fly and Ryan playing for the first time in years.
ough it began at 8:00 a.m. to beat the heat, by 9:00 when the softball game started it was already pretty toasty. So, I happily chose the martyrs role and sat on the sidelines with the girls. Braden and Ryan stuck it out though, Braden hitting quite the pop fly and Ryan playing for the first time in years. Every morning we drive down to our pool for Braden to swim with the swim team and Emmry to take lessons. Even at 9:00 a.m. it's already hot and it's all I can do to keep the babies out of the water. Thankfully, the pool 
has a couple baby dolls they use for the mother and baby class and Hadley and Chloe have become accustomed to dragging them around the pool. Hadley finds it very annoying that the dolls' feet have the pool's name written in magic marker on the bottom. For the first week she was trying to wash them off in the pool. The girls have a difficult time saying good bye to the babies and it has become quite a ritual. We have to kiss the babies, put them "to bed", and often make sure they are bejeweled with the diving rings before they will leave them. The ladies taking water aerobics get a kick out of watching them and are so wonderful to me with their words of encouragement.
has a couple baby dolls they use for the mother and baby class and Hadley and Chloe have become accustomed to dragging them around the pool. Hadley finds it very annoying that the dolls' feet have the pool's name written in magic marker on the bottom. For the first week she was trying to wash them off in the pool. The girls have a difficult time saying good bye to the babies and it has become quite a ritual. We have to kiss the babies, put them "to bed", and often make sure they are bejeweled with the diving rings before they will leave them. The ladies taking water aerobics get a kick out of watching them and are so wonderful to me with their words of encouragement.With an average of 107 degree weather, we've decided there's nothing better than having a swim pool in your back
yard. We have had a wonderful time barbecuing and swimming as a family. The Arizona heat warms the pool up to a toasty 91 degrees, so occasionally we drop ice in it to cool it off. We have only found one drowned lizard at the bottom of it, which Braden of coarse wanted to keep. Thankfully for me, Ryan was home and doing the pool cleaning that day.
yard. We have had a wonderful time barbecuing and swimming as a family. The Arizona heat warms the pool up to a toasty 91 degrees, so occasionally we drop ice in it to cool it off. We have only found one drowned lizard at the bottom of it, which Braden of coarse wanted to keep. Thankfully for me, Ryan was home and doing the pool cleaning that day.Are we used to the heat? I can't say that we are, but we are extremely thankful it is without Ohio's humidity and unpredictable weather. At least we know what the weather will be like tomorrow. It's going to be hot.
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