Oh my Sarah:)

Sarah is my sweet goofy girl.  These pictures have nothing in common, except for her sweet face:)

This is Sarah trying on her new snow gloves and hat

before going to Snowflake during the winter.

We went to the dollar store one day as a reward for 

meeting certain school goals.  Since Sarah is not

in school yet and is not working on any goals, I let

her get something anyway.  This monkey cost $1 and 

has velcro hands.  We always call her a little monkey,

so it is so cute seeing her walk around with 

 a monkey on her back:)

On this night Darrell was working, and Darrell and Emily were 

not at home.Sarah wanted to sleep with me.  I laid her

 down a couple hours before I went to bed.  When I came to bed 

this is what I found. I wasn't sure if I would fit.  

She loves her "babies." She always talks about her "kids." 

Randomly in a conversation she will say "my kids like..." or 

"my kids don't..." etc. It is soooo funny.  We asked about her

 kids and she tells us 14 some days 4 on other days. 

 I love this sweet girl:)

What...Hail...In Arizona??

Last week we were blessed with a lot of rain.  One rainy day we heard a loud noise that started suddenly.  We looked outside and it was hailing like crazy! The pieces of hail were the size of marbles. The kids thought it was great and so did I.  It was the best part of my day.

Sarah was going balistic about the hail wanting it to stop.  She heard us call it hail and got mad because she thought her Aunt Hailie was "doin' it," and she wanted her to stop.  She eventually loved the hail.

The Hair Experiment

For school we read "Going to Town: My First Little House Books" by Laura Ingles Wilder.  In the story Mary and Laura are going to town and their mother puts rags in their hair to make it curly.  Emily has straight straight hair but is obsessed with curls.  She wanted me to tie her hair up.  So we did, and then of course Sarah wanted to play.  Her hair is already curly...so the result was interesting.

Emily with rags in hair

Emily result: front view

Emily result: back view...wow!

Sarah with rags in hair

Sarah result: back

Sarah result: side view...mmmm interesting:)

Another Zoo Trip...with Cousins

The kids have been begging me constantly to go again to the zoo.  The weather has been nice so we set the date.  My sister and brother's families came, so we had a nice time with cousins.  There was a baby zebra, and the kids loved watching it run around.

One of my favorite exhibits at the zoo is the orangutan enclosure.  This orangutan was funny.  It was sitting in the sun, holding a palm leave over it's head to be in the shade.

All the older girl cousins enjoying lunch in the shade watching ducks on the pond.

These are my two cute and adorable nieces, Kaitlin and Ella.

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Resident Retreat

Every year Darrell's residency program has an overnight retreat.  Families can attend also.  Derek was the only one to go last time, but this time we all did.  Most of the residents don't have families and they stay overnight in cabins at the YMCA camp in Prescott.  We stayed in a hotel instead which was nice.  We have stayed there before and the kids love the indoor swimming pool.

Yes, Emily is upside down hanging by her feet in a tree.  The kids found a rope and Darrell strung them up in the tree.  They thought it was soooooo fun:)

At this camp they had "high ropes."  Basically logs or ropes up high that you walk on.  Derek went 2 times.  He loved it.  One of the residents in Darrell's program pretty much wouldn't take no for an answer and so Darrell went up.  It was quite high...I did not go up.

I was experimenting with my camera and forgot to change one of the settings, so the color is off in many of the pictures.  So even though the above 2 pictures didn't turn out very good color wise, I just loved the pictures.