Family time in Arizona

Well, how can we go for three weeks and not have the whole family come down, too!  It was pretty wild with 12 of us in the house, and actually 10 of us were really pretty easy, but those two toddlers put us all over the edge!  First, they are not into sharing so much, so if one has something, the other wants it and will most likely either just take it away or push, shove, hit, whatever it takes to get what he or she wants!  And then come the tears and the melt down like you have heard before I am sure!  But two of them???  I was experiencing some serious sensory overload!!  LOL!!  (And as Scott was heard saying:  "Are you kidding me?")

And then to top it off, the weather did NOT cooperate with us, I think Arizona was and has been experiencing some of the strangest spring weather like the Pacific Northwest.  And although it didn't rain on us, well, maybe a drop or two, it was cold....I mean like the average temperature for that time of the year is 89 degrees, and now we had temperatures in the high 50's, maybe some 60's, but with the sun behind clouds and the wind blowing it was down right cold!

However, the kids came to play in the pool, so play they did, much to the chagrin of their parents!  They went from the hot tub to the pool and back to the hot tub.  Now you could count on seeing the parents in the hot tub, but no way were they going into the pool, so they made sure the little ones were staying on the steps!  The cooler weather lasted three days, then finally we had two really nice days of 80+ degrees where everyone got to enjoy the sun and the pool.

           Tristan and Lily getting ready to get into the hot tub at Mirabel!

               Jalen getting thrown in the air by his daddy