We had a great spring break in Arizona. Since we are lucky enough to have a sister from each side of the family living in the Phoenix area, we got to spread the love and the cousin time around between the two families. The first and last days of our trip we spent at the Gardner's house. The boys loved the backyard... for the pool, swing set and puppy.
Finn is a huge fan of dogs and the cute and excitable, Rocky, was a beloved addition to his list of favorite dogs. This is one of the few moments that Rocky sat still in the vicinity of Finn.
Mara also has a couple of pet turtles that provided a lot of entertainment. A lot of it of the variety where all the kids crowded around to watch for the turtle to come out of it's shell and walk around the yard. They would then pick it up to keep it in the yard, which would scare it back into it's shell, and the whole fun process would start again.
The swimming pool was a refreshing place where we spent a lot of time at both the Gardner's and later the Larson's houses. The weather during our visit was quite hot even fro the locals.
Check out the long, flowing locks on that guy!
Finn was not a big fan of the heat or the bright sun, but he did love finding anything he could get his hands on and throwing it into the pool.
Jade loved having Gavin to play with in the pool and she convinced him to catch he over and over as she would dive off the steps and swim frantically into his arms.
Finn and Ella didn't do a lot of chatting, but they had a great time following each other around and playing together, especially in small areas, like this space between the couch and table.
Gavin might be just a little too big for this slide.
We also had a fun visit one morning to a nature preserve near Mara's house. There were a lot of birds and also a lot of turtles in the pond... and a strange number of dead fish floating around, tho we aren't quite sure about the last part.
Jade and Wyatt had fun running around and trying to climb stuff like the big kids.
It is amazing how much time can be spent searching for rocks and then throwing them into a small body of water, but of course, we had to do that for a long time.
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