Fall Break

Happy Fall Break!
Well for us anyway! So far it has been pretty low-key here. The weather is getting better (cooler) and we actually had some rain! Some of you may have heard about the tornados in nothern Arizona. We didn't get any of that down where we are. We did have heavy rain, hail, flooding. My mom has hail damage on her car from when she was at work. :( Our backyard is still standing in water but we've definitely had worse before.

We had planned to take the kids camping in Clear Creek up north but those plans got "washed away" with the storms. We are trying to come up with some fun alternative but so far we're not coming up with much. We have been going outside a lot which is good. I think we will plan some play dates and just enjoy the outdoors as much as we can!

Shane and I got to go to a really neat event at the zoo, it was called Rende~Zoo and they do it to raise money for the Phoenix Zoo. So we got to get all dressed up (thankfully Mom had a nice cocktail dress I borrowed) and go have free food and drinks. The weather was gorgeous, they had some of the zoo lights areas lit up for the event and it was just beautiful. Our friends Rusty and Annie invited us and it was fun to go with them. We went back to their house afterwards and didn't get home until 2:00 am! I haven't seen that time of night in years! My parents kept the kids overnight but sadly I had to teach Sunday School the next day so cruising on 5 hours of sleep wasn't fun BUT it was worth it! Mom took pics so I'll post those when she gets them downloaded.