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| Birds of Paradise (They are everywhere in Tucson). |
HI EVERYBODY!!! So it's been what, 8 months since my last post? I had good intentions (I always do) to be a better blog updater when we moved because I thought, "I'll be far away from family and friends, it's my duty to update my blog regularly so they don't miss us too much, or (gasp) forget us." Seriously though, don't I try to explain myself every time I post something? I'm sorry your probably all tired of hearing about it, so I'll move on to what our new place is like, and what's going on with the kids. Tucson is......well it's a desert all right. The summer was really hot, but it also rained alot so it was pretty humid at times too. The lightning storms were always amazing to see and if you love thunderstorms you'd be happy to live here in the summertime. I found that they didn't feel the same to me as Utah thunderstorms (who knew I'd miss that stinky lake smell?)
The picture on the left is the view from our balcony, all around our condos there is little stone creek beds for the water to run off to when it rains. The kids and especially Ezra enjoyed this immensely. I have been told that this year we got more rain than usual and the temps were pretty mild compared to other years, so I felt grateful for that. On the other hand now it's October and the high today is going to be 99 degrees, what the what? Shame on you Tucson! I'll do my best to pretend there is an autumn season here and I suppose I'll be loving it in another month or two.
A good and a bad thing (depending on how you feel about insects and animals) is that this place is very wild. It's funny because the city and the wild landscape share their space pretty seamlessly. There are buildings and stores everywhere-but there is also wild desert everywhere. I don't know how else to explain it. So it's not unlikely to see lizards everyday, and in the summer we would see tarantulas at night. We caught one in fact, and named him Pedro. Every day I try and talk Brock and the kids into letting him go (for his sake and mine) But they're a cold bunch and want to keep him. A coyote ran past Esther's bus stop one morning and I've seen a couple of javelina's in the early mornings, and of course we see little jack jack bunnies everywhere. Still no rattlesnake or scorpion sightings (thank goodness) but we know they're out there.
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| Monsoon season. |
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| Beautiful when it rains. |
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| Biosphere 2 impressive on the outside, boring on the inside. |
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| Wilder is 9 months old and is so much fun. |
Wilder started to take his first steps a few days before he turned 9 months old. It's always exciting when babies start walking but we weren't expecting this so soon! He is tons o fun and we all love him dearly.
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| Esther loves her new school, and new friends. |
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| Me & Ezra have fun when Esther is away:) |
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| Utah: We miss it. |
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| Peace out. |
Esther just had her first teacher/parent conferences and she is doing AWESOME!
I've really enjoyed being home with just Ezra and Wilder during the daytime when Es is at school. Ezra is finally starting to be interested in things like coloring and writing his name and it's fun to watch him take care of and play with Wilder.
So, in summary, we're all doing fine and dandy, and we're getting happy and settled. Brock is almost done with his first rotation and will be applying for his post-doctoral positions soon, and me and the kids are keeping busy. We've also made some awesome friends here, which as we all know is VERY IMPORTANT. I meant to write more about everyone and every thing, but the morning's growing shorter and my messy house awaits. So on that note, I hope everyone else is having a wonderful Autumn, and maybe you'll hear from me again soon:) So Goodbye for now!
-Ann
