February 2013

February brought snow to Mesa. This doesn't happen very often so it was kind of a big deal. In my entire life of living here, I had never driven through snow on the roads until now. It wasn't much but it was slushy snow coating the roads and freeway. With the snow on the road and the sun setting with one of it's classic Arizona storm cloud sunsets, it felt apocalyptic. I wish I had a picture to show how stunning it was. Brooks went out with his camera to shoot the mountains covered in snow.

We also took a family trip to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. We had never been. The weather was nice and there are some pretty cool things to see here. The boys had fun running the trails.

Donelle and Nick came to visit in February. They blessed Payton while they were here.

These boys are so different from each other, but they are the best of friends. I love walking in to sights like this.

Brooks was able to meet us at the science center on his lunch break. It was fun having him there with us for part of the day.

Watching the sea star dissection

On the way home from the science center, we made a spontaneous stop at the zoo.We started out the day with Brooks meeting us at the AZ science center. On the way home we decided to go to the zoo. Perfect weather! The highlight of the day for me: watching the zebra mother feed her three week old zebra baby. So cool!  

 While we were there, the boys sat and watched the rhinoceros urinate. Elliot then yelled, in front of a small crowd of people, "Wow that's a lot of pee! It even pees more than daddy!" 

Discovery Park by the Gilbert Temple is becoming one of our favorite places to take the kids. 

We spent a lot of time outside on scooters and bikes.