Mountain getaways are a time to explore, discover and delight in the myriad of wildlife encounters! A trip to the Tonto Fish Hatchery proved fascinating as we inspected the various species of trout that inhabit Arizona waters. Are we the only weird one’s left that enjoy reading all of the signs? Our zoo did away […]
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Isn’t It Dangerous?
With a great whoop, the boys race up the hill in search of adventure. They run, dodge, duck, and hide. They thrive on the undertaking of brave exploits and flirt with any activity including an element of potential danger. As my little caped crusaders traipse about our bit of neighborhood ‘desert’ one suddenly goes sliding down. Shrieks […]
Our Daily Dose of Science!
Monsoon season has a way of luring us outdoors… The smell of the creosote, the dip in temperature and puddles, puddles everywhere! I think the boys couldn’t be more pleased with the ‘daily outdoors challenge’. They know that if I’m feeling iffy on going outside that they can just bring this up and hold me accountable! […]
Hip, Hip Hooray! It’s Monsoon Day!
We first discovered this delightful little book a few years back and as a result, we love to party on the first monsoon storm or two of the season! I wrote about our love for it then… Each year now, the boys request that book. We reread it and marvel at the beauty of God’s creativity […]
Daily Outdoor Challenge, wk 9
We are going into week 9 of our Daily Outdoor Challenge and I’m finding the discipline of this challenge is so good for me… Sometimes I still find myself stuck in the mindset of watching from the inside. Wednesday brought our first monsoon rain of the season. Since we live here in the desert, rain is a […]
The Daily Outdoors Challenge – Conservation and Safety
This is week 8 of the daily outdoors challenge. Any fun time outdoors???? It seems like a nice heat wave is hitting the whole country right now. As the heat picks up and our humidity starts to go over 10% I’m finding daily, intentional time outdoors with my kids isn’t always easy. In fact, we failed on […]