Great fun at the Phoenix Zoo

Drew, Kayley and I met my sister Sharon and her granddaughters Kadin and Gracie at the zoo this morning. It was absolutely perfect weather for a trip to see the animals and they had a very good time and behaved very well for grandma! (The kids, not the animals, but they were well behaved, too!) :-) Drew did manage to sneak his frog in there. He is very good at that when I am not paying attention! We were all pooped out upon our return and they are napping soundly right now!

Another video for the Peoria mommy

Megan informed me that the shirt I put on Kayley today was a Halloween holiday shirt. I thought it was just a cute shirt with two kitties on it. :-) I tried to change her and she had a fit. She LIKES this top! We are all thinking of you and missing you, Megan!

Video for mommy

Megan left yesterday morning to drive to Peoria, IL so we made a little video for her from Drew and Kayley. I like the part where Kayley says "I love you"...reminds me of the Bud Light commercial where the guy has trouble saying those words to his girlfriend. :-)

The week flew by!

Another week has come and gone. Quickly. March is so nice here that I hate to see it come to an end. Hopefully April will be as nice with temps not warming too rapidly. One can hope anyway!

I hear Iowa had snow again, the following day after they hit 65 degrees. That would be so depressing but at least it shouldn't stay on the ground too long. I have a feeling Mark is going to have to "mud in" his crops this spring. It will take a long time to dry out these fields with all the snow cover.

Below, two videos. One of the kids bowling with their grandpa's and the other showing how loving Drew and Kayley are to one another. (It was a one time thing, for sure!) :-)

Finally some sun!

Enough with the cool temps and rain. I am certain AZ has had record rainfall this year and it is only three months old! It makes for a beautiful and green desert but there will be lots of worries of grass fires when the heat kicks up to full throttle in late spring. I don't ever recall this many days of rain. Unfortunately, I think it is all moving towards Iowa and they need no rain for quite awhile! What a weather year...

Andy's dad arrived Wednesday night to spend a week with them. I am certain he is glad to be in the warm sunshine. He looks like he will be going back to Iowa with a pretty good tan!

Mark has been keeping busy with many projects so haven't seen much of him during the day this past week. Drew and Kayley keep me very busy so the days are flying by quickly for both of us. Mark is planning to head back to Iowa the second week of April unless the weather makes planting season late this year. There is a lot of "drying out" that needs to be done before anyone hits the fields this spring. I will stay out here the rest of April and look to see what the weather is like before I head back. I cannot see giving up all this sunshine for a muddy farm. I will wait to see when it dries out and the temps are starting to turn up several(like 70's!!) notches before I leave. :-)

Enjoy your Sunday!

A little pooped!

Hello everyone. Megan and Andy have been out of town since Wednesday so I have been babysitting Drew and Kayley 24/7. They have been terrific little grand kids but old granny is still a little pooped with all their non-stop energy. :-) I think I have been sneaking them to bed in the evening a bit earlier than they are used to but they never complained and always went without a hassle. :-)

The weather is warming up nicely and the flowers all look great. My cannas are popping out now. Drew and Kayley have their own planter of canna bulbs and are excited everyday to run out there and show me how much they grew overnight! And they do grow a lot in a day. Amazing, actually.

Mark has been keeping busy this past week so haven't seen a lot of him during the day. I will hate for him to leave in April but it is inevitable!

Some pics of you know who: