Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day

I heard on the radio that $14 billion dollars will be spent across the nation on this Valentine's week-end. Sadly, Mark and I contributed nothing to this windfall except a couple of small items for Drew and Kayley. We are staying home and grilling instead of fighting for a restaurant seat, too. Love CAN be cheap!! :-)

The weather in Phoenix is getting just beautiful. Sunny and 78 today and the next 10 days sound equally as sunny and pleasant. Lots of park opportunities coming up! I pray spring comes quickly to my Iowa family and friends although they are getting snow as I type this. :-( I think they would settle for some 40+ degree days to start melting the massive snow piles there! My niece Katie sent us some photos of our farm from her phone and I could not see our home. That is NOT good! We are thankful to not be there right now...

Drew has been fighting a cold and cough this past week but seems to be on the mend now. Kayley started getting a runny nose and a little cough yesterday and we are all praying it is not anything her respiratory system cannot handle. She's a tough little gal, though, so maybe it won't be too bad.

Drew's Uncle Mitch sent him a motorized ATV and he loves it. It took him a few days to warm up to it but now he rides it everywhere. It is really a cute little machine.

I finally went hiking with the gals yesterday. I have not been on one since December so I was thrilled to get out on the trail again. We are guessing we went 7-8 miles but it was a mild grade climb so not bad. The desert and mountains are really turning green thanks to all the rain. The blooming desert should be stunning very soon!

A short video of the kids and pics from my hike: