Fun in the HOT Arizona Sun!

Now... the rest of the story. Aaaaah... yes, this is really how most of the weekend was spent. You can only live in Arizona if you have a swimming pool. Now, I know this looks all peaceful and relaxing and it was... while the kids were in school. When they came home the pool became more like a tsunami with jumping, splashing, sliding, diving and water balloons --- no one was safe! All of Heidi's kids are swimmers and Collin is getting there. Collin did need to be caught when he came roaring down the waterslide and he would about drowned me everytime I was there to catch him. This "fun" was done over and over and over. Next, it was on to the trampoline where higher and higher was the goal. Thankfully Cam was selected for this duty. Black trampolines in the hot sun equal scorched toes which necessitated intense bouncing. Then we were off to Colton's school class to view a video presentation that his class had written, acted and presented to their parents. It was very cute and Colton's role was as the rabbit in the tortise and the hare but in the context of an advertisement for power bars. Unfortunatly, as in the fairy tale, the tortoise won because he had eaten the power bar. The hit of the classroom visit was Capri who captivated all Colton's classmates with her smiles and clapping and waves. It was so darling to see about 10 -15 kids all circling around her and she was loving it. Heidi asked if any of them would like to come to her house to tend Capri and everyone raised their hand and started begging: "me, me, me". Too bad they lose so much of that enthusiasm by the time they are really old enough to help out!!
While we were at Heidi's, Eric had this garage door installed on their home. It is a knockout!! This is Eric's new business. He is designing and importing metal garage and entry doors. His company is called Dynasty Doors and I thnk you can find them at thishttp://www.dynastyirondoors.com website. We were really impressed. Too bad the garage doors are on the side of the house instead of the front but his neighbor next door commented on how much he liked looking at them (a second smaller, one car garage door was installed next to this one). These photos are only a small representation of the fun times we had with Heidi, Eric, Colton, Cory, Quincy, Capri, Collin, Cam and LaRane (we missed you Katie, Clark and Aspen). The men all went to Fathers and Sons Friday night and so the girls (plus Paul) all went to the Cheescake Factory at the Chandler Mall which included a little shopping and for Family Home Evening we went to see Shrek the Third. We did it all. Thanks for the hospitality. See you in July for the next installment of "As the Family Grows".