Slow Spring

We haven't been up to much since we got back from Spring Break! School and work mostly. 

Kasper's spring Ultimate Frisbee season started! We've had one beautiful weekend last weekend and one very wet weekend. 

 

Marlo has been asking every Earth Day since 2020 to pick up trash. This year we made her day and let her pick up trash along our road. She was legitimately stoked. 

   

 The kids each had friends over yesterday and we had a great day. We had lunch, ran to Target, met the tow truck towing Rob's car to the shop because it broke down, sat in the hot tub, went to a brewery for burgers and frisbee, stopped for ice cream. The kids each had a sleep over, Marlo's at our house and it was a success. Marlo and her friends have been slow to warm to sleepovers (probably because of the pandemic) but we're getting there. 

 

It rained almost all day today. Rob and Kasper went to the Ultimate games without us and they ended up playing only one of the 2 games. It was just so miserable. 

   

 Then tonight at dinner we say a young male deer in the yard looking all spooked. He ended up sprinting away and we say a coyote slink out of the wetland! He hung around awhile and kept popping up over the hill! We also have had a bunch of sandhill cranes in our wetland this week. Minnesota is coming back to life! 

   

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Spring Break 2024, Part 2

The kids spent the majority of their time in the hot tub. It was mostly off so it wasn't too hot and they could all touch so they just crammed in there for hours at a time. 

 

 I saw my first roadrunner! We've been going to the desert for years and I've never seen one. Not only did I see this guy but I think we had 3-4 roadrunner sightings and everyone got to see. He was a rascal. He had a lizard in his mouth and when I saw him later on my walk he was being dive bombed by 2 other birds. Must've stolen something.

   

 Lots of games. Marlo liked to play card games when she was feeling better for a moment. 

The backyard lit up at night.

 

Coming out of the worst of it. Poor girl. 

 

 Rob tried a new disc golf course that had just opened that day. It was on a ball golf course and you fit in with the golfers so it was a little slow but it was such a perfect day. He had to borrow a collared shirt because you still had to comply with golf course rules.

   

Then on hole 18 he threw into the water and fell all the way in retrieving his disc. He returned that shirt soaking wet.

 

Sat around the fire a few evenings. 

 

 This pool was fun. 

Kappy had a great week. He did such a great job of playing outside with his cousins and not being in front of a screen TOO much. I think he had the most fun he's ever had.

 

We did an escape room and not only did we escape we did it fast enough to make the leader board for the month! Just missed out on making it for the year. 

We did try to take the kids on a hike but it was hot and they aren't super robust. But we got out there a bit. 

 

 We got them back to the pool. 

 

 Rob and I did one morning at our favorite trail and one day at the trail closer to our house. This trail was mostly flat but we did see 2 roadrunners and a jackarabbit! If you go farther, you go into the mountains so maybe next year we'll go for a longer hike.

 

Souviners.

   

 We had about an hour to kill between having to be out of the house and getting to the airport so we went bowling! It was a blast and the perfect way to spend free time.

 

Palm Springs airport is outdoors. Love it.

   

 Like I mentioned, we had an "easy" flight back and were home by 1 am. The best we could except. It was another fun Spring Break and we can't wait to go back next year!!

Spring Break 2024, Part 1

We're back from Spring Break in beautiful Palm Springs! It was kind of a mixed bag this year! 

We picked up 2 excited kids from school at noon and headed to the airport. We didn't know it at the time but Kasper forgot his Nintendo Switch in the TSA line. We had smooth flights this year which is always nice.

Marlo woke up the first morning with a fever and chills and never really made a full recovery all week. She was able to play when the ibuprofen hit but it was a low energy week for the most excited girl ever. We had a new house this year! It was missing the pickle ball court but had a fun pool with a slide and jumping ledges. 

We finally had rain in Palm Springs. Two half days of it. The pool table got a lot of use.

   

We also had a great outdoor bar/kitchen that got a ton of use.

 

This was the first time we've ever been on Spring Break over Easter! Of course there was an egg hunt.

   

So unwell.

 

Whew. I'm not used to such long posts anymore. I'll finish this up later!