Nothing like spring in Arizona

My kids have officially started

SPRING BREAK.

I've been viewing Instagram and Facebook the last two days

and I see lots of friends

traveling all over the country ...

but I say the 

BEST

place to be this time of year

is right here in Arizona!

I really should have taken pictures today

(but I do have a job!)

of my kids playing ALL day outside!

Jacob had all the neighbor kids entertained while he caught every lizard outside.

(Poor lizards...they don't stand a chance with Jacob!)

Our little neighbor girl wouldn't even go get a 

PEDICURE

with Grandma because she was catching lizards with Jacob!

Rachel babysat a neighbor all morning and took them to the park for a lunch.

(Rachel is a GREAT babysitter)

Katie played with her friend Emmie with squirt guns, water bottles and anything else they could find to get

Chris wet.

Chris was busy doing the BIG yard we have...

which took him an entire morning!

Of course, he took lots of water breaks...

or should I say he came in for more WATER to get the girls wet!

I also had bought the game

HEDBANZ

for us to play while we were home this week.

    However, my kids and I are too old for this game...

Seriously we haven't watched DISNEY movies in so long it took us FOREVER to try and guess our movie characters!

Have I ever mentioned that

BOYS love RACHEL?

This girl always have the boys crushing on her...

but I am proud of her!

She sticks to her morals and beliefs

and is such a beautiful, strong, talented young woman.

And she has a STRONG, PROTECTIVE

step-dad who keeps the boys'

in their place!

Including today when he took them down in arm wrestling!

 

 I love Ron's face in this picture because this boy actually thought he stood a chance...

 Nope...not a chance!

The funny thing is...

these boys thought it was just good ole' fashioned arm wrestling,

but Ron was letting the boy know,

"You better not mess with my daughter!"

Sometimes I read "comments" about

what a great mom someone is if they take their kids to Hawaii every year on vacation, or if they attend every festival, carnival, fun runs, etc...

but I'm wondering if I can just be a great mom

teaching my kids 

the value of work and daily chores,

to play in the dirt with the neighbor kids,

to work hard at my job that provides them with food and clothes on their backs,

to spend an afternoon playing a game

or an evening popping popcorn and watching a movie?

Is it possible that it can be just as GREAT a spring break...

spending it nowhere else but

HOME?

To me there is nothing like 

SPRING break in ARIZONA.

       Postscript:  I promise Arizona Spring pictures tomorrow!