Summer is Officially Here

So even though the calendar says it's still spring, summer doesn't wait for no calendar in this neck of the woods.  Here was our outdoor thermometer at 3:00 this afternoon.

We're pretty sure it isn't 111 degrees because it doesn't feel like 111 degrees but it is definitely a tad on the warm side.  It was hot enough that mom actually ventured into the pool today and it was quite refreshing.

Continuing to rock my new sunglasses.  A girl is never too cool for shades indoors.

We had a nice, relaxing week here.  Dad had the week off work so he and I hung out Tuesday and Wednesday doing daddy/daughter things.  He and two friends left early Thursday morning for a mountain bike race in Grand Junction Colorado so Grandma Sue and Grandpa Vern took over on Thursday.  That is always a good time!  Mom started her new schedule of longer days Monday through Thursday with Fridays off so she was home on Friday.  I didn't see her too much because I was over at Claire's house most of the day.  Apparently, she did some cleaning and grocery shopping. Who knows.

Because mom got all her "have to's" done on Friday, she and I had a quiet, relaxing weekend.  As a matter of fact, Saturday was a little on the boring side.  I'm a little limited in my activity with my cast and we  couldn't take Ginger anywhere because Dad took the dog car to Grand Junction, we weren't quite sure what to do.  We finally dragged ourselves out of the house to pick up dinner about 5:30.  On our way back, we happened to spot two women of a certain age in cotton-polyester blend, khaki capris and sensible walking shoes carrying lawn chairs to the park near our house.  Any time you see that, you know it's something good.  So we headed home and mom did a quick internet search and found out the Arizona Symphonic Winds were doing their annual summer concert series.  It is a free event that goes for several Saturday evenings at the amphitheater in the park.  We decided to pack up our water, picnic blanket and Ginger and head over to take it all in.

There was a lot of white hair but we parked ourselves in the way back, near the families with young kids and had a pretty good time of it.  Keeping Ginger under control was a bit like wrangling a two year old but at least she didn't bark and completely embarrass us.  We ended up having a pretty good time and finally made it home about 9.

We slept in on Sunday and so we didn't have a repeat of a boring day, we headed to the zoo for the morning.  It was warm but a lot of the animals were still out and we enjoyed it.

 We came home and made what will hopefully turn out to be a good S'mores cake and jumped in the pool.  Dad made it home about 4:30 all in one piece.  Apparently the bike ride was on the difficult side and I don't think it will make the schedule next year.  Hope everyone has a fabulous week!