As much as I’ve wanted to get the heck out of the desert already, I can’t deny that the weather last month was amazing! It was just cool enough that the scorpions hadn’t come back and just warm enough to not need a jacket or sweater. The sun was always shining and all the desert foliage was starting to come to life. It is actually pretty green here in Arizona these days. As green as it gets here anyway! (And just this week I’ve seen flowers started to blossom, yay for Spring in the desert!) 
Using the pond water to wash off the caked on mud! 
We walked behind the pond we’d been playing in into some trees and cactus to find some new, cool little spots. 
The kids each found a little area, usually near a tree, that they called their forts. This was Sierra’s. 
After watching the older girls climb the tress Ember wanted up as well. 
Payson is afraid of heights so at first he didn’t want to join in but seeing Ember up there he was tempted to try it. 
Allan tried to stay just out of the way for those pictures but then I wanted some of him with the kids.
The girls during this were running around playing all sorts of other things. They’re best friends and don’t care to have the little kids joining their games. 