Sno Cones and Hot Chocolate

Yesterday we had some crazy weather! It was meant to be our preschool water fun day, so we were all decked out in swim suits with slip-n-slide and water balloons ready to go. Keep in mind, it had just hit 110 a few days ago and even just the day before we had gone swimming at our friends' house. It ended up being cloudy and a little chilly for our preschool water party, so we all mostly just played in the backyard and did some beach ball bowling and tie dyed t-shirts. We still had sno cones, but opted to eat them inside even though my kitchen floor ended up a big sticky mess! The kids and I all ended up having a great time anyways.

Then we went to pick up Benson from school and as we drove home, a few sprinkled started to hit the windshield. A few minutes after arriving home it started pouring and pretty soon it even started hailing! Since rain in AZ is a big novelty, we all had a great time watching the storm. Benson even collected some hail in a ziploc bag and saved it in the freezer. It pretty much rained the rest of the day. We were really enjoying the open windows and cool breezes. We put a little thermometer next to our kitchen window and at 1:30 pm at the end of May, it showed 57 degrees! Wow! That never happens here, but we'll take it!

The only problem was that it was graduation for my brother and a ton of other kids across the valley of the sun. We went in to my parents to have a dinner for Tyson and still weren't sure what they would do about graduation, which was planned to be held on the football field at the high school. Well, the show must go on, and since there really wasn't room for it to go on indoors anywhere, we all braved the 50 degree pouring rain and cheered on TYSON!! It really turned out to be a memorable occasion. We set up an EZ Up in the in zone of the field and piled all of the clan (including 6 kids) underneath to sit through some barely audible speeches and long lists of names. It was so worth it though! We then went back to my parents home for some brownies and hot chocolate. I took some great pics, but apparently my memory card was still in the computer and not in my camera, so oh well. We are so proud of Tyson!

So, any day that starts with swim suits and sno cones and ends up with blankets and hot chocolate is sure to create some great memories! What a fun, crazy day!