Round and Round

I picked up some dollar hula hoops to go along with my not dollar ones. :) Eva has been diving through them and playing with them in the pool. This is tons of fun and I have no worries about my good hoop becoming water logged.

We are off to GV conference this week and I am gathering items to take...I hope these fit into the van with all the rest of the hobby stuff.

Unexpected Audience

Eva felt the kitty would want to watch her swim, but wouldn't be comfortable near the water. Craig's reaction, "Why is there a kitten staring at me through the window?" I think he thought I put it there.

Oasis

This is a little bit of our paradise. We have clocked numerous hours in this pool during the few months of living here. The sunlight streams through the windows at 6 am, making mornings golden. We have yet to water that green lawn. The kids will spend lots of time on the play set during the winter months and with the addition of a zip line and trampoline in the future, I can't think of why you wouldn't want to hang out here.

Oh, and let's not forget the great people watching!

Critter Corner

This new home has brought us numerous new adventures. Living in a more riparian landscape has brought encounters of all sorts. When we moved in there were a family of raccoon's living in the crawl space. Monsoons have brought out the tarantulas, tarantula hawks and desert toads. We have javelina, scorpions, birds of all sorts and lots and lots of insects.

This morning Eva rescued a toad from the pool and I pulled out this guy, or more likely a gal given the 1.5" length. This is a Great Black Wasp. They are similar to a Tarantula Hawk in that they lay their eggs in a paralyzed host; they use crickets and katydids instead.