It's Heating Up!

It seems as if Spring is already over in the Desert Southwest and the heat is upon us...ugh.Don't get me wrong, I am a warm weather girl through and through.  I hate cold weather, having to wear layers and closed toed shoes!  Of course a visit to a chilly area every now and then is nice, but for the most part, I would rather not live in a place that gets really cold!  The winters in Yuma are perfect,   they are short and sweet.  They give you a chance to pull out the sweaters and maybe have a day or two of wearing jackets and then it is over.  I am however, not prepared for the extreme heat so soon!  This past weekend we had record highs of 100+ degree weather. 

I guess we are going to be prepared early for hot Arizona summers!
Since the warm weather is here we decided to buy Ryker his own little pool.  Now that we have grass in our backyard (instead of gravel), it is a much more pleasant place to be. 

We have played in the little pool several times and I think we will get our $8 worth come summertime!

Our community pool opened a weeks back and since it was so hot this weekend we decided to walk over and let Ryker have some fun in the big pool.

The water was a little cool, but since it was 104 degrees outside it was very refreshing.  Ryker wasn't so sure about the water at first but he was happy as long as daddy held on to him!

Family photo!

We went back today with some friends and this time he loved floating on the water.  He smiled and laughed the whole time!

Here is Ryker with his buddy Wesley (who had just fallen down so he wasn't feeling up to having his picture taken!)

Relaxing in the shade.  This kid really is living the life!