Weekend getaway

We hadn't visited Show Low for sooooo long - well a few months at least and we just had to get up there and escape the heat! It was a beautiful long weekend to visit - wish there would've been a bit more rain, but thankfully, we got all the fun of the rainy weather (loud thunder, cloud cover, etc.) but without the actual rain. We enjoyed a fantastic visit with Grandma and Papaw! We fed the ducks at Woodland Lake Park. We. HA! When I say "we" I mean everyone but me - ducks count as birds you know. Brenna tried hard to throw that bread out far enough for them - she just not the best bread thrower around :)

We also got to have fun just playing in the yard and I got to play with my camera! There are sooo many beautiful things in the yard at my parent's house - I got lots of practice with different shutter speeds, etc. It was fun to get a chance to goof around with settings and see what I ended up with. Now I just need to do it more often!

Brenna helped water the yard one afternoon followed by an early campfire. Well, a fire in the firepit - not actually camping. But perhaps the closest to camping that Brenna will get from me. She wasn't crazy about it anyway - talking about how the "air" would change and blow the smoke toward her. The whole idea was to make s'mores - who doesn't love s'mores? Well apparently, Brenna doesn't love s'mores. She knew right away that she didn't want marshmallows. Whatever I thought - when she sees how cool they are when the fire melts them into the chocolate, she'll love 'em. Nope - I was wrong. She only wanted chocolate and cracker. About 2 tiny bites of chocolate and cracker. I made her try the actual s'more. This is the face she made. I know - crazy!!! But I enjoyed TWO s'mores to make up for it. She is such a ham - she cracked us up the entire weekend. We all got our fill of being the "buyer" while playing store and listening to that little chatterbox talk our ears off. She doesn't slow down or take a breath sometimes - and the stories that she comes up with! We love her so much!!

It was such a great weekend - nice and relaxing. I even managed to stay on my health kick, getting my running/walking in at least 2 of the days! Even in the high altitude - but it will be worth it when I finish a 5K!!! Stay tuned for that story.