Winter?

I almost feel guilty posting such sunny January pictures

while much of America are enduring harsh bitter cold and snow battles!

I seriously have no clue what that would be like.

It's quite unfathomable for me that half of America are dealing with 

a freezing polar vortex

while in Phoenix we are enjoying abnormal high temperatures!

It's been 75+ degrees here for weeks.

So on Friday Ash and I grabbed the kids from school

and immediately went on a nice "winter" mountain hike!

The kids did awesome and made it to the top long before we did!

Then again Ash was carrying 30 lbs on her back.

As for my excuse, um I don't have one! lol

Now do you see why it's SO important for me to haul the kids to Idaho each December?

Otherwise they literally would have no idea what "winter" really is!!

And by the time I posted this

we had a record breaking day of 87 degrees!

Although that might make some jealous

all it does is make me worry that this is going to be a 

LOOOOOONGG

Summer in the desert!