Rancho Sahuarita

There have been a lot of happenings in our town this spring! Fiesta Sahuarita, our annual town celebration, gets bigger every year. This year we embraced parking at the clubhouse and riding the school bus shuttle to the event. The school bus ride might have been the highlight of the whole thing for Felix. We suspect that he now thinks that his older siblings go to Fiesta Sahuarita every day since that is the only place he has experienced a bus going. 

We somehow missed the memo that the rides were mostly waterslides this year and were not properly prepared with swimsuits or any towels. Luckily it is hot enough that you dry off quick! You can see the two giant slides in this picture that were the size of our house. Aaron, Elliot, and Isaac braved the big slides while Annie wanted extra time with my "too pregnant for fun" self at the booths. Her goal is always to spin ALL the "free stuff" wheels, and we both bought some cute earrings. 

It's hard to say which of them has a better facial expression here. 

There was also a zipline!

Elliot Blood, master of earth and air. And also tape. 

On the day before Mother's Day, Annie and I went to a "Moms and Mermaids" event at the clubhouse. It was adorable! They had aquatic tattoos, hairclips, and bracelets for us and this cute photo backdrop set up. Then we got in the pool for some mermaid-themed water zumba that fortunately did not induce labor. 

After that, the "real" mermaid showed up! She read a book to the kids and had bubbles to give to everyone. Then she scooted to the pool where she swam about dropping "mermaid gold" for the kids to dive for. As expected, Annie and Ellie got thoroughly distracted doing flips in the water. A good time was had by all. 

Another thing worth noting is that a woman in our ward opened a business called Mindforge at our local shopping center. It's awesome! You can drop in and check out board games, puzzles, STEM activities, and lego sets to play with there. The tables have intricate lego scenes covered in resin. It's a really cool place and our kids keep asking to go back!

They even have a toddler play area to keep the littles entertained while the older ones play. A local art teacher painted the giant mural. It's really cool to see this one woman's dream come to life!