Arizona Summer

First off, finishing this unprecedented school year was _______ (you fill in the blank).  There may be several words that immediately come to mind. No judgement here, but you survived. Yea, YOU! You definitely deserve a summer of family, fun,...

Here come those long, slow days of summer. Time for swimming… fun in the sun… picnics… vacation! Everybody loves getting away from the routine; even a well-loved routine. But invariably after a few days (or weeks) away from home, we...

Family vacations and staycations are lovely, memory making opportunities that have their place. But all the TikToks we’ve watched about hot mom summers are too true about us being weighed down by coolers, pool toys, snacks, more snacks, and...

We’ve had our pool for nearly a year now and I wonder what took us so long to pull the trigger. I know things like money and time and oh, you know, money really were holding us back, but...

There’s a lot about summers in Arizona that aren’t my favorite, like having at least one lipstick melt in my car each year, being told by people ‘but it’s a dry heat’ and being benched from daily walks after...