The Sweetest Things

 It had been over a year and a half since I'd enjoyed a Dr. Pepper (my favorite) when these two beauties showed up in our local supermarket.  And it was SOOOOOO good.










It had been one year since we had rain, but it is certainly rewarding to see what happens after it rained and this is the desert folks!

Amazingly, a Christmas tree also appeared in the desert. ;)












It had been six months since our last date, but our little town has a newly opened cinema we finally visited; and aside from one other couple the place was completely ours--crazy!

Time alone with my sweetie, is time well spent!

A year of sun, a day of rain

It rained the other day.  A true full day's rain--well a true full three hours of rain and it was BEAUTIFUL.  We even heard thunder in the distance, and there was enough rain to make puddles for our children to splash in and wade and giggle through.  They came in only after they were thoroughly wet and chilled (it would seem our blood has officially thinned--I'm cold when it's in the 60s).  Afterwards, we did the only thing appropriate, we took warm showers (except for Imp, who I think is crazy because she demands cold showers!) and then enjoyed mugs of hot chocolate.  After more than a year with no real rain, it was indeed a wonderful, refreshing break from the sunshine.