When it comes to water that is. Ok, so it’s the little things that make us happy. We can find a puddle and as long as we can jump our feet right in and make a splash, well, why not. On this weekend we were in for way more than a foot sized puddle. We had recently had a lot of rain which isn’t too common for Tucson. In the past we have gone out hiking to Sabino Canyon and the kids have loved this little area where we would walk over a bridge kinda thing and jump down and play in the little bit of water that there was. Usually it involved skipping rocks and water that would cover our five year olds feet just to his ankles. Like I said though, it had been raining a lot any we had heard thru the grapevine that there was LOTS of water at Sabino and too just make sure to hang onto the little ones. Holy Moly we had heard right! As we were getting closer to the spot we love we could hear the water rushing. Couldn’t see the water yet, but we heard it. Then suddenly there it was. Oh no, not just the little area under the bridge, that area was filled, so high that it went over the bridge to the other side. If my little man was in their now he’d almost be covered. So we heard the water would go up to our knees and be numbingly cold. You’d think knowing might be enough, but no way, we wanted to feel the burn. Ok maybe not everyone but I did. I stepped one foot in and quickly jumped out, it was freezing!! I envisioned the polar swim in Canada for a moment. My husband then told me I’d never make it across this bridge to the other side. What, is he kidding, is he really telling me I can’t do it. That’s it, game on! In my head I tell myself, ” this is the amazing race, you must do it ” and you know what, I DID! Sure I couldn’t feel my feet for a minute but hey I did it. Then I did it again and again and again. Somehow going back and forth thru the numbing cold and pull of the water became amusing to me. I know, probably not a good thing. The kids would go a few feet in on their own but to go across they had to be held by us or hold our hands. Here we have Cal beating his feet to bring back the feeling:
We were going to try for a family picture with the kiddos grandma and pa who came to visit but one of my rugrats got “cold feet” while waiting for everyone to get in position:
And I must say, just as fun as going thru was watching other people going thru the water. Of course we were not really out there just watching people we just “happened” to be eating our lunch at that very spot. We were not obvious at all! It was a riot though, you had a few types of people: those that walk up and do an about face right away, those that stand there and ponder it with those they came with, those that walk up take their shoes off and go thru to continue on their hike and then those who don’t flench don’t skip a step and just go thru shoes and all ( oh and I mean even in their sneakers ) Granted the current pulled a bit and there were little uneven spots so not everyone made it thru without getting more than they bargained for wet. Here are my kids as they are super stealth like sly as they watch people cross:
Tags: around town, kiddos, my life, silly ones by Leah
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I had a great time at the fair capturing this awesome family! I was lucky enough to photograph them two years ago also and it was even more fun photographing them this time. Mom rocks, she brings a bag with a boatload, yes a boatload of clothes and accessories for me to pick from. Now I’m kicking myself for not taking a photograph of all the fun stuff she brought so I could show you. Then to also finally get to photograph a little girl in 
