So last week we were hit with what the weathermen called a Polar Vortex. In the middle of July. I feel like there should be a limit to the use of the term polar and it should only be used to describe things that are frigid, numbingly cold, arctic, and snow. And it should not be used in the middle of July.
Anyway, it was all over the news and it was a
big deal. Basically, what that meant was that we had high temperatures in the upper 70s in the middle of July and it pretty much rocked. Maybe they could have called it a spring vortex, or a comfortable vortex, or just unseasonably mild?
We took the opportunity to visit one of the local
parks and it was a delight. The flowers were just amazing and the whole place looked phenomenal. One of Drew's brother's family joined us there for a bit and the kids had fun running around. Henry didn't really seem to have any strong feelings about anything other than the ponds. And his feelings were down. As in "put me down now I have to get down now I want to be down now." The boy likes water.
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| Just amazing. This is one of my favorite places in this city I call home. |
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| The colors are different every year, but I can't remember a year where it was just so colorful. |
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| We weren't the only ones who had the idea to visit the gardens, but it wasn't too crowded. |
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| Lily pads just fascinate me. |
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| At this point, Henry was in full on "down I want down I want to be down there" mode. |
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| Sigh. I'll have to revisit these pictures in the middle of January when it's grey and bleak outside. |
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| Us. You can see over my left shoulder a pink blob. This was a teenage girl in some sort of princess dress that was full of froof. There was also a tiara. She was having pictures taken and all the little girls in the park were entranced. |
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| My boys. |
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| Family selfie! AND Henry is even sort of looking at the camera! And sort of smiling! |
