Springtime in Gdl

It may be hard to believe that it doesn't always feel like summer here in Mexico, but it's true (to some extent)! 

I admit that I miss the marked changes of season - snow in winter, springtime melting and budding of trees, summer heat, fall weather - BUT I do like spring and summer weather most of all and that is what we have most of the time. 

We're past winter now, and to us and our bodies that have acclimated to Guadalajara's weather, there are times that it feels chilly or cold during December or January. And now we're in the heat of "spring". May and June are actually are hottest months, as July brings rainy seasons which cools it down (who am I kidding though, it cools down to 30 or so). 

But we are in fact in spring now and that brings with it the flowering trees that I love! All of the grass that isn't watered is brown this time of year, but at least our trees are green and colorful. 

These 2 pictures were taken in the small town were the Orphanage is located that we volunteer at. It's a tiny little town an hour out of Guadalajara but there are a lot of beautiful flowering plants along the roads as you enter the town.

Heat means drinking a lot of water....while our boys are in sports class, two other moms and I walk/run/yak along this trail beside the soccer field. 

Brady's red face is how we all look when we're out there ;)

We also drink more tereré starting this time of year (cold version of mate if you are familiar with that). This is not a Mexican drink at all! People think it's strange, and perhaps a little gross to share the cup around, but we drink it together at home. Ice cold refreshing. 

We happen to be up on our roof in this picture...Dallas and the boys enjoy going up there and hanging out with the stars. I, however, don't enjoy the boys being up there. But what are you to do in a city where they want to be in the free air...we are sitting facing a lower part though, that is "cut out" 2 feet into the roof, so for the most part they are not on the flat roof and it's safe in that way. But. you know. I'm a mom. This particular evening they had the music going and we had snacks and they thought it was the best (if only their mom would stop telling them to be careful that is). 

With it being Spring Break now we also took a morning to go biking in the forest nearby...

(love Logan's posing)

And we always come back with some treasures.

The boys also are loving the fruits that are coming into season and made a video about some of the fruits and veggies! We had a lot of fun with it as they like to pretend they're YouTube stars.

The boys are currently out in front of the house playing on the street with our neighbor kids and are enjoying their Spring Break! They get two weeks of it, always the week before and after Easter, and this weekend we head to Mexico City, 6 hours away, for some fun with another family from the boy's school that have been friends since we first moved here.