Thanks to mom’s good care I am finally starting to get better; however I went on a walk in the back yard and that still wears me out! I took some pictures of the flowers that I have planted.
This is one that the deers snacked on before I put up the deer fence. I am amazed that it is trying to bloom!
Emma has reached double digits! She has been so excited and has been counting down the days for a couple of months now. Emma is our sweet peaceful child. She brings a calm spirit to our crazy home and is always willing to come along on her dads adventures. Here is a look back at Emma through the years. We love you sweetie!
Emma got a new digital camera for her birthday. She has wanted her own camera for about 4 years and she finally got one. She took about 40 pictures today. Look for lots of pictures from Emma in the next few weeks.
We spent our last free Saturday before soccer starts at the zoo. It ended up being a nice day and we had fun out there. The zoo has a show where various small animals from around the world are shown 
The show also had a rescued eagle who had broken a wing. We were able to get within a few feet of him (her??). Absolutely amazing animals. When you see this picture the term ‘eagle eye’ makes sense. You feel like they can see everything!
The zoo sits in Pt Defiance Park which is a city park. There are all sorts of beautiful gardens around the park. The Flowers are just starting to come out now. Charlie can probably look at the plants and identify them. I just take pictures.
Not sure what kind of tree this is either but the kids sure had fun in it. It is some sort of weeping evergreen. Who knew that was possible??
I should probably also add that Lucy is also playing with toys, well, eating toys and going to Sonic!!!!!
Kristie was so excited when she was here in Washington and she saw the Monkey Puzzle Tree from Chile. I can’t remember what she called it. Chile and Washington have similar climates and the tree grows well in both places. Here is a picture of the tree in bloom.
Ok I’m just kidding. The blossoms were from some nearby flowering bushes. The part about the tree being from Chile is true though.
A few days ago Emma came and sat on my lap and said in her sweet voice “Mom, do you know how Grandma smells? Like all fresh and powdery? Well, when I saw a picture of her on the blog, my brain thought it smelled her.” Emma sat with me for a minute, gave me a hug, smiled and said “I love that blog.”
I love that blog too.
Here the kids are on Easter afternoon before church. Lucy and her fan club took a few minutes to pose for a picture. There is a new thing called a bumbo that allows young babies to sit up safely. Lucy even consented to smile.
A friend and I went to the Easter sunrise service at Snowbird and this is what it looked like most of the time.
The best part of the service was the singing. The sun came out for a second while we were singing “Here comes the Sun”
