blooms

bounce house

face paint

lunch notes

L's saved lunch notes from the year...

kitties

these little guys adopted us for a few days, then disappeared

hammock swing

caterpillar!

friends

almost done with 1st grade! (except one of them)

learning to tie shoes

a picture says a thousand words

learning to read

slowly but surely...

hatchlings

balance

camping in michigan

note the gloves and hats...

dads gone wild

or dads going camping...

anticipation

can't wait for all these peony blossoms to bloom!

jaws of life

got to learn about these at the city bbq

new nightie

no nap

two hours in bed and she fought sleep the whole time

spoonlickers

hidden treasure

discovered this between the slats of our deck

school chapel

L's class leading chapel, one of her favorite parts of school

sometimes you just need a place to go...

to be alone.  to think things over.  "that's perfect," said L when she discovered this necklace.

that c.s. lewis...

he writes some pretty riveting books

it's endless...

but a good reminder to count our blessings yet again

potential

will beauty come from this dead looking thing?  time will tell...

backpacking

carousel

can't help posting another one of these...i know it won't be magical much longer...

post family farm

these guys again

(thanks for the pic, Amy)

tulips

another photographic gem from Gramma

random

not sure why but this is the only pic i have for this day...
better something than nothing?