Miscellaneous Pictures and Happenings

After a very cool and wet few months, it's finally starting to warm up.

The blackberries are blooming...

...and our blueberry bushes are covered in little green berries.

The bees are busy collecting nectar and pollen.

Eva is loving the warmer weather and getting to play outside more.

A rose blooming by our driveway

We babysat these sweet little girls one evening while their parents went out for dinner.

Our friends, the Mosses, had a get-together at their home one evening to promote the National Bible Bee.  Mr. Moss is the host of the local Bible Bee.

Emily and William

Hudson turned 2 months old on the 9th.

I like this picture because it shows how chubby he is.

Steven and Anna had us and some friends over one evening for dinner and volleyball.  That was while our camera wasn't working, so only a few of the pictures turned out.

Here's Hudson

David and Steven look at something on David's phone.

Eva and Emma play in Eva's room.  These two are so much fun to watch together!

Last week was our final week of music lessons for this school year.  I snapped this cute picture of some students and students' siblings reading together while they waited during lessons.

Zoo Trip

We went to the Memphis Zoo with our church and some friends a few weeks ago.  Our camera stopped working while we were there, so the only pictures we got were on an ipod, but our cousin shared some of her pictures with us.

Eva loved seeing the animals up close

Chickens in the petting zoo area (for some reason Blogger is squishing all of the ipod pictures...)

Our cousin, Amy, and her daughter, Allie, joined us for the day.

Deborah and Livy

Melissa and Eva

Livy, Allie, and Mama Flo

Steven and Eva take a rest

The fountain is always a hit with the little ones.

Eva!  

(Sorry about the squished pictures, but they were too cute to not use.)

The Sting Ray Exhibit

We ate lunch with several of the families in this shady spot near the parking lot.

Steven entertains the little ones

Hudson, sleeping through his first zoo trip.

Oops, someone must have awakened him before he was ready.

"Petting" the polar bear

Nicolas, Emma, and Patrick

Livy and a sea lion

Eva and Melissa rode a camel together.

We all enjoyed the day, and look forward to next year!

Baking Cookies

Livy finished all of her school books a few weeks ago...

...so for a special treat, she got to make cookies all by herself.

Look at that face!

Don't worry, the oven wasn't on yet.  :)

Livy's little friend, Corinne was here during her sisters' music lessons

Aren't they cute?

Icing

Sprinkles!