Brad stealing home.........

we call him "flash"!

I love my peonies!

the ultimate woodpecker!!

I was VERY excited this afternoon- the girls and i were having "tea" after school, and I happened to look out the window- there at the edge of the yard was a PILEATED WOODPECKER! I saw one once in Washington state, many years ago and have often told the kids about it, because they are the COOLEST bird ever- they really do look just like woody woodpecker and they are HUGE! So, I grabbed the camera and took about 50 pictures- of which only one turned out because he was busy bobbing around pecking the tree stump for bugs. he was about 20 inches long from top to bottom- totally made my day!!

'special needs " soccer

Nikki had her 1st day at soccer today and just loved it......she is in a special needs soccer program because of her physical delays. there were 16 kids in her group- only 2 girls, so they hit it off right away! many of the others were little boys with varying degrees of autism, so it was quite chaotic for the 1st half hour or so. Overall it was so much fun for all of the kids and I'm so glad we found this group so she can experience playing soccer at all!

Catch 'em high, catch 'em low.......

Elise has been playing softball this spring and is doing a great job as catcher!

April showers.........

DID bring May flowers! my white lilacs and Bleeding hearts always bloom together......we are having a wet but flowerful spring.

hmmmm, maybe I can keep her in here til she's 30...