"Flowerland"

The birds are chirping, the flowers are finally blooming...

It is a beautiful time of the year!

These magnolias, and tulips and daffodils...
and other pretty blooms on streets and parking lots make up what my little girl calls "Flowerland"!

I was glad to have stopped with her to gaze at them right after her preschool pickup, before picking up my pace again. This was during the warm spell earlier in the week. 

Inbetween the shuttling for school and activities, while out running errands, she also asked me to hurry up and get out of "Pastaland" already -- so we could roam the more irresistible "Icecreamland". Icecream being the last thing to go into the grocery cart, of course! ;p

"Flowerland"... don't you think that has a nice ring to it? Let's remind each other to stop in at Flowerland now and then -- to smell the flowers, have that icecream, or whistle a happy tune if that works for you, as we go about our busyness. Hopefully less frazzled. I need that :).

Kick-starting spring

At Ben's first soccer game, colder than it looked...

Little sis' traveling Teddy from preschool was also there to cheer him and the team on!

There's the daily rush, and new and old stuff we grapple with. Feeling the stress more. I definitely can use the reminders in Holly Gerth's Getting Back in Balance.

Looking forward to more sunshiny days, and what the showers are bringing :).

Blue skies at Craters of the Moon

It was a gorgeous blue-sky day at the Craters of the Moon...

... an unusual landscape created explosively by volcanic eruptions. And thought to resemble craters of the moon, hence the name of this national monument.

The boys got to do a bit of a "Bear Grylls" -- leading and exploring the few different ways in and out of the cave-like Indian tunnel!

Meimei kept going also. The Inferno Cone (not in pic) was less of a climb -- a mound of volcanic froth a little like coffee powder, different from the rocky terrain. Still, a good feeling when we reached the top!

So glad the weather was in our favour for us to enjoy the great outdoors that speak of, no, SHOUT OUT GOD'S GREATNESS!

Blessed Happy Easter to you and yours! :)

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..."
- 1 Peter 1:3



Impromptu Idaho. Bless the hubs for squeezing in this family roadtrip to the next state during our kids' weeklong spring break. We were googling for where to go while on the road! So thankful for all the fun we packed in, before hubby had to be back for more work and meetings he could not try and do remotely.