Happy Fourth of July!

 Hi all! Happy 4th! We are sincerely hoping that your  holiday has been as good as ours has.

Here's what we had for breakfast yesterday. I would like to inform our readers that this is not our picture but the picture from which we got our inspiration.

Anyway, after breakfast we went to a nearby town to watch a parade. Now that was fun.

Look at the teeny little tractor!

And the teeny little ponies!

Later in the afternoon, we went swimming at the local pool (since it was free for fourth of July). This picture was from last year when Liberty went swimming on the 4th of July, because we did not have a picture from yesterday.

And then of course, there were FIREWORKS! They were spectacular!

Evan if this sounds cheesy, I am glad to be american. I mean, I can worship God without being put in prison, I have freedom of speech, freedom of  food (well maybe not all the time), and tons of other great things I wouldn't have if I lived in another place. Anyway, thanks for letting me ramble on like this.
What did you do for the 4th of July?

A Pleasurable Mother's Day Outing

 Good Day pleasant readers! Last Saturday, early in the morning, our family drove to Central City for a graduation. After that, we went to a lovely park for lunch.   

 Prior to lunch, Liberty played on the playground while I read. Libby says: "Never try to play in a skirts!"

 We had lunch under a flowering tree, on a carpet of soft green grass.

 Both Liberty and I were pleased to have popsicles for desert.

 Here are a few pictures of the blossoms on the tree.

  After our lunch and a bit more playing, we drove to the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island.

 The Stutr Museum is most beautiful.

 One of the first things we saw, was this family of Canada Geese. 

 Here are some more of the things we saw.

 "Okay. Let's play school." said Libby, flopping in a chair. "Do you really want to play school?" I asked. "Yeah! I'm tired, I want to sit down and play school!"

 So we played school until it was time to go. 

Do you go to museums very often?

What do you like to play?

Our May Day Baskets

 Hi all! Today, as is our family custom, Marie and I exchanged May Day Baskets. I am guessing you do not know of our tradition so I shall tell you about it. 

 When Mommy was little, she read a book in which some of the characters, on May Day, exchanged baskets with flowers in them. She thought this a lovely idea and so we do it now. It was supposed to be early in the morning that we would pick the flowers and deliver the baskets, but at that time we were doing schoolwork so we waited a while. Finally, however, I was outside picking dandelions, since they were the flowers most readily available. Marie was picking flowers elsewhere.

 When we were both done, Marie-Grace and I sat on the lawn (or what Mommy hopes will be a lawn) and talked.

 Marie liked the flowers I had picked for her, even though they weren't as pretty as the ones she picked for me.

My point proven.

 Marie-Grace.

 "and so we laugh and talk all evening, which is totally bizarre..."  Sorry. Just a line from my favorite song in Frozen, but that's what this picture reminds me of.

Do you have family traditions?

How do you celebrate May Day?

Returns to the Zoo

 Attention! Very long post. Almost 20 pics. 

I'm very sorry about how late this is in coming. We have really, been trying since Tuesday. Reason being, we got back  about 10:00 Monday night. But anyway, to get on with the post.

 On Easter, (after church) we drove down to Nanna's.  Really Marie, you leave out all the interesting details! Well, we had an Easter egg hunt and I won. Also, WE GOT FROZEN!!!!!! We've watched it twice now.

 Anyway, the next morning ( to early) we drove down to the zoo in Omaha. Here we are near the front.

 First we went to the Lied Jungle. That place is AMAZING and I LOVE taking pics there. 

 Next we went to the butterfly pavilion. That was probably  my favorite place. No butterflies landed on me.

My favorite place was most likely the aquarium. The Japanese what-ever-it-was-called-crab (middle picture on the bottom line) freaked me out, but I LOVED the jellyfish (forth picture on the second till last line).

 At the aquarium gift shop we bought this "sea globe" as Libby calls it.  Well, we can't exactly call it a snow globe!

 After a excellent meal we went to the Desert Dome. My favorite animal there was the Coati (second till last picture).

 Kingdoms of the Night lurks in the basement of the Desert Dome. It was really creepy, but a fun kind of creepy. Excuse the few pictures. The lighting was horrible down there.

 We enjoyed ourselves at the zoo's gift shop. Libby occupied herself looking at a book about sea lions while I bought some memorabilia. It was my deepest woe that I didn't get to see the sea lion training but, at the time of it, we were otherwise occupied.

After going a movie about lemurs, Marie and I went to Gorilla Valley. The gorillas were really cool although they didn't do much besides sleep and sit. There were other thing besides gorillas there too.

 Expedition Madagascar was the next place we went. Finally we get to see these "famous" lemurs. There was also an Aye-Aye there but I couldn't see it because the Aye-Aye was quote "sensitive to light". So it was pitch black? Well, almost. Ugh.

On our way to Bear Canyon we looked over the side of the bridge and this is what we beheld. For a translation, we saw some carp over the side of a bridge. Isn't that fascinating?

Most of the bears were sleeping. The one you see that isn't sleeping is the Sun Bear.

It being close by, we decided to go to the Cat Complex after that. Like at Bear Canyon, most animals here were sleeping. I don't see why not! I felt like sinking down in a patch of shade and going to sleep myself. It was so hot!  

Well, right before we left, we all explored the Orangutan Forrest. By the way, the two snakes you see, they were HUGE! I mean, I could barely believe that that size of a snake would exist but, there it was.

 After leaving the zoo, we had dinner at Cracker Barrel which is by the way, is my favorite restaurant.

A day or so later, while Libby was reading, I came in with special news. "Libby." "Hm." "Libby." "Uh huh." "Libby!" "What is it?" "There's a letter for Chrissa for you." "Really? You're kidding right?" said Libby, paying attention at last.

For an answer, I simply held out my purse.

We very much enjoyed getting letters from our cousins, Chrissa and Elizabeth and of course, going to the zoo.

Have you ever been to the Zoo?

Do you enjoy getting mail?