Jordan and I drove up to South Haven this afternoon. It was cool and cloudy but not too bad of a day. They have the cutest little gift shops that we love to look around in. 
We walked along the river that runs into Lake Michigan. Not many boats are in the harbor yet. 
This was the only purchase that we made. Chocolate covered strawberries!!!
They were so good we decided that we are going to make them ourselves when strawberries are in season. 
I snapped these photos at my parents house yesterday. I love pussy willows. Mom sent home a bouquet with me. 
I had the day off work today. It was wonderful. Since we played outside all weekend I took advantage of having the day off and caught up on all the stuff I neglected over the weekend. Now I feel prepared to start the work week tomorrow. 
It's been a gorgeous weekend! We have spent two solid days outdoors doing yard work and loving every minute of it. 
Now all we need is rain to green everything up. 
I think Seadra and Zoe are the happiest to be outside.
Zoe's pout. She's soooo cute. 
My girls.
Seadra's happy roll. 
Update: Well, I think Ben was the closest. It does have animals in it and it does float. It's Noah's Ark. 
I love the ark. Can you see the worm lines and insect tracts in the wood? Many grand kids have played with this through the years. 
OK, let the guessing begin. What is it? I will give you a few clues.
It is handmade. The bottom is solid wood and the top is a hollow log. My parents bought it at an art show. I'll update later this afternoon with the answer...... My hubby just walked into the room and immediately guessed what it was... maybe it's easier than I thought. 
I ran over to my parents this evening to take photos of some W.O.F. items (weird object Friday). I was having trouble finding items around my own house and Mom and Dad have some incredible things that I can't wait to show you. I took pictures of stuff for about the next 6 Friday's. Anyway while I was there I noticed Mom's amaryllis. Isn't it beautiful?!! My mother can grow anything. You'll be seeing a lot of her gardens on my blog this summer. Her and Dad both work hard on their gardens and love every minute of it. I love to garden too but my gardens pale in comparison. One of my favorite things to do in the spring and summer is to take Seadra and Zoe over to my parents in the evening and sit and enjoy the gardens. They share it all too. I always come home with fresh cut flowers and all the fresh veggies I want from the gardens. I don't have a veggie garden (I hope to someday) but last year I found some okra plants at the nursery. I bought them and gave them to Mom and Dad who planted them and grew okra for me. It just doesn't get any better, they are so good to me!! 
Here's a close up of the amaryllis. Tune in tomorrow for W.O.F. I'm going to play a guessing game with mine. 
I don't have to be to work until noon today. I wish it could be that way everyday. I ran some errands, took Jordan to an appointment, put dinner in the crock pot, did some laundry, fed my birds and snapped a few photos. 
The sun is shinning and it's suppose to get up to 49 today... I'll take it. Have a great Wednesday!
I would like to say that this photo was taken of Zoe and myself today but it was taken exactly one year ago today, April 1st 2007. I remember it well. It was a beautiful day, the lawn was already a lush green, buds were sprouting on the trees, flowers were getting ready to bloom.... What a difference from this year. We are so behind compared to last year. The lawn hardly even has a green blade in it. And it is still so cold and drab outside. Where is spring??? And the 7 day forecast isn't anything to brag about. I guess I'm getting impatient. Remind me of this when it's August and I'm complaining of the 10 straight days of 90 degrees. 
What's wrong with this poor Robin? I just finished stalking him around the yard for the last half hour trying to get a decent photo of him... these are the best that I could come up with. He didn't feel like posing. 
At first I thought he had weird coloring but it became evident that a bunch of his feathers are missing. Poor baby. 
Even the feathers on the back of his head and neck are gone. I wonder if something tried to get him and he barely escaped with his life. He was hopping around happy and eating so I think he's OK. 
We just got home from closing night. The kids are at another cast party tonight. I held out pretty good until Caleb came out and hugged me after the show. That's pretty good for me. I'm sorry if I've bored you to death this week with all my Guys and Dolls postings. It just consumed us. I'll be back to my regular blogging now......
The whole cast and crew (click photo to enlarge).
The whole cast and crew including the orchestra pit. 
It's tradition that after the Saturday night show the whole cast goes out to Pizza Hut for a party. The pictures speak for themselves. 
Caleb (Sky Masterson) and Jordan (Hot Box Dancer & Mission Girl)
Caleb and Lindsey (Sarah Brown)
Caleb and Trent (Nathan Detroit)
Caleb and Bethany (Adalaide)
Caleb and Mrs. Yo (voice and music instructor)
Jordan and Lindsey... best friends
Jordan and Shane... Jordan's biggest fan.
Caleb singing "Luck Be A Lady". It's my favorite song he sings. 
Hot Box Dancers.... "Take Back Your Mink". 
It is finally here.... the week of the musical. We wait all year for this. I may not be doing a lot of blogging for the rest of the week. As soon as I get off work I am usually up at the school for dress rehearsals, with my camera of course. The kids get home about 10:30, go to sleep and then start all over the next day. The first photo is Caleb and his buddy Trent. Caleb is Sky Masterson and Trent is Nathan Detroit. This is so much fun!! 
Jordan is a mission girl and a hotbox dancer (in yellow). She loves to be on the stage but prefers to have non singing parts.
Here is Caleb and Lindsey (Jordan's best friend) who is playing Sarah Brown whom Caleb falls in love with and marries at the end of the musical.
