Mother's Day

Joel, the boys, and i went to the same tulip garden for Mother's Day that my mom and i went to when my parents visited a month ago.

much more tulips were in bloom, b/c it's gotten a little warmer.
Joel said he liked these dark ones.
these daffodils are called Yellow Cheerfulness

this is a picture of the same kind that's in the second photo, just in a different location.

Ezekiel waving
this is what's left of the orange monarch tulips.

i love these blue flowers

there's the name.

blue spike


we worked on Ezekiel's colors while we were there.

Ezekiel looking at his dropped gum. he wasn't happy about having to leave it behind.

Ile de France
Gander's Rhapsody

i like these too



more blue spike

my mom wanted to know what these looked like. i think it was these. she'd remarked about the name when we visited the garden, but they weren't in bloom yet.



Joel was running after Ezekiel, but also trying to avoid the camera.

i like this combo of colors
there was a cherry tree that was shedding all it's pedals.
Ian loved them

finally got a good picture of Joel. he was not even expecting the camera. i was holding his hands in front of me to keep him from fleeing.