Mom Visit

Playing games and spending as much time outside as possible.

Her first time flying since last October, BTW.

Tex-Mex after church!

Happy Mother's Day!

Great weather for swimming and hanging out by the pool.

M/D time with Pedicures at Tiffanie's on Thursday, then more shopping.

Fun on the watermelon island!

Got to celebrate my (37th) birthday on Friday with Mom here with Pizza, West Concert & Cake.

Saturday morning: in the strawberry fields.  Isn't she cute?

They also had pick your own flowers!

Drove my mom to airport on Saturday.  No matter how old you get, you will always need your mom. 

Sunday morning: When Abby walks carefully in with hot coffee, Ben walks in with my plate, Lydia smiles in with a card, and Abby beams in again with paper handprint flowers, and then they hang around... it's just precious! 

I love our Mother's Day breakfast in bed tradition.

Happy Easter/Caddo Lake

We decorated eggs, made ressurection rolls, and egged our neighbor before our 2 nights camping.

Saw Mill Pond

 

Wild flower season

We had a good site with good neighbors! 

Bella and her family moved from WI to the Austin area 2 years ago. The kids ran back and forth between our sites, we hung out by their fire, and the dogs even had enormous fun!

Boat tour on Caddo Lake.

 Guide Rich ("Are you Rich?") showing us that in October, all the creepy bald cypress trees are beautiful orange. It was a little cold, so we didn't see any alligators.

The flea market is 1st and 3rd weekends and very interesting! We all found a thing or 2, even Rio!

A hiking trail had lots of bridges and spring green perfect for a "nature bath."

Our new tent was wonderfully spacious. On Sunday morning, the girls found eggs all over the campsite.

Some eggs were easy, others difficult to find. The girls loved cruising down hill from the bathrooms on their scooters.

When we got home, we unloaded, found baskets (Peeps!), and watched prerecorded service on YouTube. 

Happy Easter!

The Florida Keys

Window seat-flying into Miami!

Key West Girl

Butterfly Conservancy in Key West

Curry Hammock beach!

Curry Hammock beach

Floating-Bahia Honda-Bay side

Good luck-one landed on me!

Old Bridge to watch sunset-meeting another Leap Baby!

Sleeping in tent

Another sunset

Shells

Abby in tunnel

Bahia Honda Sunset-meeting lots of dogs

Giddiness 

Boat ride with Grandpa

Jumping waves

Goofs

Abby loved getting totally covered

Pelican named Bob

Seeing the sunset is an event-blow the conch!

Ice cream treat from Grandpa!

2 Manatees in the Bahia Honda harbor-a highlight for Lydia!

Shamrock Pancakes for St Patrick's Day

"Do you want to wait in line for the real Southernmost Point, or take a picture here at this bar that hasn't opened yet?" LOL

Lydia & Daddy

Beach finds!

Beads at camp

Abby & Daddy kayaking through mangroves-a highlight!

Being cute

Butterfly Conservancy

Key's Fisheries

Bahia Honda

Sunset under bridge with Grandma

a re-creation of 2014 visit to same place