Our Trip to Krohn Conservatory

Last week we got to go to the Krohn Conservatory on my Birthday. My birthday started at rainy and very gloomy. I do not like gloomy, I love the sun. I originally was planning on making the trip in the morning, but it did not work out. God knew what He was doing, because the afternoon was gorgeous. We got to spend time outside that otherwise may have not happened in the morning because of the rain. John smelling the flowers.
God's beautiful creation.
Gorgeous tulips.

This is me and my munchkins. I finally have a picture of me. I'm the one always taking the pictures, so there are usally no pictures of me. So this is for those who have been wanting to put a name with a face.A beautiful waterfall inside of Krohn. This is one of our favorite spots. It's just gorgeous.

A little lady bug. Isn't God amazing?

Gracie with her Powder Puff.
This is a flower clock outside of Krohn. It is always amazing to me.

I love this shot. It reminds me of Anne of Green Gables.

You can see Gracie is still holding on to that Powder Puff.

I knew most of this post would be pictures. The children were so excited and kept saying taking a picture of this. What else can I really say when so much of God's creation is just amazing. I am so humbled by the things He's given us. This reminds me of
I Timothey 6:17, "Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;"

God has truly given us so many good things to enjoy. We just have to stop and take the time to look around.

My Birthday

I don't know if you're suppose to do this or not on your own blog, but tomorrow is my birthday. I will be thirty years old. My how the time flies. I can remember when my mom and dad were in their early thirties. Now it's my turn.

I just want to take the time to thank the Lord for being so gracious and kind to me in my life. He has blessed me beyond measure. I want to use my days to honor and serve Him. My prayer is that my life would bring Him great pleasure.

Tomorrow we are going to Krohn Conservatory. It will be a great supplement to our unit study on gardens. We've been there plenty of times, but the children love it. John especially wants to know what every single plant is. They have signs with the names of the plants on them, and every time he sees a sign he'll ask me what that plant is. Maybe, just maybe I'll remember my camera this time.

Our Zoo Trip

The weather here was so beautiful today. When Gracie got up I told her how nice it was outside and she asked if we could go to the zoo. My answer was yes. We were going to try and go last week, but the weather man missed the mark. So today was the day.

Gracie loves elephants and today we learned that elephants wear sunscreen to protect their sensitive skin. Their sunscreen is the dirt that they throw up on their backs. All three of the elephants we saw today had "sunscreen" on and we got to see one applying his "sunscreen".

This bird was outside and not caged in at all. When we approached him he was preening himself. He then whistled at us. That was really cool, so I started talking to him calling him pretty bird and the like. Then he said hello to us. John and Gracie both loved this, for that matter, so did I.

Here are the two sweeties. We saw all kinds of statues today which was great. In Owl Moon (the FIAR book we're rowing) it talks about the trees being like statues. I think this really cemented the idea in the children's heads.

We also got to see the owl which I'll post pictures of later when I post what we're doing with Owl Moon. I'm so glad I've been able to figure out how to post these pictures.