One of the beautiful Red Bud trees. At least that's what I think it's called. This picture doesn't do it justice. It is so beautiful with it's purple blossoms.
"Mom! Take a picture of me by this tree!"
I have no idea what kind of flowers these are--but just looking at them make me happy.
On one of the trails we walked, we came across a snake sunning himself. He stayed so still and the kids were really good about not getting too close. It was tempting for Kenzie to get close, but thankfully she didn't.
Water Break! What a great group. (A note about Kate's clothing choice: She thinks that if she wears shorts with her low-top converse shoes it looks dumb so she insists on wearing jeans rolled up. I can't figure it out. Hopefully I think she will wear shorts with flip flops so summer should be o.k. With Kate--who knows!)
One of the new trails we visited went through a wetland/swamp. My favorite part of the whole day was hearing Kate say, "This is just the best day ever because we are exploring a swamp people! A swamp! Because swamps have mushrooms and beavers and turtles!" She went on and on about mushrooms for a while and was ecstatic about seeing them, exclaiming that she'd been wanting mushrooms for the longest time. Really?! That would have made Christmas a lot easier. ;)
We looked and looked for beavers, but didn't see any. Thankfully we saw plenty of turtles.
It was a beautiful, wonderful day. The only thing that would have made it better? Having Kelly & Justin with us.
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