This & That

The Professor is In

With AP Boy's family here for the last part of this month, The Girl has been very fortunate to have her own personal math tutor. AP Boy has a real affinity for the subject and claims that he uses obscure mathmatical formulas all the time....for recreational purposes.

I'm not sure about that, but I do know that we're grateful that he loves it so much and is willing to try to pass that knowledge along. His comment? "I can hardly wait until the girls (and he's talking about the grandgirls here) need help with their math homework!" I know The Girl thinks she's the luckiest person in the world....I just know it. Actually her comment about end of the year schoolwork has been pretty consistent. "Everything is stupid!!"

Rim Walking

I live very close to the Snake River Canyon. In fact, there's nothing between my back patio and the canyon but a couple of fences, Evil Knievel's jump and a bunch of cows. 

Fairly recently the city has developed a walking trail along the canyon rim for the enjoyment of anybody who wants to walk there, so since I had my whole brood, minus PB home for Mother's Day, we decided to make use of it.

So we walked one way.

And some of us ran.

And we took in some of the sights at that end. This is an area called Pillar Falls. It's further down river from Shoshone Falls that I've shown you before. You can see that the canyon...and in truth a lot of the area around where I live is very rugged and wild...kind of like my boys, lol.

 Then we turned and walked the other direction toward the Perrine Bridge. 

The Perrine Bridge was named for an early businessman in the area here.

The trail will actually take you right under the bridge where you can hear the cars going over.

And then you can look back the other way at the bridge. It's a pretty walk I'd never taken before. Amazing what you can find in your own town.

In Living Color

The Girl and some of her friends attended something called a Color Festival here in town. Apparently, it's an east Indian tradition when people throw colored chalk at each other.

This was the result. And she posed for it willingly. Three days later there's still a little purple in her hair.

Mother's Day

So let me tell you about my Mother's Day.

I was awakened on Sunday morning by my 4 grown sons actually dancing into my bedroom to Mr. T's "Mother Rap" going on the iapd, with breakfast....that they had actually made themselves. They'd gotten up early and everything, which if you knew my sons, would amaze and delight you. It was just so darn fun. 

This were the toppings for the crepes they'd made. Yes, you heard me right....they made crepes....and parfaits.

My Eldest dishing up the batter.

And trying to flip the crepes up in the air. Being boys, they tried this feat multiple times...with varying results.

SD Boy dishing up breakfast for his wife, who I believe provided technical support for the whole process, along with the other DIL's who gave menu advice beforehand.

LS Boy on childcare duty while others were cooking.

The one photo I did not get on my Mother's day was PB Skyping with us. It was wonderful. He didn't know everyone was going to be there for the phone call so that was a really great surprise for him.

 

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day! I have my whole family home for the weekend  and some of them will be staying longer than that, so it means grandbaby time and lots of pictures, and hopefully lots of squeezes. To top it off PB gets to call home from Iowa. If we are lucky, he will get to Skype with us. Cuddle your kids close and have a wonderful day. :)

I Only Want a Little Nibble

While the little boys were "riding" around the pasture, the other horses and people were just hanging out, waiting for the adventure to be over before they headed to a different corral. As is sometimes the case, boredom sets in.

 "Hmmm. This blueish greenish thing looks interesting."

"It doesn't smell too bad."

"I wonder if it's edible."

 

"I only want a little nibble."

"Just a nosh to get me through to the next corral."

 

I Love It

I just love it when we drive long distances and I can get unfettered photo taking opportunities. 

I love it when I can take those opportunities with my phone, of all things.

Another Birthday

Another birthday for us to celebrate. AP Boy is 29 today. In three weeks I'll be able to officially say that half of my children are over 25. Oh....laws.

Moving right along...

This boy, along with all his other siblings, makes me happy when I think about everything he has accomplished. In a couple of months we will get to go back east and watch him graduate from another leg of his extended schooling. He has a few years to go yet before he is totally done, but he's getting there....working hard.

Being a good husband and dad.

And having some fun while he's at it.

Love him. Happy Birthday, kiddo!

A Bit of Type Casting

SD Boy has been doing some volunteer work at a local hospital and he and some other volunteers took an anti-obesity campaign to a local elementary school where he jumped rope with the kids "for like 2 hours straight" and told them how awesomely good carrots are. 

Yes, he was chosen to be the carrot. A bit of type-casting, don't you think?

The Difference a Year Can Make

It's just stunning to me how the grandbabies can change and grow in such a short period of time. I don't think I noticed it in my own kids as much because I was around them all the time, but when you don't see them like that, you really notice it.

One of my grand-girls recently turned one and I just couldn't believe how she's gotten from this...

To this so quickly. Really. 

And she reminds me a little of her daddy at the same age...at least the hair does....and the smile a little bit as well.