Seen any leprechauns lurking around?

Happy St. Patty's Day. Hope you're all wearin' green!

Early Utah Art Museum

When you want to make an impression that lasts through

the ages, carve it into stone. Like this. It's a pretty happy

looking face. Actually it looks alot like the sun stones on the

Nauvoo temple. Hmmm.

Keith went to visit the girls. Since the plan to visit some

hot spring was foiled by a big road closed sign, they figured

the next best thing would be climbing around on some

cool rocks. Katie and Josh look pretty comfy.

This place is up the canyon from Provo. Diane and Dennis

sure found a beautiful spot.

The two mountains present a wonderful contrast.

That was fun, now let's go eat!

Crocuses in the Snow

Is it possible that this could be the very last

snowfall of the winter? We can only hope so!

Baked Alaska

For some reason, Devin got this crazy notion to make

Baked Alaska. He even donated his own marshmallows

specifically purchased to use as ammuntion with his

marshmallow guns made of pvc piping. It's been a long time

since we've made them, but even Eric remembered

having them, he was like 2!

These were apparently delicious, and I'm sure part of

the reason was that they were made with homemade

waffles rather than eggo waffles. I think the idea

of Baked Alaska only encouraged the weather to

start behaving like Alaska. Now we have had nonstop snow!

Nature's Wonders

Isn't it wonderful to see these brilliant colors peeping

up out of the dull brown soil?

Two years ago Keith expressed the desire to see crocuses
welcoming the beginning of Spring. So we shopped, and
dug and planted and, voilah! Cheerful little buds greeting
visitors to the front door. If you look really hard you can
the bumblebee.

While hiking yesterday, Devin took pictures of this oddity.
It's amazing that these trees will work so hard to survive.

Towering trees on Chuckanut Mountain.
What a glorious sight.

Trees are not only beautiful, they also convey

a sense of majesty.

Mondays are for Hiking

Talk about a gorgeous day! The hike was worth the gorgeous view.

Devin has Mondays off, and he was chomping at the bit to go

DO something, so Keith and Devin and I drove up to Larrabee

and did the hike just across the road.

There's a great rock at the lookout point. A nice place to

relax and enjoy the view.

Diane gave me this great headband for my birthday, cuz my
little ears are sensitive and always seem to get cold. Thanks Diane
it worked great! It was a cool windy day, but my ears stayed
toasty warm!



Devin was checking out the steep drop off just past the fence.
Wow, it's nearly straight down.

I just love being in the woods. It revives my spirit. And a

good brisk walk revives my body. We're so lucky to

have all this beauty around us!