Denver Aquarium

The next morning, Jill's dropped Claire off for the day.  They took the older 2 girls and went to visit a college.  How is it that my oldest granddaughter is thinking about college already???

 

Tenley enjoys walking around her bouncer, rather than being in it!  She has a "helmet" on in case she falls.  It won't be long until she begins walking.  She hasn't begun crawling yet, but our son walked before he crawled, so who knows!

They will have their hands full in a few months!!

We took Claire to the Aquarium.

We are familiar with sturgeon from going to the Sturgeon Festival in Wisconsin!

She loves sea horses!

There were a couple of divers in the tank doing some kind of fixing.

Claire was able to get inside a bubble so she would be "inside" the tank with the sharks.

Ugly fish

Ugly flower

I thought the scales on this one was pretty!

I had never seen sword fish before.

Touching sting rays.

After the aquarium, we went to Mod Pizza (not Mod's, we were informed!).  They have a dairy-free one that Claire loves!

After pizza, we went next door for some gelato!

We met Mindy and Tenley at the neighborhood park.

One day, she will be climbing these jungle bars too.

Back at Mindy's place, Papa helped Claire with some school work.  

It is Hannah's Spring Break, but it is not Claire's.

A fun day with our youngest grandaughters!

Back to Colorado

 At the end of March, we drove back to Colorado.

It was a SUPER windy day!  We saw trucks struggling to keep from tipping.  We made sure to zip around them fast lest they fall on us!

There is a folklore that the start of March comes in like a lion with roaring winds.  But it is supposed to end with good weather, gentle, like a lamb.  I heard a theory about these symbolic animals; that Jesus' first appearance was as the sacrificial lamb, but He will return as the Lion of Judah!  

In reality, this year almost all of March in Kansas was pretty much a growling, windy "lion" kind of month!

Our Wisconsin kids had flown out to Colorado the day before and the day we were traveling, they had visited Adventures in Odyssey at Focus on the Family and recorded a "show".

They also did some sight-seeing.

We were excited to spend a few days with both of our daughters and their families!

I enjoy the drive out to Colorado.  

I love this kind of scenery!  Kind of looks like John Wayne movie sets.

We were so excited to get to Denver and see Tenley.  She was rather shy; not so anxious to see us.  "Stranger danger".  She has no idea how much we love her!  We just aren't able to see her regularly like some grandparents are.  Stinks living hours away.

I had to think how many people have this "stranger danger" with God.  Our Heavenly Father LOVES us SOOOOOO much and desires to draw near, but people think negatively about Him; don't want anything to do with Him.  Or fear Him.  But He desires relationship with us!  I would love to scoop Tenley up and play with her, but she always makes sure daddy or mommy are near by.  She doesn't really want us to hold her just yet.  Hopefully, this will pass.  She looks so happy in this picture!

(We think that toy by her foot looks like a "corona virus" toy!)   

Would she warm up to us during our time in Colorado?

Spring Transitions

I began the month of March in Colorado with Mindy and Tenley.  I ended the month of March back in Colorado, this time with my husband and Jill's family along.  Sandwiched between those days was the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

Early March

Late March

I am not sad to see the freezing temperatures go.  March was terribly windy and so far this April it continues to be blustery and very chilly.  Allen mowed the grass today and wore several layers to keep warm.

Unfortunately the high winds this past month caused fires to get out of control.  One young mom friend of mine lost her home.  Luckily they were not home at the time.  That fire raged through 12,000 acres, killed one man and damaged 35 homes!  We are reminded regularly that we continue to be in fire danger.  Please don't throw cigarettes out your car windows!  And don't start a fire when it is windy!

I was thrilled to see an eagle was flying around our lake.

The juncos hung around all March and just left.

I waited and waited for the purple martins to arrive.  I was reading other people's posts who were also wondering where they were this year.  They came about 2 weeks later than normal.  Keep away, Mr. Sparrow.  This apartment building is not for you!

The golden finch has turned a bright yellow now.  In the winter, they are a dull yellow.

I put away our winter decorations and put up Easter ones!

My daughter, Jill, and grandaughter, Hannah, have birthdays in March!

We heard WONDERFUL news!!  Mindy and Jason were quite shocked themselves!   We are thrilled!!!

I continue to work on my mother's genealogy.  Have been able to go back to 1495 on one line!  It is a daunting task, but so fun!!

We celebrated Pi Day with pie!

Our dear cousin came home from MD Anderson.  It was good to visit with Jim and Shirley.

Our sweet, caring friend, Carolyn, passed away suddenly.  She was in my older women's Bible study.  She regularly sent cards to MANY people!!  The cards would be filled with bookmarks and stickers and wrapped in ribbon.  She was a mighty prayer warrior and would call to ask how she could pray for us!!  

Her husband asked me if I could help pass out the many Easter cards they had recently purchased.  So, today, my Bible study friends and I put together all the cards and signed them "In remembrance of Carolyn H.  Heavenly Blessings!"  How we will miss her sweet spirit!

We are soon wrapping up Awana Cubbies.  I sure do love those little kids!!

Our women's group at church had our March Legacy.  It was SO good!  Three women shared lies they had believed from the enemy.  We need to listen to who we are in Christ and not lies from the accuser.

We nailed our lies to the cross.

How I love to worship and share life with our Community Life Group!!

Spring often means bumpy weather.  Kansas has fewer tornadoes than they used to I think.

We do have spectacular sunsets and sunrises though!!

Before we know it, the hot, dry winds of summer will be here!