Tulip Festival 2017

What would Spring be without tulips?  All that color and form makes the heart sing at winter's end.

In honor of my husband's and my wedding anniversary in April, we were all in for a tulip celebration at the Ashton Gardens part of Thanksgiving Point..

There are always surprises!  It is never quite the same.

The Italian gardens take on a different hue each year.

Our selfie in the Secret Garden.  We are still trying to master the selfie.

I love my new iphone.  It takes lovely pictures.

I am especially in love with the portrait setting where the picture front is clear and the background muted.

Super daffodils!

Texture and more texture.

Color and more color.

I am so happy that this beautiful place is close to home.

Greens and more greens.

There is still snow on the mountains as each rainstorm in the valley brings more snow to the mountains.

He requested this picture showing his rebellious side.  Can you see those red tulips in the distance?

A field of dreams and tulips.

And there are still blooms to come.

This sign says it all!

Yes, these are tulips just really fancy ones.

And some were glass!  We enjoyed our visit immensely.

Easter Egg Hunt with a view

This year we had our Easter Egg Hunt in an amazing place, my son's current backyard.  There was plenty of places to hide eggs while enjoying beautiful mountain views.

These are our Utah grand children and they are just waiting to be told, "GO!"

It was fun to watch them from the deck as they scurried about.

Little Ceci had a bit of help from her mom.

And her brother and father.

They had a lot of ground to cover in their hunt.

I wonder if next year when Raymond  is twelve, if  he will decide to hide rather than gather.

Oscar shows his golden egg, which was where the money was.

He was pretty proud and happy.

One final swing through the yard.

Adult viewing area.

Then it was time to check out those eggs.

Opal took this seriously.

Henry's great big egg pile.

Yes, cousin Jenny, you are too old to hunt but thanks for coming to Easter Dinner.

Ceci checking out her eggs away from the busy table.

It was a great afternoon.

"This is my new Easter dress and sandals."

"These are my bunny ears that I got for Easter.  When my grandma came to stay with me for a while the next week, I chose to wear them instead of my favorite hat."

Grandkid photo shoot

The last Sunday in March found us in Heber City where my daughter and her husband had prepared us dinner.  The grand kids had a great time hanging out with their older cousins visiting from Arizona.  My youngest son and family also joined us.  I realized that half of my grandchildren were there which called for a picture.

The youngest little sweetheart in attendance didn't want to sit or smile so her father entered the picture as well.

We still hoped for a smile and tried hard to make it happen. 

Soon there was smiling and laughing.

This was going to be harder than we imagined!

I just kept clicking hoping for a great shot.

What I got was a great series of my grands enjoying each other.

Thanks Ceci!

Temple Square with TJ and Heather

It has somewhat become a tradition to take family visitors to Music and the Spoken Word and Temple Square on Sunday morning.  During the winter/spring months it is recorded in the historic tabernacle which is know for its great acoustics.  The music was beautiful and the Tabernacle was full of listeners.

After listening to the preview and final version we took a walk and enjoyed Spring.

It was a beautiful morning.

I love that these two are such great siblings.

Walking the SLC streets.

We exited by the Conference Center which is must busier today with General Conference.  Their father has joined us this weekend and I'm sure is now seated for the afternoon session.