A rainy Saturday morning at the Redwood Nature Center.

Wow!  What a great place!

Bridge crossing. 

Lots of wetland.

Look how clear the water was!  There was boreal frogs singing.

Skyler found the gravel pile.

Yellow headed black bird.

Looking North along the Jordan River.

Lots of vegetation.

Dumping a rock out of his shoe.  He must have taken off and put on his coat 100 times!

North view across the meadow.

This looks like Iowa!

Trees everywhere.

Drum circle?

East view, look at those mountains!

Train tracks.

TRAIN!

Skyler was on my shoulders waving, the train operator honked back at him!

Life Flight helicopter coming in to land.

Not to worry, he was landing for some kind of Oxbow jail open house.

My favorite pic from Saturday.

The end.  Next time we're bringing the bird book and binoculars.

Happy Mother's Day!!

These two are the best Moms I know!

This past Tuesday, they were doing their best Nebraska mass feeding preparations for Skyler's party.

A 5 year checkup, Legos, and swimming.

Skyler had his 5 year checkup yesterday.  Everything is fine.  He has 20/20 vision and they tested his hearing, too bad his hearing being great doesn't mean that he will listen to us!  After the Doctor, we stopped at Target to exchange a Lego set.  Swimming lessons were in the afternoon,  he was happy to be back in the pool after a month hiatus.

He picked the "bandits" swamp set.  Complete with hovercraft!

Waiting for his lesson, he was pretty fond of the foam piggy.

Thumb up!

NAP!!!!!

After a week of birthday partying, this was much needed!

At the fire station.

The Birthday Boy got lots of special treatment!

In the ambulance.

Trying on actual firefighter gear.

Trying on the heavy air pack.

Could he look any happier?!

All of his classmates and friends watching the action.

Pure pandemonium!

That's what a preschool 5th birthday is!  Lots of work, but everyone had a great time.

Every kid got in on the opening of presents!

Outside.

We were outside most of yesterday.  From washing the car to riding his bike, he was a happy little boy.

Playing with the "Paw Patrol Air Patroller" while I dried my car off.

Enjoying the sunshine.

Riding his Fat Bike across the park grass that desperately needs a mowing.

Riding back home, he won't ride down the sidewalk to the park, but he'll gladly climb back up it.

Feeding some goats.

We saw the movie Zootopia finally yesterday.  It was REALLY good!  Afterwards, we went on a short walk to stretch our legs and get the dog some exercise.  Skyler discovered that he could feed the goats along the canal the other day so why not repeat it?  :)

Hound dog trotting along the road while those two look at a cactus.

Getting some grass for the goats.

Goats waiting for their grass.

Feeding them through the fence but being super careful not to get his fingers too close.  :)

Getting a little more grass for the next pen of goats further down the road.

It's hard to believe he's FIVE!

Nice view from the top of the hill.

Wow!

What a birthday!!  Skyler is still in full sensory overload today! Thanks to everyone for coming and giving him gifts, he's very loved.  And spoiled!

Cake courtesy of Grandpa.  Wow!

He was blown away by the cake too.

Presents...

MORE presents!

Let's get started opening!

A Bruder roll off truck!

Just like the real thing!  He's wanted one of these for a few years now.

EXCAVATOR!

It matches the Cat track loader that Karen got him.

Pretending to dredge the canal.

Detail shot of the cake.  Amazing!   Look at the handmade ladder made out of a straw!

Opposite side.  Hoses made from pirolene cookies.  Gumdrop lights, fondant icing, donut wheels.

Getting ready to eat the "hose".