What's This??

Annie talked me into setting up a blog. She is here helping me do this .....therefore this may be my only post!?? But I will give it a try. The purpose of this endeavor is to keep us all somewhat updated on what is going on in our family since we are all busy and spread far and wide (that is not a reference to body shapes). So here is a good reason to talk to your Mom (or Grammie) and let me know what's going on with you - or update your own blog - even better.

Bees!!!

Yesterday we were invaded by a swarm of bees. They clustered around the garbage can and were all over the back porch. We had a lot of little ones here so we decided to call the bee-be-gone man. He came right out and when he opened the garbage can we had tons more in there - he said around 3,000! We all sat in the window seat and watched him so it was very interesting. (the pics are bad because they are through the window).

Here is the dead bees in the bottom of the garbage can. The bee man said they landed here because their queen did and they follow her. He said they might leave in a day or two -but we didn't want to take the risk. It did make me sad to see they all had to die. I was hoping he could just remove them. Oh well ...... a few made it out alive and they will find a new hive to join.

Day at the Train Park

Today we went to the Train Park in Scottsdale. The kids are on Spring Break. We rode the carousel and the little train, played on the awesome playground and ate our picnic lunch. We toured the train museum and I told the kids how I used to ride the train and sleep in the pullman cars when I was a little girl and we traveled to Denver to see our cousins. We'd leave in the late afternoon and travel all night - making stops along the way. We'd eat dinner in the dining cars too. Fun Day!!