3 little red heads

I was able to spend a bit of yesterday with three cute red heads that may have the opportunity to be in a childrens book called little red heads across america. www.littleredheadbook.com Besides it being 92 with a hot wind gusting and TONS of those pesky mesquitos it was quite fun. Here is a small peak at julia, max and katie. Thanks to all of you for meeting me at the park and braving the bugs. I'll let you know....

lions and tigers and no bears OH MY....

Jason and I got to take my nieces, payton and reese, to the zoo over the weekend. I just love these two girls, they are polar opposites, payton is a girly girl and reese is a bit of a tomboy. According to my mother, she is a spitting image of me. At one point there was a lion sleeping by the glass, but according to reese he was really mad and scary so she wanted to leave him alone and go ride a camel. I love watching them grow they are such beautiful girls and wonderful sisters.

mushroom hunt

so if your not from around here, these little beauties are morel mushrooms. They are a seasonal treat for us iowans, our country version of a truffle, but not really. Here they are cleaned, no more rollie pollies and slugs and now in a shiny red bowl but half the fun of these is the hunt. There are many ways to indulge in these but I love them sauteed up with a bit of paula deens house seasoning. yummy. Heres to the signs of spring. Finally.