Flowering

Spring seems to be arriving slowly but surely here in northern Iowa. I have been waiting with great longing for tulips and lilacs and irises. It's more rain today, and tomorrow but I am not complaining. That means these flowers will arrive even quicker, I think. If I were really on the ball, or had more time, I'd take a hike to the woods to get pictures of dutchman's breeches and bloodroot flowers. They really shout "SPRING".
I took these pictures yesterday in bright sunshine. More practice with my camera and lens. Spring makes me giddy. The thought of outdoor activities again is something I anticipate more than I thought I would!

Baby Kroesche (snap, snap snap?)

Isaiah told me the baby's name yesterday. His new little brother, no less. So let me be the first to tell you. Don't be too agahst at my spreading this all over. It was such fun to hear him tell you'll never quite get the feeling of it from me just telling you. Ok, so here it is: Ooogalooga. Now doesn't that sound like just the name Nathan would come up with?! Before Kristin, when he was still overly influenced by his weird friends...Jeff and Dan and Tim he had names picked out for all his kids and he shared them freely. Kid number one was to be named "snap" (as in snap your fingers and the sound you make was the name) Kid number two was to be "snap, snap" and so on. Thank goodness for sane mothers, else he might really have been tempted.
We'll know for sure in a few weeks.