Sunflowers 2026

The sunflowers at MU's practice farm were not as epic as they were last year. (Though Sam thinks there may be more later) but I saw on Facebook that the blooms were open to the public so we went out to snag some. 

It amazes me every time I walk by the kitchen counter how much these look like Van Gogh's sunflowers. 

I forgot again to bring scissors for cutting some of the smaller sunflowers but we did get the memo and had everyone dress up for the photo opportunity. Amelie & Leah accidentally matched. 

We went for Andy's afterwards & spent Leah's birthday gift cards. It was absolutely packed! They both did spill ice cream on themselves. 

Easter

 (You see that these blog posts are all out of order and delayed! ... But you see them!)

We went to church and then had dinner and an egg hunt at Sam’s folks for Easter. They made big baskets for the kids but I didn't take a photo. 

Amelie was running for the eggs!

We dyed eggs, too: 

No family photo, though!! 

Girl Scouts!

Leah finally joined girl scouts & she had her first meeting! They made a video & said to be sure to wear their vests & we hadn't bought one yet, so she wore Amelie's old one to blend in. 

The meeting was out at Rockbridge, so she wore her water shoes for better creek exploration afterwards. 

A beekeeper came & gave a talk and had one of the panels (behind glass) of her hive for display & an entemology student from MU also brought some preserved bugs & live madagascar hissing cockroaches. 

They made a bug snack: 

And bug keychains: 

Leah's a big fan of whatever this type of craft is called & came home & fished out the pony beads & made another one.