Signs of Summer--believe it or not

Yes-- that is a picture of a blue sky--- a blue sky that happened here, in Teton Valley Idaho Today. I know you can't believe it either. But it happened. It was still cold--- like 45 degrees and it cleared up in the evening so it is going to get colder. Time to wander out and cover the tomato plants and they live in a greenhouse. But there is still sunshine out there somewhere.















Here is another sure sign that summer is on its way....Some might recognize what these are. For those that don't, these are THE FIGURE 8 RACE CARS. As usual the race will be during the Teton County Fair in August. Brandon plans on racing again this year, and so does Josh--- we will have to see about that though. The rules say 16 years or older but nothing about Driver's Licenses (He won't have it until Oct).

Just for fun here are some more flower pictures from another walk around the yard. They are all pretty good pictures but someday I am going to have a macro lens that is going to let me take pictures of flowers that will look like alien landscapes I cannot wait.





This is probably my favorite of the pictures I took. It is of the apple blossoms on a neighbor's tree--- Our tree got blossoms but they weren't pretty and there weren't very many either. Our tree got broke during a snowstorm last June and it hasn't recovered.







Columbine in Grandma H's Garden , they look a little sad still but this picture is so cool . You can see all the yellow things in the center. It doesn't stand out so well from the red barn in the background though something I need to think about before I take the picture.





















my last post I mentioned what those little white flowers do to my car. Well, it looks something like this but on my car it loses some of the charm of course. Well it I am off to save my daughter from herself and my tomatoes from the frost.

Really Tired Today

Yesterday was the spring recital for Balance Studios… it was a great recital, all the girls danced so well. But that Company B sure has it’s moments. Girls will be girls I suppose but my girl doesn’t go to public school and doesn’t have the clique skills necessary to survive in there. I see her getting snotty like the other girls and I don’t want that to happen. I don’t think that it is a maturity issue, it is behavior issue that is not really acceptable from any of the kids. What am I suppose to do about it? How am I suppose to clique proof my daughter?

Anyway, trying to come to a solution last night, I did not sleep so well…and I am tired and I think I handled the whole thing badly by emailing the teacher and putting it in a not so nice way---just frustration on my part. Marissa loves to dance---there isn’t anywhere else but Balance for her to dance unless I want a very long drive 3 times a week. I don’t think that this well improve with time really because I don’t , like I said, think this is a maturity thing. Maybe with maturity she can learn to ignore the nonsense though. I don’t know, get a good nights sleep , issue a formal apology to the teacher and maybe I can come out with a solution that will work.

On a happier note ,Friday was the last day of school for Marissa. We need to finish a small amount of math and a little English for promotion, but I don’t have to worry about attendance. It will be great. Now to come up with some really great stuff to do for the summer!