I took the twins with me to visit Mama and Dad this week and, as always, Kassie and Kelsey were their darling busy little selves.

Words cannot even begin to express how much I love this little boy!

Karter is the sweetest child, and melts my heart every time I see him.  But yesterday after he gave me one of the sweetest gifts I've ever received.

We love our church family! 

Having gone to Sulphur Springs Christian Church for 27 years now, these people ARE part of our family and we love them dearly.

And every so often we have a fun and game night with our church family...and hysteria and laughter always ensues!

As much as I love safaris, this is one photo that I hope I never have a chance to take.

Just being this close to such a vicious animal as a wild hyena is enough to send chills through my body.

Even if he IS stuffed.

Smash cakes...the latest trend in baby birthday parties.

For all of you older folks (like me!) who didn't do the smash-cake thing with our children (I gave mine a slice, but not a whole cake...seems like a waste of perfectly good cake and icing, but what do I know?....), the idea is that you give the baby their own small birthday cake and let them go at it.

Jack is flying high above our great room.

Well, actually in this photo he was flying across the wall of Taxidermist Steve's studio.  But now he's hanging in the alcove above our entertainment center, waiting to be joined by Jill and his other 6 mallard friends chillin' in their cattail-lined pond edge.

Yes, I've named him Jack.

Jack the Quack.

The diorama we're working on is going to be an awesome piece of art once it's finished.  I'll keep you posted (of course I will!).....

Sitting in the passenger seat as Kim drives, I always keep my camera handy...you never know when a photo will present itself as we're rolling down the highway!

We saw lots and LOTS of turbines!  Us Hoosiers are very familiar with the hundreds of turbines along I-65 in northern Indiana, but every couple of hours we saw several more groups of turbines all the way north to Appleton.

Last year on this very date, Kim and I were giddy grandparents...overjoyed at the birth of our beautiful, healthy twin granddaughters Kassie and Kelsey!

I made them these sweet little tutus and took a gazillion photos of my precious babes!

Until our trip to Wisconsin, I thought Winnebagos were Mama's term for RVs. 

I never knew there was a Winnebago Indian tribe, whose chief was Red Bird and who lived in what is now Wisconsin.

Hunting eagles (with my camera, of course!), I left our Appleton, Wisconsin hotel one morning and headed toward 1000 Islands Environmental Center in the nearby town of Kaukauna...

...to meander the trails alongside a finger of the Fox River.