These are some of the flowers in our front yard. The pansies are ones that we planted. The rest came with the house and this being our first Spring here, we've been enjoying the surprise every time another plant starts blooming! 

It's hard to see in this picture, but there are five baby birds in this nest. Two little House Finches built this nest at the top of one of the pillars on our front porch. We suspected there were eggs, because the mama bird sat up there all the time. Then we went on vacation and when we got back, there were these little babies. Now we've been back 2 weeks and all the little babies have grown up and moved out- leaving the empty nest. We had a lot of fun watching them grow. 

We had a great vacation in Orlando! We left on May 27 and came back on June 4. Even though it rained most of the time we were there and we didn't get to go to the beach (aside from a quick stop on the drive down) we still had a lot of fun. We went shopping, played miniature golf, ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, played pool, swam in the pool, and had lots of visitors! We girls even got in a day of scrapbookin' !! There were always at least 9 of us there, so we all kept each other busy. Ah, vacation....is it over already??