I love Spring. The weather warms up and new life emerges. Strawberry picking in North Carolina is a great way to usher in the spring. There is a farm near Kristen's house where you can pick your own strawberries. There is nothing that tastes better than a warm strawberry picked fresh. Emma did manage to get more into her basket then into her mouth this year and Johnny enjoyed observing this tradition. Next year, he will be able to pick his own like his big sister.
Last weekend I was walking through our backyard and heard the chirp of baby birds. It just took a couple of minutes to find them. A cardinal had laid her eggs in a nest at eye level in our backyard. Close enough to our deck that we could watch the nest without scaring away the mom and dad birds. Here is a picture of that baby birds when we found them.....
Each day we would spend some time sitting on our deck and watching the nest. We watched the mom and dad fly in and out and feed the baby birds. 
If we walked over to the next to get a closer look we were normally yelled at by daddy bird. He would squauk at us from up in the trees warning us not to hurt his little ones. The mom kept a farther distance from us if we were in the yard.....
Here are the baby birds five days later, ready to leave the nest. They grew so fast! We watched the mama bird come to the nest and show the baby birds how to flap their wings and one by one they flew out of the nest. One flew onto the ground until mom and dad came down to help their little one fly...
What a great lesson for Emma (and me) about new life and how amazing God's creatures are!
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So sweet!
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