Ladybug Release

Every year Daybreak holds a ladybug release at one of it's community gardens. Although we don't have a garden this year, we went and picked up a few hundred ladybugs for Papa. These little critters eat the aphids that like to reside in gardens and flower beds so we figured they would be a perfect addition to Papa's garden. After we bought the ladybugs we couldn't resist letting Naomi play with a few of them. She loved watching them crawl on her hands, pants, and in the grass, and helped release them into Papa's garden a few days later.

Denver

When I don't post for a while, it seems really hard to write a post. It feels like really bad writers block that won't go away. However, I do remember Denver. We got a call that Dustin's uncle* who is fighting cancer was not doing well so the family decided to gather in Denver. I called Delta and booked a flight that was supposed to leave in three hours. We feverishly started packing and getting ready to leave. Not more than twenty minutes after I booked the flight, Delta called and told us our flight was canceled. Seriously?! It was already four o'clock in the afternoon so we bit the bullet and drove through the night. We arrived in Denver at six in the morning and got a three hour nap in before Naomi woke up for the day.

We spent a lot of time at the hospital visiting with family and also enjoyed time sight seeing in Denver. Here is our Denver adventure in pictures.

 

Denver Zoo

Denver Children's Museum

Downtown Aquarium

Wings Over Denver

Saying Goodbye to Family

*Dustin's uncle is doing well as he fights cancer. We are grateful for the Doctor's, Nurses, and other medical personnel who have and continue to take such good care of him.