What's not to love?

Above is the view out our front living room window...


And this is out the dining room window (there are two other windows on either side...so it's actually a bigger view of the gorgeous trees...but I liked how this one was "framed")...

Another pink tree in our neighbor's yard just started blooming, and the apple tree in our back yard is now white-blossom-covered. Wow. Be-you-ti-ful.

Getting outside

This is how we get to the trailhead (1/2 mile or so from our house). Vivian in the lead on the Bobike seat, followed by mama, Sabine, and geriatric dog Catalina (she gets to walk once we get to the path, but it's too much for her to try to keep up with the bikes on the way there.) All I can say is good thing it's not too far to the trailhead, and that it's relatively flat!


"Mutt mits" double as nature collection bags for the girls.