Looking Back

The best thing happened to me over the Christmas Break. One day I decided to clean out two baskets on my counter that were full of junk. I cleaned the big one pretty quickly throwing out a lot of stuff then moved on to the little one. My goal was to eliminate the little one altogether. I got out most of the big stuff when I came across a gift card. When I turned it over it was a Chili's gift card that got lost during the summer some time. So I continue to dig when I noticed a digital camera card turned upside down in the basket. I thought to myself what card could this be and I figured it was the one my neighbor let me borrow when I lost mine. When I turned it over I realized it was not her card it was MINE!! My eyes filled up with tears. (In May I had taken the card to work to change the background on my computer and had left early that day because I was sick. I was out for two days and when I got back to work I thought the card was lost. We had some contractors working in our room and I figured someone must have picked it up off my desk and it was gone forever. This was the card that came with my camera and in 2 months it had over 700 pictures on it. I was devestated. There were many "firsts" on that card. I finally got over it, considered it gone, lesson learned and moved on.) I had searched those baskets many times looking for that card.

So with all that being said I am going to post a couple of my favorite shots from that memory card. The first couple are from Mother's Day last year. We took the kids to the Norfolk Zoo. It was a cool, cloudy and sometime drizzly day, but the kids enjoyed it.

I was taking this picture and trying to watch the peacock at the same time. It was getting a little to close for my comfort. These were my favorite of the day. (Zack didnt want anything to do with this turtle)
And of course I had to get in on the action. (I will spare you the pics Wink took as I tried to climb up on this thing.)