Since growing our garden, we discovered how many snails reside in our area.
Every morning we were finding 7 - 10 snails and slugs who had been feasting on our garden and were then heading for shelter to avoid the blaze of the sun.
Eventually we got a hold of some snail bait which has saved our *new* crop of lettuce.
This is the damage of snails and aphids.
We noticed and extreme amount of lady bugs in our yard and read that they are great for eating aphids.
Duncan and I went on a ladybug catching hunt and found 14 ladybugs in a matter of minutes.
Can you spot the 3 ladybugs in this picture?!
An evening ritual at the Rich household...Daddy chasing Duncan on the skateboard.
Duncan getting to play with his "friends" aka cousins.
This is a fun little hideout under the stairs perfect for a club of hooligans to play and be silly.
Lance, Bobby, and Ben
at the burial site for Jim.
The day was a great tribute to Jim of his life and influence.
Pat (doing a terrific job) performing on the saw at the burial site.
Charlie enjoying the full-length mirrors for some easy entertainment.
I couldn't resist posting this picture.
Duncan was waiting for his jams and decided that jumping over Bobby's back roller
over and over was a good use of his time.
I guess I just love how well this picture captures the life of this 3 year old boy...underwear and all.
Duncan received a neat dinosaur apron made by his cousins across the country in Maryland.
He loves to wear it while we make tasty morsels in the kitchen.
A happy fireman with his fireman gang.
The first use of our garden produce...green onions!
We used these to make enchiladas.
Going for a family walk around the neighborhood.
Charlie's cute little baby feet.
Flying solo with a baby.
Flying always makes me a little nervous because there's nowhere to go with a fussy baby!
Thankfully, Delta had an extra seat on the plane (both ways!) and arranged for Charlie to be able to have his car seat during the ride.
Charlie slept well because of this arrangement.
That extra seat really saved the day and my nerves.
The sunset over The Great Salt Lake from a mile up.
This was just after I woke up from my snooze on the plane.
I remember thinking 'it's at this point during our drive that we are exhausted from driving and just want to be at our destination' - (just after the Salt Flats).
Driving to Utah = 10 to 12 hours on the road.
Flying to Utah = 1 hour and 20 minutes in the air.
Traveling 650 miles and arriving at the set destination well before the next meal time -> Priceless.
Here is my dad and my Grandma along with all my dad's siblings at the burial site for my Grandpa.
We all sang "Teach me about the Temple" by Lynn Perry Christofferson here at the site.
It was quite appropriate for my Grandpa.
These are my cousins that I grew up with. We loved playing together every chance we got.
We are even missing one cousin...Stephen.
Love my cuz's.
Natalie, Amy, DeAnna, me, and Jeff.
That's the nutshell of April...
The End.
