Happy Mother's day!

The baby birds were well fed by 9 a.m. this morning. They were fast asleep despite me watering the flowers around them and taking their picture. Mama bird wasn't around, but within five minutes of me having the planter back up, she came by to check on them. They must have been fine because she flew right off again.


Dad wanted to see how white Marble was getting, so here is a picture for you, Dad. Marble will be 12 on May 31. She's already outlived her Uncle Slade.


Ripley turned 9 at the end of March. He's getting a bit gray, himself.


Will made me a paper purse and a green beaded keychain for Mother's Day. Very cool.


Xan was quite busy this week and made several Mothers Day gifts. I especially liked the "Breakfast in Bed" bag - which housed a cereal bar.


Will brought this letter home from school. I thought that all of the Grandmas might enjoy it. Happy Mother's Day!

Yesterday was busy day for the Guthrie's, but I don't have any pictures, really. While Rodney started his day helping my friend Brynn move, I took the boys to see Ironman 2, which they enjoyed. We then headed to Flounders in Pensacola Beach the celebrate three of the Marines' promotions. After a brief nap in the car for the boys, we headed off to the local FFA rodeo, which was a lot of fun. Will got to be a part of the rodeo when all of the kids over 6 got to run around the arena and try to pull a ribbon off of calves' tails. If they got the ribbon, they won money. Of course, the two biggest kids ended up with the ribbons, but it was still a lot of fun to see 100+ kids running around after calves. After the rodeo, we headed over to Rodney's boss' house to watch the UFC fight. We didn't get home until well after midnight, and the boys actually slept in later than we did - 9:15!