Day 50

Painting day. The kids are getting really good at bringing us drinks and helping get lunch ready. Today we discovered a turtle dove nest....IN A TREE!! Good job birdie!! Now the nest wasn't very big so either they don't build big nests or she didn't have time to get a proper one built after we took the other nests down. The kids researched the egg color and how many days until the eggs hatch. We don't know for sure if there are eggs but we were 3 feet away from her and she didn't move for hours!

Then the rain came and we had to put the painting away and maybe didn't get quite as much accomplished as we wanted but it's good to take a break too! Ribs are on the smoker.

After the clearing shower we went out to pick up the tarps and I looked at the nest because the mama was gone and there two baby birds! So we won't be waiting for any eggs to hatch! These babies had wings and will be leaving the nest shortly!

Dinner was great and afterwards we had a piano recital. Today would have been Elizabeth's actual piano recital. So we all treated the family to a special concert! Apparently my 12 page piece was a little long (and at times loud) - I told Brandon he just doesn't understand dynamics!