Thursday, March 17, 2016

Bluebonnets

Bluebonnets are the state flower of Texas. For a few weeks each spring, bluebonnets and other wildflowers pop up all over Austin--mostly along the highways. They are a legacy of Lady Bird Johnson, who believed in planting wildflowers to beautify the riverfront and roads. (LBJ and his wife are from this area, so they're a pretty big deal around here.) Apparently it's a "thing" to go take your pictures in a wildflower patch each spring. It's a bit early in the season still, but here was our first attempt. (This patch was less than a mile from our house.)

If you notice, Owen is wearing a pilot hat with cowboy boots, and he has a pirate spotting scope stuffed in one of his boots. Not sure if he's a pilot, a cowboy, or a pirate. (P.S. Scott hates that he wears his sisters' boots, but some days it just isn't worth the fight--especially when you're 37 weeks pregnant.)

Heidi wins the prize for being most photogenic today.
Owen picked this bouquet all on his own. (Notice the infant car seat, all ready to go!)

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