Tulip Festival and Challenge

Tricia was more than kind and invited us to join her at Thanksgiving Point to go see the Tulip Festival. It was really nice to get out of the house and go do something. We hadn't been anywhere in a really long time. And it was really fun to hang out with Tricia and her girls.

Because its me, I decided to add a little twist to our stroll in the park. I decided to add some challenges. We divided onto teams and had to find certain things to take pictures of. Everyone had a letter they had to form to spell a word. Can you tell what we spelled?

We got a selfie in the car. Man, I love these kids. They sure can drive me crazy, but other times, we just drive somewhere fun and have a blast.

Here are some of the challenges that me and Pearl had.

PICTURE OF FLOWERS IN THE SHADE

PICTURE WITH THREE TYPES OF FLOWERS IN IT

FIND A FLOWER THAT MATCHES SOMETHING YOU ARE WEARING

Here are some of Robyn and Ivory's challenges.

TAKE A PICTURE WITH A STRANGER (I guess the statue counts)

TAKE A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF YOU

TAKE A PICTURE OF A STRIPED FLOWER

 And finally June and Daisy and their challenges.

TAKE A SELFIE IN THE SECRET GARDEN

TAKE A PICTURE OF WATER OF SOME SORT

TAKE A PICTURE WITH JESUS

I think everyone rocked their challenges. We took a gazillion pictures of flowers. You don't need to see them all, but I'll put some on here that I thought were really pretty.

This tree reminded me of a frog face. Can you see it? My grandma would have liked this tree.

There were ponds and pools around the area and most had Koi in them. One in particular had a LOT of Koi. Usually you can't tell how many Koi there are, except when they all come to one place. What a hoard of Koi. I think they were looking for a handout. Some of them were so big.

We found a turtle in the water as well. One turtle, with many Koi friends.

You can't see them well, but there were baby geese on the lawn. So cute. (They are in the shade)

We stopped in the secret garden to make a wish.

 I really like the Italian garden with its long fountain.

A few more flowers.

And some selfies

I love the section with the Jesus statues. They are truly amazing. We had fun walking around and taking pictures.

And just a few more flowers.

Thank you Tricia and cute girls for inviting us. Annalise and Camille walked around with their fun Polaroid cameras taking pictures. Those are so fun, but I could never afford film for my five girls.