Time for another post

So I had the chance before school got out to go on Isabella's field trip to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City- I just couldn't pass that one up.  I love a good trip to the museum!  It is really interesting how foreign museums can be for some people- funny how Don't Touch could mean something different to chaperoning adults!  

This is Izzi and her friend Sarah- really terrible picture, but that was as good as it could get from my phone.

This was a cool textured piece that is in the new Bloch addition to the museum.  We really connected to the harvest idea! Everyone loves a garden, right?

Izzi was all over this one- it is a slab of marble (I think) which has been sanded down in certain areas to reveal the different colors and patterns, like the mountain scene here.  Very cool- it is located in the Asian art section.

Then who's day could be complete with out a visit to The Thinker?

I'm thinking....I'm thinking.......

On a side note, I have had some people ask me what our back yard looks like- so I am adding that picture on here!  We are pretty attached to it!  We have a small garden to the left, but since I took this picture a few weeks ago, we actually have plants filling in those tomato cages etc.  And not only that but today, we had our first official picking of the cherries!  I don't know why I was planning on them in July sometime- but today worked out great too; really it was the girls idea to go out and pick, they did the majority of it with zero complaints!

Well we are just really looking forward to Joseph coming home- hopefully this coming Sunday night.  My next post will have to include our trip out to St. Louis and Nauvoo- we were happy to be able to stay with Joe for a couple of days, Thanks QPO!