Gardens

Thanksgiving Point has some spectacular gardens.  They're a bit pricey, so we don't go regularly.  We do make a point to go to the Tulip Festival every year through.  It's stunning.  Bob and Marie Groenstein were still in town from Australia (they don't like their photo taken though I discovered) and it was Dutch days (Bob is Dutch) and we thought it would be fun to take them.  If you dressed up, you got a discount on admission.  Although these aren't truly Dutch costumes, their Halloween costumes of Kurt and Gretyl (Sound of Music) from last year fit the bill.  

I love teaching Sydney to smile for a photo.  It's taken a LOT of work and I still get some seriously amazing (yet scary) photos regularly.  Love this girl!  My friend Kayla and her daughter Bryn joined us for the outing.

There was a new garden with statues of Christ that were literally breathtaking. Photos don't do it justice.  The bronze statues were massive and I could've stayed there for hours.  They are commissioning more to be built and had small 'samples' of what the large statues will look like when they're built.  Amazing. I would've paid admission just to see these!!

Lyla was patient and content the entire time.  She's such a happy girl.