Friends, Family, and Flowers

I love gardens and am greatly looking forward to having one of my own (larger than those potted plants on the balcony). We are blessed to have a beautiful large public garden close enough to our house for a sweet day trip.

This is a new friend from church who is also a fellow navy wife. Baby and I had a wonderful day celebrating her birthday with her.

Her husband proposed to her in a similar Japaneses garden.
Silly happy baby sticking out her tongue with dear friend. Baby is so happy but...

then smiles quickly turned to tears as she got pricked by a rose thorn. Poor sweet babe

She even drew blood! So sorry baby
Auntie
The caption speaks for itself :)
Mama, Babe, and Auntie
Sweet
Of all the pretty butterflies we saw, the ugliest one landed on me.
Strangely beautiful
"I do not like this" (baby's first time on grass)

"this is too stressful"
"I want off NOW"
Beautiful auntie stopping to smell the roses
stopping to lick the roses
What's more fashionable than wearing a baby?
Friends
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a flying baby
"I don't think I like this"
I thought these rose trees were beautiful and of course the little baby too.
I love this little girl.