Tribute to the last weekend in March

Along with just about everyone else, Darwin got sick this weekend, but we've been fortunate enough that he's only been sick over the weekends so far this year and hasn't had to take any days off from school yet. (Fingers are still crossed) Despite his cold, we knew there was going to be a snow storm blowing in and decided to take advantage of the nice weather we had Saturday morning. Jared and Tracee McSweeney, some good friends of ours, invited us to spend the day with them cruising around and do a little shooting as well. We ventured down to the south-west end of Utah Lake for a picnic, but by the time we got there the wind had really picked up and the temperature dropped dramatically! Our plans for a nice picnic were almost crushed until someone came up with the idea to just have a picnic in the back of their car. I wish we had had our camera with us to capture the image of four adults and a baby crammed into the back of a Subaru Outback, crouched down, trying to eat a meal with all the picnic items piled into the middle of us. It was a great scene, and we had a blast.



Anytime you decide to have food outside in Utah, you can undoubtedly expect some company...the California Seagull, the Utah State bird. When we finished picking off all the meat we wanted from the chicken Jared and Tracee had brought, Jared threw the rest of it out on the beach for the seagulls to eat up. We had the most entertaining time for at least half an hour watching the seagulls try to fight the extremely strong winds, and each other, to snatch a piece of that yummy chicken. It's amazing the strength they have, and the determination to get some grub! One of the seagulls swallowed an entire chicken leg bone whole!! We couldn't help but laugh at our pathetic form of entertainment for the day. Good times! It's those simple moments in life that we cherish, right?