In case you were worried about the suspicious lack of posting lately, it is not related to the squirrel incidents. And while the areas around our front door are quite well gnawed off, the squirrel hasn’t been around for about a week.

A lot has happened recently. Serena finished her semester, and consequently her first year of Pharmacy school, last Friday. We had our fourth wedding anniversary on the 15th. And today it was Serena’s birthday. One of the things she wanted to do was to take some family pictures in the blooming UW-Madison Arboretum. We attempted to do this, but weather didn’t cooperate and neither did a little girl who just wanted to run around. Regardless, we still got some great pictures, including the most adorable photo of a toddler smelling a fragrant lilac bush you will most likely ever see. Check out the pictures below.

On Friday we leave for Portland, OR to visit with Odessa’s Aunts Emily and Bonnie, which we are all very much looking forward to. Planes are still kind of scary, though.