Babies in the Yard

First, I would like to say, Happy 4th of July!

It is so amazing that we have all our freedoms from people fighting for our country. Please honor our country and pray for our troops today! :)

So, the adventure this morning will probably be one of my favorites this summer!

My mom and dad go on a bike ride every so often and my mom and I always look for baby ducks and baby quails in our neighborhood. You see, we live in Rural Nevada and there are adorable little animals that tend to run around right near our home. 

My mom told me that she saw probably around 30 baby quail run into a bush earlier this morning and that she wanted me to go see them. I immediately agree, still wearing my PJ's, and we leave the house to go look 4 houses over, trying to spot the little babies. 

We look in some bushes near where she saw the babies but they all had no noise of any baby quail in them. The house we were looking at was empty, because the people have since moved away, so we peaked into their backyard. Still nothing. It was quite disappointing, and I had forgotten shoes, so my feet were hurting quite bad on the rock landscape. 

Just as I was about to give up, my mom had another genius idea! She told me to look on the other side of the fence because she knew she could hear baby birds. So we walk over to the other side and look into the fence, and... NOTHING! again. 

My feet hurt, and just as I turned away, my mom whispered. I turned around, very doubtful of my mother's sight at this point because of all the failures on hearing the little birds. But just as she had said, probably around 30 little baby quail were running all around the back yard! They were probably the cutest thing I've seen in a while! 

They were all so tiny, and there were 3 adults watching over them. 

The way my mom and I found them, was by following the two adults who we assumed were the mommy and daddy quail. I assume the other adult was probably a teenage babysitter. 

They were all so adorable, cute and tiny. If I could have one, I would but I'd never take them from their home! 

That my friends, was the adventure this morning. 

I learned always to be quiet and to wait on God's creatures. 

The babies are small and timid, we should always be gentle and loving towards our Heavenly Father's gifts!