It was absolutely beautiful. The flowers were in full bloom and I never knew there could be so many kinds of tulips. We got to the gardens soon after it opened and had about an hour of walking through without too much of a crowd. By noon, it was so crowded we ate lunch and then left.
We drove to Delft on our way home. We were hoping to take a canal tour but the tours were booked until later that night. The boys were complaining most of the trip so we just decided to head home. I did get a chance to buy some Delft china at the flea market we walked around though. It was a beautiful little town and well worth the stop.
We hope to make it to Amsterdam again and see some of the other sites there. It’s not a very long drive from us so I’m sure we will.
The Netherlands is truly what they say it is -- canals, tulips, and windmills were everywhere.
Mallory with her friends Carys and Bethan.
The whole lot of us (minus Richard, who took the photo).
Pitch forks with seat backs on them, stuck into bales of hay.
Inbetween the tulips, there were a few diversions for the kids, including a small section with farm animals. 
Luke tried imitating the chickens He was very close to being accepted by the chickens as one of their own.
This is not an optical illusion, its just a really big chair.
The boys by the "man tulips" -- extra dark purple is the closest it comes to being manly for a tulip.
One last shot of the Keukenhof tulips.
And these are the "dandelion tulips" we have growing in the field in front of our house -- they haven't quite caught on as well as the tulips from the Netherlands.
Short stop in Delft -- disappointment on finding out the canal boat tours are fully booked for the day.
