Good Times!!

We had such a fantastic weekend!!! The weather was so nice Saturday. It was a little chilly Saturday morning (I mowed the yard, and had to wear my jacket the whole time!) but by that afternoon it had warmed up just enough that we could play out without getting hot or cold. It was so perfect. My children absolutely love going outside. Avery has now started walking around saying "outside, outside"...it really is cute!!!! I took some pics of the flowers in my flower bed. I am not a photographer by any stretch of the imagination, but I tried. I think they turned out ok. I'll let Ginny (my mother-in-law) be the judge. She is a fantastic photographer!!! Enjoy the pics!! I hope you all had a great weekend and I hope you have a great week!!!

Love you all!!!!

The dark places on Avery's face are bruises. He is so boy!! He falls off everything, and then starts climbing again. He is so fearless, it scares me.
I think my kids have the most beautiful eyes. I am, of course, a bit biased. But, I have always been an eye person (Adam has beautiful blue eyes too [one of the first things that I noticed about him]). I love this picture. It captures the essence of Lily!!

Ok, I am awaiting critisism. I think they turned out pretty good! I really like the tulip pictures!!

The kids love, love, love the sandbox. This is only the 2nd or 3rd time Avery has gotten to play in it. He was of course to little last year. I think when we build our house I am going to have Adam put in a large sandbox, for the kids!!! They really love it. Avery has discovered, though, that when you eat sand it has to come back out, and it isn't so comfortable (or very easy to clean up!!).

We have 2 dogs. They are both miniture dachshunds. Hunter is the one in the pictures. He absolutely loves the kids and playing with them. The kids love him too. Oscar is our other one. He is not fond of playing with the kids. He isn't mean to them, but he definately keeps his distance. We got Hunter as a puppy, but we didn't get Oscar until he was 18 months or so. Unfortunately, he was picked on by a child where he lived before, and he has just never gotten over it. You can tell that he love the kids and would protect them from anything. But he is more of a silent observer, than a player. It was so funny, when I was pregnant, he would lay his head on my belly all the time. Then when the kids would move he would jump. But he would lay his head right back down on my belly...I think he knew, and he was bonding in his own way!!!