Sunday, April 10, 2011

first days of spring


I am taking a little break from my Florida trip blogging to put up a quick post from this week.  The weather has been so bizarre lately.  One day, a few weeks ago, we had this....


Then, a few days later, it was nice enough for a hike... 





Worth every step.  Isn't this glorious?


Then, a few days later, we had weather so warm and lovely, that we shed our clothes for swimsuits and soaked it in as much as possible.  Welcome Spring!


April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.  ~William Shakespeare
first crawdad!
 
dandelion soup in the making


Days like this are remembered forever.  The first days of spring.  First splashes in the creek.  First dandelions and daffodils.  First crawdads.  What a gift, really.  We are grateful.

"Hark, I hear a robin calling!
List, the wind is from the south!
And the orchard-bloom is falling
Sweet as kisses on the mouth.

In the dreamy vale of beeches
Fair and faint is woven mist,
And the river's orient reaches
Are the palest amethyst.

Every limpid brook is singing
Of the lure of April days;
Every piney glen is ringing
With the maddest roundelays.

Come and let us seek together
Springtime lore of daffodils,
Giving to the golden weather
Greeting on the sun-warm hills."
-  Lucy Maud Montgomery, Spring Song 

Monday, April 4, 2011

road trip to florida, part four: even more family fun







Alright buddy, you're done. 

Hop on out, it's my turn.

That's right.


Clear. a. path.

Elliot and Karly.  And the top half of a masterpiece. 

Do these even need captions??
 




Making birthday signs.  We celebrated 3 Reinhardt birthdays while we were there.

Poor Dylan was sick.  That's why he...well, looks sick.



More to come....

road trip to florida, part three: more family fun

My Novah girl.  I think there were a few days where I didn't see my children at all.  They were perfectly happy to run around with their cousins and just be in their own little world.  During one of those days, someone apparently dolled Novah up and got some sweet little shots.  I'm guessing it was Tori or Madison. 






Aunt Kenya, Novah, and Hayden before church.

The five year olds!  Karly and Hayden. 

Gil and Uncle Marty.  I think it was naptime for both.  :)

Oh look!  There I am on a red sofa again!  What a shock!  So, even though I am a country girl, I seem to have NO problem enjoying the perks of city life while on vacation.  I took advantage of the fact that I was a 2 minute drive from....well, almost everything.  I think I went to Starbucks every day.  And seen here, I am enjoying some frozen yogurt.  Really enjoying it. 

My Tori girl.  I think she changed almost every diaper Gil had while we were there!  She's awesome. And she really looks like me.  Get that girl another Tutti-Frutti!

There were a few weddings in the backyard.  Karly is zipping Hayden up here.  These pics are treasures for sure.

How do the Reinhardt girls have awesome silly faces here and girls are like...what?  I think they need to be told to be serious and then they would make the goofy face. 


Wii time!  A first for my guys. 

Reading time with Aunt Kenya.  I was probably off taking a nap on some red sofa somewhere.