Spring!

We have been in awe of the beauty that is Spring. We have missed it! We are so grateful to our home's previous owners who went to great lengths to plant some beautiful perennials! We are learning so much about gardening and have a long way to go. It has been really neat to just watch and see what comes up this Spring.

Our neighbor's wisteria is growing on a trellis that is gracefully leaning towards our house

Noah has already spent hours observing and capturing these marvelous little caterpillars. Yesterday we tried out the bike trailer for the boys - man, am I out of shape?!

Spring Break and more

It has been a fun few weeks. Here are some highlights:

Grandma took the train to come visit!

We dyed Easter Eggs

We played outside amongst Cherry Blossom petals

Grandpa came to visit too!

We all cheered Michael on, as he ran the C-Ville 10-miler!

We celebrated on Easter morning and enjoyed our "Resurrection Cookies"

(see the blog post here)

Sweet boys in Easter plaids

...then we took a road trip to North Carolina to visit some family

First stop: Charlotte, to see my cousin, Corrie, her husband Dan and their cute boys, Sam (3), Josh (5), & Tyler (7)

The Water Works at "Discovery Place" in Charlotte, NC

(Thankfully I did have a change of clothes for Ethan!)

"Uncle Michael" was no match for Tyler and Josh

Noah was in heaven when able to play their drumset

Tyler was so sweet with Ethan

All the boys!

A wagon ride with Marlea! It was the first time my sister and her family had met Ethan.

Marlea and Harmony show Noah their treehouse.

Tire-swinging together at one of their favorite parks in Asheville, NC

Both girls were such big helpers with Ethan.