It's Spring Break 2010

It's that time again, when college students head south.

Gone are the days of bikinis, baby oil, nasty hotel rooms, all night drive to get there, tequila, oysters in the half shell and running out of money. Ahh good times.

This spring break will be spent in a more family way. We get to spread more compost to get all the gardens looking like this- nice huh?

We'll be doing more of this too- yeah new roller blades .
Can you say need more band aids and icee pops to stop the pain?

We've got our little cousin coming in from Michigan for the weekend before he heads off to spend his spring break at the beach..so gotta get some cousin time going on. 

We've got the little man's 7th birthday to do on Saturday- hmm how do you top a great big wheel like that? 

And we have Easter to do on Sunday- yeah we do a big egg hunt in our yard and our neighbors yard with tons of eggs and then some nice brunch food. Like we wont' have tons of candy already in our bellies by then. 

So, with all that going on you'll have to pardon me as I will need the week off from posting. I have a lot to do and many little kids to keep me busy. I'll still pop in and read other's posts but mine will have to wait a week.

So, until then you all have a great week-

hunt for lots of eggs-

craft away-

hug your little ones-

and hopefully have wonderful gardening weather. 

Saturday Soccer

Well it is Saturday and time for more spring soccer. Spring you say? Well it was so cold this morning some might just argue that season. We had 3 games today as it was double header weekend for the son. Yes we spent 3 hours out in the cold to play soccer but we didn't let it damper our mood at all.

Here is game one - with Sophie all wrapped up in her coat to play.

You'll notice that her coat is now under her jersey- yes we had to do some creative redressing on the sidelines to put that jacket underneath. Her coach seemed to have an issue to her wearing her jacket on top of her jersey even though the other team was doing it- oh well.

 

Next we hit Jack's game - we already put his sweat jacket under his jersey. The sun was starting to shine more but that dang wind sure kept it chilly.

And after 3 hours in windy, sunny, chilly soccer games this is how Jack felt..I'll admit it. I felt that way too.

Great game kiddo's. Now we have a week off with no practices or games next weekend- yeah it is spring break. Time to get tired by just playing all day with our friends who didn't go to the beach :)

What we did on Friday...

We decided to hit the field of daffodils down the street. It was so pretty and warm out and the day just screamed to wander through some flowers. I had the best models in the world to shoot.

This area just gets more beautiful every year as the flowers keep spreading naturally. There is something about nature- she just does her best all by herself.

Enjoy our walk through nature.

This is how we roll on Saturdays

How do we roll on Saturdays? Well we are at the soccer fields most of the day that is how.

This was opening weekend of soccer and after such a long, miserable and wet winter we were so happy to see the sun and feel some warmth.

The kids did amazing. It definitely is their calling. They were so excited to get out and play again.

Here is Jack - looking good boy. He scored twice and was all smiles.

And after his game we went right over to the other field and then watched Sophie. Great job girl. She scored 4 times and of course pointed it out to Jack. 

So, if you are looking for us on Saturday for the next couple of months - this is where we'll be. Stop by and enjoy the sunshine with us if you want.

A little spring in our step

Today my daughter Sophie and I decided to take a walk with our cameras. We were in search of spring because gosh darn it we are sick of winter. Enough already with the snow forecasts. We found many Camilla shrubs in bloom so we captured as many of those as we could.

Enjoy and may spring get here quickly. Please :)