if you can't beat em....

We have had the rainest spring ever...seriously..it is like we live in Seattle. It has rained buckets....and buckets and we have waited patiently for the sun....mostly inside. Today the boys and Ashton just couldn't take it any more and as the rain fell in sheets they ran...and the more they ran the wetter they got...and the wetter they got..the more joyful their giggles were!

 Rollins got so crazy we even tried to lick the rain off his own face!  They had a ball! Good for them for not resenting the weather and just enjoying what they have...if you can't beat em...join em!

Rain...a good rain

Jack's invisible fence was installed today...and the day had been warm...but as the afternoon came the skies clouded up and it rained...the the rain was warm...and the boys and Ashton ran laps around the flags outlining the yard...getting drenched...and loving every minute of it!

 The rain was nice...and a far cry from the cold, depressing rain of the past month..this was spring rain!

 It was so nice to see Riggs, Rollins and Ashton play together...as they get older...and more busy...this play time in the back yard seems to happen less often. It warms the heart to see them all together...laughing....without a care in the world!

 And something about Riggs and the wet hair...I just think he is extra handsome...I just do...I think the same thing after he walks off the soccer field all sweaty or when he finishes a cross country race....he is such a beautiful boy...inside and out!

Oh Happy Fall Sunday!

She has arrived! Fall swept in today with her chill and I happily welcomed her with boots and a scarf and a homemade pot of chili!  It was an amazing Sunday that started with a fun trip to waffle house with my precious children.....I was able to sit back and watch them happily talk about their friends and school while they ate their breakfast.  Sarah Kate and Lila enjoyed their waffles...while Riggs and Rollins ate their full plates of egg, sausage and waffles...and all the while watching Rollins carefully stack each bite in the perfect order...one piece of egg, one piece of sausage..followed by one piece of waffle...and then putting this big bite in his tiny mouth!They are amazing...these kids of mine...and as I sat at a booth in waffle house...hands wrapped around a steaming mug of creamy coffee....I felt warm all over.


After Breakfast we went straight over to the park for a little walk on the nature trail. It was there we met up with Ashley and Henry and we were delighted that they joined us for our walk down to the creek where we found monkey brains on the ground and touches of fall all around us!

Back at the house our welcome fall day had a bit of a hick up as the children gathered in the court for a lemonade stand....it is hard to say goodbye to summer but with our final lemonade stand we say farewell...see you next year!