spring in bloom

Last Friday we finished off our Spring Break with a family trip to the Arboretum.


Addie, of course, loves all types of flowers


Doak loves places where he can run free! So the Arboretum was a perfect choice!

We saw lots of these


and these


but the real reason for this outing was to see

Aunt Amy


cousin Camryn


and cousin Makynna



We walked and talked and played


Addie and Makynna are huge flower lovers and also pretty cute if I do say so myself!


I wanted a picture of all the kids laying in the gorgeous green grass-Cam is the only one who would lay down on it for me!


Doak is so handsome and big is this picture. He never wanted to wear a hat until Crazy Hat Day at school. Now he'll ask if he can wear his crazy hat! Silly boy!


Addie posing by some purple posies


Amy and her sweet girls Camryn 6.5, Makynna, almost 5


Daddy and Doak had to stick together since they were outnumbered


I love the look Doak is giving Kynna in this picture. All these kids love each other so much!


a rare picture of me and the kiddos


All that walking made Kynna tired, so Keri gave her a ride


A sweet man asked if he could take a picture for us after I tried to take a self portrait of us and ended up with only half of our faces in the picture-oops!


We have been to the Arboretum many times but have never been to the Children's area that has lots of small houses that the kids can play in. Doak loved opening and closing all the doors and shutters.


Doak and Amy walking to the exit-Doak was hopping like a frog and cracking Amy up!


What a beautiful day to enjoy our beautiful family!