spring has sprung

Well it's a few days since Spring is officially set to begin, but isn't it just like her to arrive early to the party.

The weather around here has been downright dreamy.  We are soaking up the rays, and the kids are getting pink cheeks and coming home filthy after all the playing there is to be done.  We are wasting no time making up for the months we spent inside.

It's the seventeeth of March and we feel like we could conquer the world, one adventure at a time. 

I'm a sucker for a good changing of season pace. 

I agree with Mr. C.S. Lewis who makes the astute comparison between this glorious season and the hope that we have in Jesus.  It is life-giving.

scenes from life lately

Because sometimes words leave us, and we sit back in awe of the life that God has given us through His son.  Here are some snapshots from life's happenings since we last spoke.

 

Zach and Piper before their "date night" to the library and out for ice cream.  She insists on carrying that purse just about everywhere these days, and I try hard to suppress my giggles (and tears) at how grown-up she is.

These two are really becoming great friends, something I hope stays with them through the years.  I still count my siblings among my greatest friends and closest confidants.

Speaking of growing up, I snapped this photo one afternoon while Gabe and I were playing after his nap.  When I look at him, I still see a baby.  But in this photo I'm starting to see glimpses of a little boy.

I've started collecting moving boxes (hint: "moving" boxes, which means there is an update soon to come), but love the way that Piper and Gabriels' imaginations came alive the moment they saw them.  In this photo they were train conductors.

Papa and Gabriel at the park on one of our first warm-ish days of Spring. 

I think Piper has suffered the most being cooped up all Winter.  She has wasted no time in becoming re-acquainted with the sunshine.