Spring flowers

The Biltmore House is so pretty this time of year! Mom wanted to take some more pictures with all of the flowers.

Tulips in bloom

Hot Air Balloon!

Last week we went to visit our friends, Snow and Theo, and we got a big surprise! A ride in a hot air balloon! It came to their Daddy's school and we were just going to watch it but then they asked if we wanted to ride it! It was so much fun! Even "blue baby" got to come!

Growing a Garden

It's garden time! Nana got us our very own garden tools so now we can really help Dad! So far we've planted peas, cauliflower and rasberries, yum! We'll wait another couple weeks to do the rest, just in case we have another frost. I'm a really good helper this year! Zeke...not so much. I like to dig the holes and Zeke likes to fill them back in!

Tennessee Zoo!

On our way home from vacation we stopped by the Tennessee zoo! We got in free thanks to the Nature Center pass Ma and Pa got us! We had to rent a double stroller though, but that's okay, it was well worth it. The animals are always fun to see but this zoo had a playground and a little science center that we got to play in. Best of all: ice cream for the ride home!

Spring Break!

For Spring break we went with our friends to Tennessee! It was a long slow drive but we made it and had a blast. We spent most mornings at the park, then the swimming pool.

There was also a lake with a fun beach where we got to play in the sand all afternoon.

It was chilly on our last day there but we still got to go outside and feed the fish. We were looking for ducks but the two we found weren't hungry so the fish got our bread!
Our room had it's very own swimming pool that we had lots of fun bathing in each night. Dad had to get in to scrub us!

Happy Birthday Pa!

Today is Pa's birthday and no birthday is complete without cake and party hats so we had a little party for Pa even though he couldn't be here!

And here are two big ol' kisses just for you Pa! We love you and can't wait to see you this summer!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Easter!

What a great Easter we had! First we found Easter baskets on our front porch! Then after eating a few goodies we went to church. After that we headed to the Biltmore House to check out the festivities there, but we were too late for the egg hunt and the bunnies looked a little scary to us so we opted for no pictures this time! And although we were tired and cranky, an ice cream cone cheered us up for a while! After a quick nap in the car we went to Nana and Pop's house for more fun! We found more Easter baskets (thanks Ma, Pa and Helen!), had more egg hunts and a feast to top off the day! Rob and Con even got us a little gift that we got to open! My favorite part was the egg hunts! After I found the ones that Nana hid, I hid some for her to find! What a fun, fun day!

Easter Egg Hunt!

On Saturday before Easter we went to Papa's house for an Easter egg hunt!
Before the hunt we warmed up running on the beach!

My strategy was to find all of the hard to reach eggs first...I might have to change that up next year because I'm not sure I got as many as the other kids, including Ezekiel!
Luckily we all traded our plastic eggs in for a goodie bag!
Then with a little help from Papa I was brave enough to get close to the Easter bunny!


Back home we colored eggs and had lots of fun making them different colors!



Stay tuned for more Easter day pictures! And don't get me wrong, I do love all of the fun egg hunts but I also know the true meaning of Easter. Jesus died for us and he rose from the grave so that we could all go to heaven to live with him someday!

Spring is here!

Seems like I've been waiting all year for Spring to arrive and it's finally here! That means lots of playing outside at the park! Today mom took us to the Biltmore Lake park and it's really cool because it has a little beach where we can find and throw seashells into the water. Not to mention the cool swings and slides! We even had a picnic lunch afterwards! I'm looking forward to lots of sunny days ahead!