Spring has Sprung :)

I think I can officially declare the arrival of spring...

... maybe that is due to the fact that my husband had the weekend off and it was a gloriously delightful one at that!

... maybe it's because I can turn on the sink water now, and not have my hands get goosebumps the minute the water hits them...

...maybe it's because they cleared the hill of the sledding hay and fences.

... maybe it's because it was 80 degrees yesterday. Yes, you read that right.  80 degrees. Which meant that it was officially warmer up here then in Phoenix. (We'll forget the fact that it is only supposed to reach the mid 60s today, be in the 50s the rest of the week and 40s by the weekend).

... which meant that my crocuses decided to finally open up, and my daffodils look like they are ready to burst with life too... yay!

So what do we do on a free, lovely, warm weekend?

We do lawn work outside...

One of us plays with random pieces of trash that blow into our drive or we find in our jogging stroller...

Or a "bubble ball" which another one has to run after every time it starts rolling down the hill to the end of the street...

 One of us shatters the Murano's rear windshield with an aerator. And another one of us spends the afternoon making calls to see who can fix it and how soon it can get fixed...

We buy Easter eggs, and while one of us works on remodeling the bathroom, the other two stuff them with goodies and egg a friend's house that night with them...

One of us thoroughly enjoys the gift that his Mommy received from her secret sister at church, and she is thankful that he was so engrossed with his new duck, 4-wheeler and truck that he didn't see the candy...

We go out as a family and enjoy a nice meal out on the patio...

 

... followed by a lovely walk downtown...

... And culminating with a trip to Target to buy a "boo-ball"!

It was our last free weekend in April, but we felt so blessed by the end of it, and are looking forward to some free weekends in May :)