Saturday, March 24, 2012

arboretum 3-3-12

so about three weeks ago, paul took a day off and we played :). we love it when daddy's home, because it seems more often thank not, he's not. that morning i did my first long run (i posted on fb, for those of you that saw it there)--9.3 miles (go me!), and then in the afternoon we went to the arboretum to enjoy some spring flowers. we had a blast, and paul took a bunch of pictures:

tons of tulips

dandy daffodils

pretty pansys (EVERY color imaginable!)

this is a new little stream lined with japanese maples, it's not quite in bloom, but still pretty

notice how i casually mentioned the run before, i circumnavigated white rock lake, which is right by the arboretum, it was a nice reminder as we walked past that i'm amazing ;)

we had lots of time for playing on the grass, and wandering/rolling/crawling/dancing/etc... around. i'm pretty sure we all had a blast!



rayna rolling on the grass

afton even sat still long enough for a picture

mischevious malachi loves being in pictures! (can you see the reflection in his eyes?)

we were playing rapunzel

i looked out the window and what did i see?
POPCORN popping on the tree! (i don't think this is apricot, but i'm not sure what it is either we didn't take a close look)

the kids love playing in the pioneer village, and i loved rayna's smile here

magnificant magnolias

hundreds of hyacinths

oh yeah, we were there too :)


2 comments:

Marcy in TX said...

what a lovely day and great scenery! I am so glad you get to spend time together once in a while!

Elaine said...

You are so awesome for sticking to running. Way to go. Those flower pics look all...professional. And as always, love the pics of the kids.