Spring Traditions

For those of you living in Knoxville, you are probably aware of the beautiful flowers that line Pellissippi Parkway. If you are not from the Knoxville area then you are missing out. There are hundreds of beautiful white and yellow daffodils that line the parkway and its exit ramps. People line the edges of the parkway every spring trying to get shots of this beautiful sight. We have decided to start a tradition. Every spring we will take pictures of the kids among the flowers. While the first year was not a huge success, we hope the following years will be a bit easier.

Warm days...ice cream....and the park!

I love this time of year! While it feels really early to be so warm, we are loving it. This past Sunday we had a night off from our regular devo with the teens. We took Isaiah to Busters for some ice cream then headed for the park. I meant to get pictures of our ice cream adventure, but somehow didn't.

Going to eat Ice cream!

Somebodies excited!

Could someone help me out?

waving to mommy

Daddy teaching Isaiah how to use his legs.

somebody woke up

Isaiah's Birthday Party

Well, we decided to go low key this year for Isaiah's birthday. We just celebrated with our immediate family. It was nice and very laid back. My sister and her family drove in from west Tn, and so did Keith's mom. We had one of Isaiah's favorite things to eat "pizza" and some yummy cake. I'm not sure why I went through the trouble of buying Isaiah an organic cupcake.....he didn't eat it.....he just painted with it. I should have just given him grapes. I've never met a child who picks fruit over sweets? He received some much appreciated college money, and some other small treats from my family, and a slide, that he loves, from my mother-in-law.

My niece playing on the trampoline.

Isaiah and Leah jumping.

Watching mommy light the candles.

He didn't eat a single bite. I tried to get him to taste the icing.

We had to take off his clothes because they were so dirty from the icing.

Sweet Violet...she ate her muffin!

They wouldn't be still! Keith was trying to put the slide together.