Springtime!

Springtime is in the air! The flowers are blooming, the weather is A-Maz-Ing! The kids have been having SO much fun playing outside everyday, which gives me a chance to get the house clean and keep it almost there. (they do come in occasionally and when they do they are each a small tornado)  I have been able to get more done the past few months during the day then I have the past few years! However, I think my favorite thing this past month has been to watch everything come to life. Growing up in Houston most of the plants stay alive all year round, heck we've even had hibiscus grow in December! Going up to North Texas really taught me to appreciate the greenness while it lasted and I loved watching everything turn green again in the springtime. At least I thought I appreciated it, even there you still had some stuff still alive. Coming up here in the middle of winter from south east Tx it was shocking just how dead everything was-or looked. I really thought that most of the plants were far beyond saving, some even up to the past few days. It's so exciting to go out and see which plants are starting to come to life each week! Needless to say, me being the camera crazy take twenty bazzillion pictures of everything person that I am I have been going a little crazy with all the springtime growth. So here are a few of my favorite plant pictures. Thanks again Josh for my amazing camera! 

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry tree with berries

Our peas are sprouting!

This plant smells divine, and it has both white  AND yellow flowers! How cool is that!

Our neighbors rose bush comes into our yard a little bit. They are so beautiful ! ♥

Rose...bud.

Haw berry blooms.

My lovely daffodils....before William plucked them of their stems.

We haven't figured out what this one is yet. It currently has little green  balls all over it and Jo calls it  "Our pea tree" makes me think of The Land Before Time. "Mamma, Mamma, I a flyer!"

Lilacs ♥

Not sure

small spreading bushy thing.

*sigh*  :) 

Okay so I need to stop before I decide to live here permanently. Nothing like a super dead winter to help you appreciate all the lovely life in the springtime.