A Day At The Park

This time of year things are blooming and there are places that you can pay to go walk on beautiful paths, see lovely flowers, look at pretty fountains, and see goldfish swim under you as you stand on a bridge above them... and then there is this.  A beautiful city park that is open to the public.  While I love to go to the larger arboretums and gardens, this one is a lot closer to where I live and is a better value... it's free!  So, today I got the kids dressed in their Easter clothes, and we headed to the park with my sister and niece.  We took photos for a while then the kids changed into their play clothes and climbed, swang, and slid at the playground, and Jack even went exploring down by a creek bed and found a "fort".  The weather was wonderful for our Spring-Break-activity-of-the day.  

~ my beautiful girl ~

~ Jackson ~

I think that this in my new favorite picture of my big boy!

~ The Wild One ~

He made me work for my photos today!

~ My 3 ~

So, getting a good picture of all of my kids at the same time still proves to be very difficult, but this one turned out okay.

~ Allie ~

Really - she makes me want to cry when I look at her and realize how time is flying.

Jack won the "easiest award" today.  

He was such a good little subject and came up with most of his poses on his own.

~ Cooper On The Go ~

~ Allie ~

~ Jack ~

~ Cooper ~

~ a candid shot of the kids looking at fish ~

~ Allie Cat ~

~ My Buddy ~

~ My Baby ~

~ Jack, Claire, Cooper, & Allie ~

~ the Big Kids ~

~  little buddies ~

I love the look on Claire's face in this one.

On the way home, Allie sighed and said, "I needed Spring Break."  I think that we all did...