You know spring is officially here when

I get my first bouquet of flowers from one sweet, little boy.  

Spring Break

We packed up and headed to Memphis to visit with family for a few days during spring break.  The weather was amazing and we soaked it in.  Here are a few pictures from the trip.  There was lots of ice cream, swinging, sprinkling and dinosaur hunting.

A really big day

Hayden is officially a Windstead Wildcat.  I am still not exactly sure how I feel about this.  I am not ready for him to in school every single day, but I know he is ready.  So together, we walked into his "big" school and signed him up for Kindergarten, batman gloves and all!! 

Our own billboard

When we first moved into this house, about a mile from house was this billboard advertising a realty group.  Now we drove past this sign daily, sometimes three or four times a day.  Hayden was about two and half when he spotted this sign and screamed.."Mommy, you and Daddy are on that sign, look, there you are."  For the next year and a half that sign was pointed out daily and brought up many questions by Hayden.  Here are just a few that I remember..

Why am I (Hayden) not in the picture?
Mom, why is your hair is not that color any more?
Can we get a new picture up there when Emerson is born, with everyone in it?

And then about a year ago the sign disappeared.  I was so sad I never took a picture of it to remember.  Well, two weekends ago, I talked David in to taking us to Mule Day in Columbia which is supposed to be this big, huge event.  As we were driving to Columbia, I spotted it...the sign!!  I pulled out my camera to snap a shot and pointed it out to Hayden.  Yeah, he totally said nope, that is not you guys.  Still, to this day, even though it is not the same picture on that billboard, I can't help but laugh as we drive by it.  I am thinking we need a family picture and just need to pay to have it put up there for a month or two.  It would so be worth it!!  I can imagine Hayden's eyes lighting up as we drive past that sign for the first time.

And back to Mule Day, it will be our first and last time!  All I can say is "WOW"!  It was perfect for people watching and that was about it.  We spent probably a whole thirty minutes there before Emerson threw up in her stroller, which gave us the perfect excuse to get the heck out of dodge.  On our way out, I was able to snatch one picture to prove we were actually there.  You can just see the excitement on his face.

Stormy weather

This year has been a crazy, warm winter.  It seems like for a while we had severe weather watches every single day.  One day the storms were supposed to be so bad that they released all schools early so we headed outside to take pictures and watch the storms roll in.  I always love watching the storms roll in, I can remember sitting on the back porch with Dad and waiting and watching the storms. There is nothing quite like it.  From our front porch we have the most amazing view and can watch them roll into Nashville.  This day we were lucky and the storms pretty much did not turn out to severe, but the weather was crazy, the clouds were swirling which made for great pictures.

Doughnuts with Daddy

Doughnuts with Daddy will never be the same.   I am positive that David will never forget this special day.  Not only because of the time he spent with Hayden, but for what Hayden announced to the class and other fathers about what his Dad loves to do.  I wish I could have been there to see David's face and the face of the other Dad's.  Please see exhibit A...

And if you can not read from Hayden's beautiful coloring, it says..My Dad loves to put his finger in his belly and drink beer.  

Hayden to the rescue

Hayden "saved" a turtle, as he tells all his friends.  We were walking across the street and saw a little turtle right in the middle.  Worried the worst was going to happen, we scooped up the little guy and put him back in a safe spot.  Hayden found the perfect place by the creek and sent him on his way with flowers.  I have never understood why it is said that turtles are slow.  This little guy must have been really excited too see water because he took off and headed for that water in world record time.