Spring is here!!

I love Spring. I have tulips that are blooming and there is a newness to life. I feel like I CAN be and do the things I want to. The red hue from all the buds on the trees and the little leaves on my lilac bushes. The green grass. Spending time outside with my family (and by myself), enjoying the warmth from the sun and light breeze, hearing lawn mowers through the neighborhood and smelling smoke from burning leaves. I love wearing short sleeves and sandals. The sound of my boys splashing in the water and watching them get completely soaked (wondering if it's ok to strip them to their diapers on our front porch like I did last year). The thoughts of Emma playing with the boys and now 3 little kiddies soaked. Fresh rubarb, tomatoes, berries, corn, fruit and vegetables. The smell of your hands after touching tomato plants. The bunches of lilies and bundles of Rhododendron. Sitting on our porch swing with Robert after the kids are in bed. Tin foil dinners, roasted marshmallows, grilling. Doing physical labor in our yard - mowing grass, digging rocks from our yard, clearing trees and brush. Watching the boys play with things that are dirty and gross and knowing that I use to splash and play in the irrigation water when I was a little girl that was just as dirty and gross. Remembering summers long ago when life was different and free and I played all day with my brothers and sisters and neighbors and hoping my children have as much fun as I did. Mowing lawns with my family and getting donuts for lunch and having hamburgers and pork and beans every Saturday for dinner.
Yes, I love Spring!