Spring has Sprung

Spring has definitely come to Atlanta now. The days are much warmer, the light lasts longer, and the trees are showing some buds. The grass still shows shades of orange and brown, but between the few April showers, the greens are sure to be here soon.

View of Downtown/Midtown from Piedmont Park.

Some flowers blooming in the park.

Watching for squirrels.

Lucian hiding among the trees.

 

The park becoming more colorful.

 

Easter Fun

Easter came so quickly this year! can't believe its already here.  Lucian had a lot of fun doing Easter egg hunts with his friends Quinn and Jacob. I love Easter because it means the start of Spring and gives meaning to life.  Easter egg hunts were always my favorite when I was little so it was so fun to do them with Lucian too.  I've included some cute photos of my family and niece.  My mom and Amber went out to pick out a special dress for Roslyn just for Easter.  She is growing up so fast!!!

Lucian having so much fun finding eggs.

Searching, searching, searching.

Enjoying the sunshine on a beautiful Spring day.

My beautiful niece on her first Easter.

My mom, brother, niece, and puppy back home sending me all their love on Easter.

Me & Lucian having a wonderful Easter.

A Little More South for the NW Man

It was quite hard to have to leave the perfect beaches of Pensacola. But alas, life must go on outside of paradise. We went through Auburn on our way back to Atlanta. We decided to give ourselves a tour around Auburn University.  It was a beautiful campus and a perfect place to stop on the way back. We even found the Theta Chi fraternity, which my brother belongs to at WSU.

 We also had a fun last day at the Fernbank Natural History museum. Lucian loves to go there because he is quite fascinated with dinosaurs.  I think it also made Darren super excited about dinos because he couldn't stop talking about them afterwards. It was so fun watching Darren's interactions with Lucian. It really just reaffirmed for me how much of a great dad Darren is going to be. 

Auburn University at Sunset.

The famed football stadium.

The Theta Chi Fraternity at Auburn.

Darren & Lucian checking out the Stegosaurus.

Look those archaeologists found some bones!! Fossils!!

Cutest dinosaurs I've ever seen.

 

 The Brachiosaurus.

Another Day in Paradise

The next morning the sun came out and we basked in all it's glory. It was as if the tourists all came out of nowhere.  Everyone was so happy at how warm it was and it felt amazing outside.  The temperature got up to about 78* and we celebrated with some Pina Coladas and soaked up as much sun as we could.  It was truly another day in paradise.

This is what we woke up to.

Enjoying the white sand beaches.

Darren braving the un-heated pool.

Perfect day for a Pina Colada.

Enjoying the beach.

The beaches go on for miles.

 

What a perfect day.