Climber

A few weeks ago, we went to New Mexico to see Granny and Granddaddy's new house. They've got a great backyard for the kids to run around and play. Walker especially loved climbing the big pine tree and balancing on a stump.

Pigtails

We love those pigtails!

Troublemakers

Findley looks like she's up to no good in this photo, with that half smile of hers.

Brushing Teeth

We love taking photos of the kids as soon as they've come out of the bath with freshly-brushed hair. It's the only time of the day they look this clean!

Awesome Find

One last Easter photo, because I love this one so much. Walker was so excited to find this egg on the swing!

Fun Kids

It's so hard to describe how much fun these kids are. They make us laugh constantly, and they are so incredibly sweet to each other. Here are a couple of photos from dinner tonight.

Easter Dress

Findley wore this cute dress at Easter. It was so dirty by the end of the day!

Easter Eggs

We have so many great photos that we intended to share, but we've been so busy we haven't had a chance to get them on the blog. So over the next couple of weeks, we're going to share some of our favorite random shots, hopefully at least one per day.

Today's photo is from Easter.  Our friend Asher came over to hunt for eggs, and the kids found some awesome stuff inside of them.

Speed Demons

Our neighborhood elementary school has a large concrete basketball court that is perfect for the kids to learn to ride their bikes. Walker gets better every day at pedaling and steering, though he's still learning how to brake. Findley rides her horse because she doesn't have a bike yet (though with her birthday approaching next month, I suspect that will change soon).

Face Painting

The kids never miss an opportunity to get their faces painted. At an outdoor concert last weekend, Findley asked to be a cat, and Walker wanted to be the robot from Iron Giant.

Here's some of their previously unposted work:

Keeping Cool

The kids went over to Marmee and Pa Gator's house a couple of weeks ago, and they had fun playing in the water outside. They were being really sweet to each other, and stopped long enough to look into the camera. This is one of our favorite recent photos.

Riding Bikes

The kids love to take the bike to a nearby parking lot and practice cruising around. Walker has gotten really good at pedaling... so good that we had to chase him a couple of times! Findley will get the hang of it before long.

Swinging High

Walker loves to go high in the swing!

Portraits

A couple of weeks ago, the kids went with their cousins to get some photos made. They turned out great!

Outside Fun, Part 1

Looking through photos from the past couple of months, it's clear that our family loves being outside. Here are a few things we've done recently in the beautiful weather.

We went to lots of playgrounds. The merry-go-round seems to usually be the kids' favorite.

We hunted for fossils in the creek.

We visited historic cabooses and courthouses.

We found an old-school, dangerously fun slide.

We pretended to be a dead bug.

And of course, we swung.

Backyard Camping

A couple of weeks ago, we all decided to enjoy the great weather outside by going camping. Since this was the first campout for the kids, we elected to stay in the backyard. We had a great time! We cooked steaks, made s'mores, and listened to the wind in the trees as we slept. Now that we've had some practice sleeping in the tent, we'll go to a state park later this summer.

Walker wore his hardhat to help build the tent.

We cooked steaks over a (charcoal) campfire.

We roasted marshmallows.

The s'mores were a bit messy.

Maybe it was good that we did this in the backyard this time... it made it a lot easier to clean up the sticky messes!

More Swinging

If Findley had her way, she would spend almost every waking hour in the swing. She loves the big swing, but she still likes to get in the baby swing because she can relax. Mama got this great photo of her recently.

Transit of Venus

A couple of weeks ago, we met up with our friend Larry to watch the Transit of Venus. Larry has a great telescope with a solar filter, so we got a great view of this historic event. Dad was more interested than the kids, so luckily there was a playground nearby where they could go play.

Reading

Walker loves to read books. Here he is showing his cousin Hernán Davíd one of his favorites.