signs of spring

Well, I think it's safe to say Spring has finally sprung. The snow is finally melting away and greenery is starting to peek out. In May, it will be a year since we moved into the house. It's funny how time works, when I first started my blog, the first few things I wrote about were the snow melting and the flowers peeking through the messy, leafy backyard of the cottage we used to live in. And here I am talking about it again.

The worst part about Spring is how dirty and gross everything got under the snow. The streets are filled with sand and the leaves are either dead or mucky. I'm really excited to clean up and redo the entire yard and garden this spring/summer. But, for now I'm enjoying the pretty purple crocuses and the beginning of our gorgeous tulips. We also have this stink plant that comes up (pictured above), that stops animals and bugs from eating our garden. It sounds gross but when it blooms its quite beautiful.

Happy Spring everyone! xo

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Contest ends March 31st at 10am PT. One Instagram winner and one Style Gallery winner will be chosen at the end of that day. 

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Photos : Family Walk

Last night it was fairly warm again so Jesse and I decided to take the kids for a walk. Along the way we found a stream - which Dexter and Josie both loved - and some other neat things. Sometimes if I don't like the contrast of my photos (which usually happens at 7pm when the sun is going down) so I like to edit them for fun.

It seems some flowers survived through the cold and ice - daffodils and tulips are starting to bloom!

So it wasn't really a stream, but Dexter still wanted to play in it.

He loves frolicking around in water, its funny because he jumps like a deer.

Josie was mesmerized by the rushing water

Really mesmerized. In her awesome jacket.

Our beach is very popular and on that beach there is about 50 benches donated from all sorts of locals, tourists, etc. I've never noticed this one for some reason but when I read it, it made me all warm inside. What a beautiful message.

We thought it was getting nicer, and then we woke up to a very cold and windy thunderstorm. So loud it was shaking the house and flickering the power. Josie's first thunderstorm and she slept right through it! Dexter didn't though because he's a giant wuss. 

Has the weather changed at all for you?

April Showers Bring...Ice?

This is not what spring is suppose to look like!

The power has been out since 2am this morning - It's so cold in our house! The power finally came back on about a half hour ago, and thank god for that because I had no idea how I was going to warm up Josie's lunch bottle.

Some spring we're having... how's yours?