{Oh Hey Friday! // Soccer, Puddles, Diesel}

Happy Friday! Despite all the rain and the time we have spent indoors, this week really flew by. No complaints here. We have a very busy weekend ahead of us and have like 5 places we need to be at once. We still haven't figured it all out, but we will I suppose. Nate is coaching the soccer game solo on Saturday because our coach can't be there. We were kind of thinking it may be cancelled because of all the rain, but it's pure sunshine from now until Sunday. We shall see, I guess.

Joining Karli for Oh Hey Friday!

{O N E} // In case you missed it...

Kindergarten field trip to the Dallas Zoo

Six Flags night

Bristol/Ennis Bluebonnet Trail

Summer bucketlist update #1

{T W O} // Our evenings this week were actually pretty low-key. The most exciting thing we did was soccer practice on Tuesday. And that was interesting!! It was pretty close to a full moon and we could tell by the kids! It was like herding cats. Seriously! All you can do is laugh.  Oh and we may have eaten at our new McCallisters a couple of times. Maybe.

   
{T H R E E} // Friends, if you need some encouragement this week I highly recommend you read THIS post from Beth at our Pretty Little Girls. Beth rounded up scriptures that some of her blogging friends cling to and she so kindly featured me. I know that I will look back to this post so frequently. There is so much truth and encouragement in those scriptures.

{F O U R} // This little ragamuffin is finally getting groomed today. I had to cancel his appt two weeks ago because he hurt his little paw. I don't know if he's going to hate me or love me for it. Last time I gave him a bath he wouldn't come near me for a whole day and a half and he gave me the side eye. And at his last grooming appt he tried biting the clippers when they got near his face! But, his hair is so long that it hangs over his eyes. Soooo...maybe he will be happy with me this time?! Lets hope. ha.

{F I V E} // I don't know what this boy is gonna do when our puddles all dry up! He has played in them almost every day this week and loves it.

That's all I have for today! Do you have any plans for the weekend?

{Spring 2016 bucketlist // Update #1}

We have steadily been checking things off our spring time bucketlist. We've already knocked out 9 of the 20 things we put on our list. And as we are trucking along I am realizing so many things we forgot to put on our list. Ooops! We'll just save those for our summer bucketlist, I suppose. I mean, that will happen like tomorrow since Texas is notorious for having a very short spring season.

Minus the camping pictures below...I've been trying to make myself use my big camera over my iPhone camera lately! And I have been enjoying it so much. I look for reasons to take pictures now. Today I am going to share 6 of the things we have crossed off our spring 2016 bucketlist so far.

{O N E} // Camping! I recently blogged about our camping time with my family here. And then I failed completely at blogging about our camping trip to Glen Rose, TX. We spent a weekend with Nate's family and some family friends in Glen Rose. It was much colder than we anticipated so we spent most of our time shopping indoors at the town squares of Granbury and Glen Rose, or huddled around the fire, or eating at restaurants. It was still a good time!
  

{T W O} // Visit the Zoo. We recently went with Mason's class to the Dallas Zoo which I blogged about here. We had such a good time together...we were only missing Daddy! I am hoping that we can go as a family to the Fort Worth Zoo before it gets entirely too hot to enjoy.

{T H R E E} // Put out bird feeders. We hung up our hummingbird feeders and have already seen a few hummingbirds visit. We have a bush on the corner of our house that they also like. I haven't been able to snap any pictures of the hummingbirds yet, but I sure hope to soon! I am so fascinated by these birds. And they're really the only kind of bird that doesn't freak me out.

{F O U R} // Blow bubbles. Mason got a really good set of bubbles in his Easter basket from his Nana. We spent over 30 minutes {that's a long time for Mase!} playing with the bubbles. There is just something so precious about a kid with bubbles. {obviously, since I took like 50 of the same picture!} PS - bubbles are hard to photograph!

       

{F I V E} // Sidewalk chalk fun. I love to watch Mason play with chalk and to see all of his creations! He's so artistic and very good at drawing! Coloring is a beating to him, but the boy loves to draw. We've played with sidewalk chalk so many times already this spring. And all of this lovely rain gives us a clean slate each day. ha.

   

{S I X} // Planting flowers. We plan to plant some flowers around our house, but with all this rain we have gotten and plan to get it's pointless right now. So Mason and I picked up a couple of little flower pots in the dollar section at Target. We enjoyed planting the seeds together and Mase gets so excited to water them each day. They are starting to sprout and Mason is ecstatic.
     

I can't wait share the other things we have done and to knock some more off our list! Do you have a Spring list? What is your favorite thing to do in the spring?

{Driving the Ennis/Bristol Bluebonnet Trail}

One weekday afternoon we got out and drove the Bluebonnet Trail in the Bristol & Ennis area. There is over 40 miles of trails, but we've never followed a map. We just drive. We wanted to go a little early before the flowers were all trampled on, or before it was entirely too crowded to enjoy. This is one of my most favorite drives, only about 15 minutes from our house. It's so beautiful and such a breath of fresh air {literally}. It's actually one of my favorite things to do with my sweet boys! Radio up, windows down, enjoying God's beautiful country!!

Sadly, the bluebonnets weren't as plentiful this year. We heard it was because we didn't have a great freeze this winter. Apparently the freeze cracks open the shells and the seeds fall out. But, that didn't happen this year {makes me scared for our summer}!

We did find a good area that I could get out and take some pictures. I had to lay in the damp grass and fight off bees left and right, but it was worth it. These are the shots I got. However, they do not do these beauties any justice at all.

                            

I love Spring and I love this time of year! What are your favorite spring flowers?