It's a celebration!

The weekend was ....... wow!
I loved the weekend. It was long: Friday through Sunday and in this case that was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Spring happened to show up - like magic - on my Friday off and coincidently - all bets were off!!!
I let my hair down, kicked my shoes off and got real busy kicking back - in the back yard.

Let me spell it out: coffee, sunshine, crazy jumping, popsicles, many laughs out loud, music outside, deck chair and to top it all off BBQ!
'Cuz mama knows how to celebrate spring when she arrives!

H a p p y!!

Ladybug time.

They enjoy spring, just the same as we do.

My boy is captivated by them.

-Why are you screaming and jumping? The Boy asked.

-Honey, 'cuz it's SPRING! I replied.

The husband shook his head and let a small sigh pass through his throat. He knew. He knew the calmer times are over and the let's-get-outside times are upcoming. 

A garden that needs cleaning up, a fence that needs painting, windows that need cleaning, a deck that wants building and soooooo on. A playground that wants many a visit! Outside things like that.

How does one capture happiness in photos? It is art and it is a challenge.

Life returning

I don't know how it is with you but when this blessed spring finally came, after the autumn and winter and after the hardest half year, work wise, I've ever had, it felt like life found its way back. I felt spring inside my body and it darn near gave me wings and allowed for me to fly away!

All of a sudden I jumped at every chance to step outside again and how I've missed that!!

Now I take the ball and run with it. No turning back.

He could not, not pick one!

I could not, not jump of joy!

Victorious. I felt it!

Coffee outside - what a blessed first, for the season.

Kick back, enjoy the ride!

This is how you capture happiness in a photo!!

Trying for jumping-shots, with the timer...

One more individual that breathed in the spring.

Now it starts - soon all is a work of art.

Time for a real bike-walk!

Yippie-kay-yey!!!

Oh, what if life was always like this? I play with the notion sometimes. At the same time I could sense during all these days off lately, that there was something there, something lurking inside telling me it would be good to.... get back to work. There is something there that needs to be done (quite a lot) and I need to get going soon.

Yeah, this restless soul can't just be for all that long. 

And so my notion is granted: it's Monday and here we go again. I work six days this week and six days next week, so I'll be given plenty of opportunities to regret this train of thoughts.... ;-)

Happy Monday y'all, may the sun shine on you!

What a swag day!!

Another great day: check!
Life's kinda flowing right now: I'm still high on life after The Big Boy's visit, I only worked two days this week and I allowed myself to go (not ALL) in with some of my enthusiasm and cheerfulness at work. I got some good news at work and some long shots are heading towards goal! Enough with work talk already.

It's a fairly free Friday and I kick started it with breakfast in bed!
Yeah, if you tell what you dream of, it's a wee bit easier for a husband to deliver.

Good to know you can rely on rainbows, sunrises and shit...!

Good shit, like this ;-)

Awesome, even...

I've been dwelling some on how hard it is to get to know people in our small coastal town, lately.
I didn't despair but at times it wasn't far from it...
Of course my friends (all the ones that don't live here!) have tried cheering me up, pepping me to grasp the BBQ-season when it comes - and we will!

But/and yesterday I had an opportunity to travel to work, more than an hour, with The Boy's best friend's father and I felt some ice breaking...
Please keep your fingers crossed and I'll keep you posted!

Yes, hello indeed, little bearers of spring. We adore ya'!

Just keep it coming, dear.

Yep, this is how we like to roll, over here!

Instagrams

Speaking of rolling over here, the shots below give a good idea how we roll 

- or fly rather - in these necks of the wood:

"Angry birds" is serious business.

An iPad on the way to the grave?

My son! I think he's a George Clooney in the making.

After working a full day of a crisis excersice, having a fever, I was 

all beat to sh*t....

My heart is as warm as the sun, in moments like these.

Various folks are cute....

.... and various folks are not ;-)

Yeah, we're basking in it lately!

My heart goes crazy from time to time...

He made his bed and he lay on it. 

No other way to rock 'n roll ;-D

He's into bed making...

This instantly became a favorite photo.

My boys' shoes!

The fancy/crazy four.

Last supper....

The hurt when he had left.

The Boy loves his best friend's dog!

"Does she have to take my pic all the god damn time?"

Yihaa, spring's here!!

Spring time foh sho!!!!!!!!!

And we allow ourselves to go totally crazy.

Happy, happy, happy Friday!

Can you believe it?!!

Today spring made such an entrance here, we're all just in awe!
Sun shone as if she wanted to show off, the flies, the birds, the ladybugs, the kids, the dogs and all the folks smiled, laughed and got obviously affected by the temperature and the mood.
I felt a certain swag and just got into jumping all around.
Over and over again.....

I'm extatic - as happy as only I can get. I'm in heaven, I feel alive and indescribably happy. It feels as though a long and very tough winter (and mood) has gone, in a wink of an eye lash!!

Be prepared old coastal town, 'cuz I'm acomin'....!

Have a fantastic weekend!