Spring has arrived!

We have been blessed this year with warm, sunny weekends almost the entire month of April.  I can't say the same for the weekdays, but it's been so refreshing to be able to get outside and get to enjoy the beautiful Pacific Northwest on these sunny weekends. Although I know it's just a tease and the rain and clouds will stick around before summer is actually here, I'll take what I can get for now.  This post is a random assortment of some of our weekend activities over the last month or so.  Here's a little of what we've been up to...

Stopping to smell the flowers in our yard (while cross-eyed!)...

We spent a beautiful evening at Greenlake for dinner and frozen yogurt with the Magnussons. 

Ella and Sophie hugging it out...

I'm finally feeling motivated to get back into running with my little cheerleader yelling, "Goooo fast!" from inside the stroller...

 ...and after a run one day returning home to find my running buddy completely asleep.  It must have been the warm air that did it for her because I can't remember the last time she fell asleep in the stroller...shades on and all!

We took a trip to the Woodland Park Zoo and got to see pretty much all the animals out and playing - I had never seen (or heard of?) the sloth bear, and Ella was obsessed with the hippo, which I've never seen out of the water in all my trips to the zoo.  I'm pretty sure all the animals were trying to soak up the sun like the rest of us.  Ella is now old enough to really enjoy seeing the animals and she serenaded us with monkey, elephant, and lion sounds the entire time.

 Had to include a picture of the "ippo" - Ella cried when we left the hippo exhibit and has had a meltdown or two at home when she can't find her "ippo ticker" (hippo sticker). 

 This orangutang was pretty cute making a sunhat out of paper for himself ;)

We got to enjoy a trip to the beach park near the Ehrilchman's new house - nothing beats being on the water in Seattle on a sunny day!  I love how Ella is all girl in her pink and Nate is all boy in his blue! 

 Sophie, Ella, and Nathan digging away in the sand

Getting some much needed Vitamin D

 Enjoying the flowers Cody so lovingly planted for me this winter

We got a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Lamens and enjoyed spending the day with them, as always! 

Happy Spring!