Spring is here at last!

This week we have had our first few consecutive days of beautiful weather and we are LOVING it! Justin mowed our lawn for the first time about a week ago, and since then he has already been hard at work getting our yard and planting started for the year. He spent nearly the whole day on Sunday working outside. How we forget each spring that spending 7 hours in the yard requires sunscreen, even in early April, is beyond me. But he came in that evening with a very red neck and arms. Lesson learned....at least until next spring.


Our lawn is already turning a wonderful shade of green, with the exception of a few spots where we appear to be entertaining a burrowing rodent or two. It appears they may be yearly intruders, as we already rid ourselves of one last year.


But how do I really know that spring has arrived? The beautiful dogwoods that are blooming all around town, including one that sits right outside my window at work. We have yet to plant any in our own yard as we are still determining the best location for one, but until then I'll admire them from afar:



This time of year I especially love listening to the Nichole Nordeman song "Every Season":

"And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced
Teaching us to breathe
What was frozen through is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it is with You
And how You make me new
With every season’s change
And so it will be
As You are re-creating me
Summer, autumn, winter, spring"