The Southland in the Springtime

That is my very favorite Indigo Girls' song - too bad they didn't sing it at the concert. Anyway, these are lots of different pictures of us this spring enjoying the beautiful weather here. There are a couple of pics of the kids when I took them hiking at Yahoola park downtown Dahlonega. We had a picnic at a pavilion they built in the woods on one of the trails. There is one picture of us at Rachel and Jessica's regional track meet. They both lettered in Track this year as freshmen! At least they'll actually get some use out of their letter jacket! There are some pictures of us hiking Blood Mtn with Adam and Janet. There's a picture of Katya getting ready with her new pack - she was very excited about that! She hiked the whole time, but on the way down, we had to take off her tennis shoes because they were too small and hurting her toes. So she hiked barefoot for a ways - what a girl! This Memorial Day, we hiked at Amicalola Falls, and she hiked over 4 miles by herself! Yesterday we went to Desoto Falls and she hiked another 2.5 miles! There are some pictures of the kids at the beach at Sandy Creek Park in Athens. We stopped there on the way back from seeing The Very Hungry Caterpillar - a puppet show based on 3 Eric Carle books. Papa went with us, and we had a great time! We picnicked and played in the water afterwards. There's a cute picture of Jack and Scott downtown at one of the many festivals we've been to lately - there's at least 2 each month on the square downtown. The one of Katya rock climbing was taken at a playground where we met the Mildenhalls to celebrate Mil's birthday and Mother's day. I looked up and couldn't believe Katya was at the top! There's even a picture of Katya in the pool by herself - without hanging on Mommy! At the young women's swimming party, I finally convinced her to get in with her floaty and swimmies. Hopefully she'll be taking swimming lessons this summer to help her with her fear. I forgot to mention I was called to work with the young women. It's challenging, but fun. I've always wanted to be in the Young Women's program. It's really hard when you don't have a clue though!