Mother's day

~I love Mother's day~

I love spending the day the kids while I get to watch them play. I love just celebrating the lives of these wonderful children that we have been blessed to have in our arms and in our hearts.

I love being able to take the kids somewhere special because their joy begins before we leave the house. I spent the morning giggling as we drove to the beach listening to "Are we there yet?...When are we going to be there?...AND...How many more minutes till we get there?..." Their excitement is priceless. It's funny to listen to Kadin mimicking his older brother and sister just to join in the conversation.

We went to Salt Water State Park. Awesome. I could have stayed ALL day but after about 4 hours our little Kadin was getting tired and needed some down time.

This log was a perfect way to cross the stream. Austin and Emma were able to cross it easily. In fact I'm surprised that they weren't running across! Kadin and I on the other hand...yep, that was a little more interesting.

It look many tries to get all three kids to sit in one spot long enough to take a picture. But finally success! All of them together (for a minute at least).

We couldn't leave Mocha out! And yes, I am holding a couple of them in place!

My one true love! Isn't he cute?

Mocha sure is getting big isn't she...he...?

Hunting for crabs. They were everywhere. We would flip a rock just to watch them scurry away. I believe that there must have been more then 30 under a few of those rocks. I loved the screams of excitement with each new rock.

Emma holding her treasures. I think that she is holding at least 3 crabs for this shot!

Sand... oops, I mean MUD!