4.08.2010

Azaleas - A retrospective

The azaleas in our yard are in their full glory right now.

And it. is. beautiful.

I love when this happens every year...like an announcement: Spring is here. To stay.

It will soon be so hot that we won't want to be outside...unless we're in a pool.

But right now...right now it is fabulous. And we're outside alot. Eating multiple meals a day and doing some school outside.

I caught the kids last night right before we all headed inside for the night.





I love getting their pictures in front of the azaleas every year.



Here are our 3 cuties in 2008.



In 2007, we only had 2 cuties. And I was so enthralled with their cuteness, I didn't actually catch much of the azaleas.




Here they are in 2006. Ahhh...simply adorable.





And here is our first cutie - back when she was our only cutie - in 2005.

I just want to pinch those cheeks!

Looking back at year-over-year pictures like this always makes me wistful...teary even. My babies are growing up. I know that. I see it every day. But retrospectives like this always make it so obvious.

And while I wouldn't go back to that time even if I could...it still makes me wistful.



(For those of you observant enough to notice that we don't have any 2009 pictures, here is the explanation/confession: We pruned our azaleas at the wrong time that year, and they never bloomed in Spring 2009! Boy, did these non-green-thumbers learn our lesson!)

5 comments:

  1. Love the photos! We are loving this spring weather here too. Isn't it great to be outside??

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  2. Awwwwwwwww....I see those chubby cheeks in photos of my girls, and I miss them.....
    I love the blast from the past....
    tired from another day of WA!

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  3. Precious pictures....especially really like the picture of Lily hugging both of her brothers to death...

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  4. Sweet pictures. You are right. They do grow up way too fast. I just blinked, and our Ted turned 24 this past February! Thanking God that he is giving us the chance to do it again with our little boys. I am sure in 20 some years from now I will still be saying, "I just blinked, and they grew up!"

    Hugs,
    Janet and gang

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  5. So precious!!! Love the new pictures of those precious babies. They change so much once they are with their forever families. I can even see their "angel wings" sprouting!! Much love!

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