Our little Easter butterfly, on one of our front bushes.....
We used to have four seasons in Tennessee--four very distinctive seasons in nice little three-month increments. I dare say that many of the people who settled in Tennessee did so because of their fondness of having these four distinct changes of weather, with the freshness that each new season affords.
Maybe it is just me, but it seems like we have gone pretty much to two seasons here in Middle Tennessee--Hot Season and Cold Season. There really is no longer any great delineation between Hot Season and Cold Season, either. One day, you wake up and it is freezing; three months later, give or take a day or two, you wake up and it is boiling hot. Oh, and Hot Season lasts 9 months now, while Cold Season is composed of January, February, and March. Folks can generally sunbathe right up through Christmas if they want!
There is another feature of the weather which really confuses me now as well. There is a brief period of time at each change of the seasons, where you temporarily, for a few hours each day, slip into periods of the opposite weather. You are running your air conditioner, because it is 90 degrees in April, and then, suddenly, a whoosh of Artic Air slips down from Canada, and you are scrambling to plug in the ceramic heaters again. Some nights, we have the window air unit running along with the ceramic heater---kind of like mixing hot and cold water in the bath to get it just right! If we run just the a.c., it is too cold. If we run nothing, it is stuffy hot. And if we ran just the heater, we would all wake up as a batch of cookies.
Girls with wet hair discover the Easter baskets!
Ah, well, Easter was glorious anyway. It has been many years since we were not on the road headed somewhere for Easter. We usually have gone to whatever family member's house was closest and having a big dinner! :) This year, Mom and Dad were just returning from Florida, and I did not think they needed us coming in on them the next day. We enjoyed a leisurely day, and I actually got in a short nap! The girls had a ball with eggs their Grandma and Grandpa N along with their Aunt Lisa sent to them. Daddy hid them around the house, and they just giggled and giggled as they looked for them. Little whoops of joy here and there let us know when they had successfully located another one!
The kids are finally shaking off the confusion of "which church are we going to today, Mom?" For a couple of years, we have been attending one place on Sunday and another on Wed. nights. due to the inability to make it on time to the farther location on Wednesdays. We are now going all the time to one location, and the kids are settling in nicely. Sarah has a new "beau," but unfortunately, she has a rough time telling him apart from his twin brother! :) (see below! I *think* it is the one closest to her! Sarah is going to have to get some "telling-the-twins-apart-lessons" from her Aunt Brooke!)
"Running after church"---the quintessential activity for kids!
****Other Easter pics****
Those little camera hogs
The "Sammer"
"Mikey D"
From 6'2" to 2'6" ...my little stair-steps...just TRY to get them to smile in sync!
Ah, Childhood!
What better thing to do in your Easter dress but play in the dirt?
"Mommy is SO gonna get us for ruining these dresses!"
A quick outfit change for evening services, since we desecrated the other dresses in the dirt this morning....
*****In other news....
Dad is having some troubles with his heart as well, and we are waiting to see what they are going to do with him. He is having some congestive heart failure and atrial defibrillation, so he will be seeing the heart doc tomorrow.
Meanwhile, my skin cancer surgery is scheduled now for the first part of May. I am having some swelling in my right lymph nodes in my neck and back of my head. I will be seeing a doctor soon about that, too. So looks like we will all be seeing the inside of doctor offices for a while. That is sure not my favorite way to spend pretty weather.
We have not had any more storms since the terrible ones that hit Tennessee the first of the month. That has been very good news!
Storm clouds forming to the north of us on that fateful day in early April! Hope we don't see more of those this season, but that is purely wishful thinking!
So keep us in your prayers as we venture into more unchartered territory with the health issues! I will post updates as soon as I can!
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