a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet?

I love roses! I always have. I think I get it from my mother and grandmother who also love roses. My grandmother has the most beautiful roses at her house. She has since passed away and my mom and I are keeping up the grooming of her roses. My mom and I both agree that this year they are the most beautiful they have ever been. Last time we were over there Ellie was smelling all the blooms and my mom picked one and gave it to Ellie to take home. It's in a vase on our windowsill. Maybe Ellie will love roses when she grows up too?

One of my grandmother's GORGEOUS rose bushes!

The bloom I get to look at everytime I go into my kitchen:

Giddy Up!

Okay, only have a few mins to post this....but I wanted to share how cute Rett looked this morning when I got him ready for Rodeo Days at his preschool.

Arboreteum

A few pics from the Arboreteum today. It was "tiny tots" Tuesdays so they had lots of activites geared towards preschoolers. Rett got his face painted shortly after we arrived so it kinda ruined my chances of any good springtime pictures of the kids...but there was NO LINE for face painting...so how could we pass that up?

Double Batman's-Collin and Rett



Throwing our pennies in the fountain and making a wish!

Play Ball!!!

Rett had his first T-ball game today and he did AMAZING considering he is only three years old and is playing on a team with four and five year olds. He hit the ball way into the outfield everytime he was up to bat and sprinted around the bases! He also played catcher today and did a pretty good job at that too. :) Baseball really is HIS sport. He loves watching it, playing it, and talking about it. He can tell a whopper of a story where he "hits a home run and slides into home". Which he also did today (slide into home)....just wish I had been able to get a picture of it.
Short video:


Ellie, just before we left for the game



Rett's very first up-to-bat

A BIG HIT

Running Home:

The catcher


Ellie watching Rett

The two Ellie's watching their big brothers

Good game, good game