Hello Spring!

This week we had a back yard, on the grass, whip out a blanket picnic for dinner.

{We even busted out the quality wine ;}

With as beautiful as the evenings have been, I couldn't pass up the opportunity!

And while it looks relaxing and calm....

What you don't see here is:

Our cat who ended up eating the Midge's quesadilla

The wine that spilled all over the blanket

The pasta that didn't cook all the way through and ended up quite cold.

Vegetables on our plate ("because we at them all" is not the reason)

But at the heart of it was great intention.

The intention to pour love on my boys.

The intention to break routine.

Sure, wine glasses & place mats & cloth napkins were a little excessive

and yes, a little more work

but I think that part was for me

{Yes, it was.}

And at the end of it, we got to say

"HELLO SPRING"

and my heart was full just imagining all the playing we'd be doing this year

in our very own back yard.