Welcome Spring!

I write this to you after a long, but eventful day...Most of it being outside.  Reid, Caeden, and I went on a hike along Tanyard Creek in Bella Vista.  The trail is only a couple miles, but with a 1.5 year old, it seemed much longer! ;)  After realizing the trail was pretty rocky, and seeing that Caeden had fallen before we even started, we decided to put him in the handy backpack that Uncle Rhett bought him last year.

We hiked down to a waterfall and spent a lot of time hanging out there and taking pictures.

On the way back, the path started to get a little smoother & less rocky.  So we let Caeden down to walk.  This is the part that took the longest since we had to stop every 5 feet (literally) to look at the plants (that we had already seen) and pick flowers for mommy.  He was so particular that he would even tell me which hand he wanted me to hold the flowers in.  If I put them in the opposite hand, he noticed and got upset!

It was a great time!  Afterwards, we finished off the afternoon by having some "park time!"  Caeden loves to play at the park, even after a long hike.  We are excited about spring, so we can do many more outdoor activities like this one.  Here are a few more pictures.  These were taken at the end of the trail...