From Andrew, with love.

Hi Blogland. This is Andrew (it's amazing that I can type better than I can talk). I wanted to give a BIG birthday shout out to my Papa McKinney. He's a pretty cool guy. I really like to go on walks with him, play with wood with him, and especially play the piano with him. He also has a really cool dog named Lucy. My mom thinks that it's pretty cute that every time we pull into his neighborhood I start saying "papa." I just get so excited to see my papa, grandma, and lucy. That's all. I love you papa! I hope that you have a GREAT birthday!


Love,
Andrew

P.S. Oh yeah, I also made this cool collage of me and my papa. You can click on it to see it bigger. (I've got mad computer skills.... don't you know?)

Goodbye. Hello.

Well, after the Stinson family having the Toyota since 1997, it's moved on to greener pastures. (We sold it tonight). This is the car that Morgan took to his Senior Prom. It later treked across the US to Provo, and was the car Morgan had in college (and may have been the site for a few goodnight kisses....), it's the car that moved us from Utah to North Carolina (with a darn speeding ticket in Nebraska). In North Carolina it brought home our brand new baby home from the hospital. Took us back and forth to the beach many times there. I still think there was sand in it.  It later moved us to Georgia. It was the car that Andrew first said "car" too as well. It's been slept in, had far too many meals eaten in it, and has been a part of the Stinson clan.

So, yeah - I'm nostalgic, who knew a car could be a "part" of the family? (Maybe, I'm going crazy....)We had intended on keeping it for a while longer, but the Camry lasted a few too many Maine winters and had some major rust problems going on.

 Seriously, how cute is that little boy? I love seeing pics of kids in the drivers seat.

Well, since we had to say good bye to the Toyota, we've said hello to our New (to us) Honda CR-V. We're really loving it. Andrew really seems to enjoy it too. Well, here's to lot of fun new memories to make in the Honda. (err, we'll limit the goodnight kisses now... ;-) )

 

"Twees"

Andrew's vocabulary is starting to pick up. A couple months ago Morgan taught him was a tree was. Since then Andrew likes to go up to trees, points/hugs them and exclaims "Twees!"

Well, at dinner tonight we hit another milestone that every child hits.... thinking that broccoli florets are little trees. He picked up a floret, and exclaimed "twees!" Had a chuckle, then proceeded to eat it.

Man, I'm so glad that he's starting to talk more so I can get a view into what he thinks about!

Spring Update...

Yep, Spring is here with all it's beauty. 70 degrees never felt so refreshing. I've taken Spring as a great opportunity to take some photos and learn more about my camera, I'm LOVING all the things I'm learning. Here are some more pics I've taken lately....

There are so many things that I love about this picture. Most of all, I love how symmetrical this little flower is. It's so little, but it's amazing how each little petal overlaps the next, and so forth. I've been thinking a lot about how grateful I am for this beautiful world that Heavenly Father gave us. I've been singing THIS Primary song in my head a good bit lately. You should go listen to it. You'll appreciate Spring a little bit more :-).

Spring is {almost} here

 So, since I've gotten my new camera I've been learning a lot of new fun stuff. Like depth of field, aperture, and other things. Since spring is on it's way (hooray) I've been trying to take more pictures outside. Here are a few of the scenes I've seen this week that lead me to believe that spring is almost here....

Well, I bought these, but don't they scream spring? I'm trying to teach Andrew that he can't pick these. (He's loving all the danilions popping up, he pics them and exclaims 'feur' then take a big whiff of them.

 

These are some Bradford Pear Trees in my parent's yard. One of the many reasons why I love spring time in the south. I think that I'm going to "track" these trees throughout the season.

There is someone who lives close to me who has some AMAZING forsythia bushes. I really think that I may knock on their door to ask to take some photos. They are SO beautiful.

.....so, is it spring where you are??