While the weather in Calgary (today) is frightful....

...the weather in Aix is delightful!!!  The weather here has really turned around over the last weekend.  It had been not too bad (low to mid teen degrees), but over the weekend, we have been in the low twenties, with the sun shining gloriously!!!

 Here are a few photos from a hike we did over the weekend with friends (also here for one year from Toronto!), just outside Aix.  We went out to the base of Mont Sainte Victoire, and hiked down to the Barrage de Zola.

Yep--all boys!!!  Our friends have 3 boys, and we have the 4, plus the 2 dads of course!!  

 The trees are starting to turn green, some flowers have bloomed, with others so close!!  All in all, it feels like summer is quickly approaching!!

 The rose bushes are growing so quickly, you can almost see it happening!!  

 ~~~Tulips ready to bloom~~~

 Noah was given "magic beans" by his teacher, and Nathan received carrot seeds from his good friend Ella (back in Canada--Thanks Ella!).  The boys asked the neighbour upstairs where they could be planted, and he was very helpful in getting them set up!  They try to remember to water them daily....

 And the neighbour upstairs wrote this poem for the boys over the weekend!!  We have it posted on the window near the bean and carrot pots!!  We have been so fortunate in the time he takes to do things for the boys!!