family visit

Grandmommy, Gigi and Claire spent their Spring Break with us this year - we were thrilled to have them here, and miss them dearly.  A few snapshots of the visit:

 awaiting arrival

 Claire, not so sure of her destination

 how much of the time was spent, Brody shadowing Claire shadowing Maggie

 She has perfected the stink-eye!

 Claire trying to be like Brody, getting her lean on...

 Logan's preschool Easter party and egg hunt

one excited boy!a

Adventures on wheels

The boys finally had the opportunity to break in those Christmas bikes last month.

a little frustration at the beginning

lots of practice 

words of advice 

 Maggie is just thrilled to be a part of the action

Well, hello snow!

There you are.

We have seen much of you, Jack Frost.

So glad you stopped by.

February Adventures

We have enjoyed sledding with Bella and Sophie at Ya-Ya's house

 And we enjoyed an afternoon of ice fishing on the lake, thanks to the generosity of fellow fisherman, who drilled our hole.

Bribed with hot chocolate and snacks

 There was lots of wrestling and climbing

but no fish.

Snow castle!

In spite of the lack of snowfall, we managed to scrape enough snow off of our crust to build a tiny "castle".
Really, I was just absolutely stir crazy and needed an excuse to keep the boys outside.  And it successfully occupied all of us for a few hours.