Easter

Church Easter egg hunt.

Dying eggs. Only one hand was green!

The kids had to search for their Easter baskets! They were so excited! They got water bottles and playdough. Smart choice for playdough? I guess we will see....

Counting eggs. They got to go on an easter egg hunt the night before.

The bunny also put them on an easter egg hunt.

Caught!

Reading Twilight. He read 3 out of 4 in a week. He admits to not being able to put the book down. He needs to find time to read book 4. He liked them!

2009 Ice Show

We went to the ice show for spring break. We haven't been to it since Scott was a baby and we pulled him around in a sled. It was neat going to the show. We saw the sculptures in the light and in the dark with all of the cool lighting. The kids had fun playing on the ice slides! These are only a few of the pictures we took!

A day in the snow...

Since we had no school today due to the holiday,

we spent part of it outside.

It was finally warm enough to go out of a little while.

We made it up to 35 degrees.

It was really fun to watch the kids play. They are getting so big!

On the way to the snow hill. The kids pretended to be a train.

We went to the park and played. It was so nice and warm. Instead of using the sleds the whole time, the kids found that their snowpants on ice work just as good. They had a lot of fun!

Dad gets to do the work!

Going home in style!

Ice and Windy Day!

This is utterly amazing! In the 5.5 years we have been here, we have never had two days off in a row. We have only had one snow day and one late start day. Today, it was too icy and their were hazardous winds. It is amzing that after survinging negative temperatures, we have ice days on +36 and +45 degree days. I guess everyone just needed some stay-at-home days. The real bummer is that Sarah was going to recieve an award today at an assembly.

Snow day? Ha Ha... Ice day!

Well, can you believe it?! They canceled school. They never cancel school! We were awoken this morning with a stream of phone calls starting at 5:30. School is canceled due to icy roads! We have spent the last few weeks in -3 to -20 degree weather. This week we have +10 to +36 (heat wave!) and we have an ice day. How funny! It really does feel like a heat wave! I am just thankful we are not further up north! They reached -50 for a while last week!

Merry Christmas!!

Did Santa come?

Before...

Waiting to open presents...

After...

Sarah's HAUL! She's practicing to help with the baby!

Scotty and his HAUL!

Scotty got his Flash!

He was so happy to play with all of his toys!

Santa stopped in the garage. He even left some money to fill the tool boxes!

Put together.

(My) New Car

Isn't the car just pretty! The color just about matches my washer and dryer. I told Shane we needed to put a big bow on the top of it. He could hold a brown bag and a box of tissues!

He wouldn't go for that. It is so nice, and it drives in the snow!!!

Real Santa?

We went to the church Christmas party. Guess who showed up! Sarah is starting to ask questions. She wanted to know if this was the real Santa Claus. Anyway, the kids had a lot of fun.

I was incharge of taking pictures with Santa.

Hey Santa!

I hosted a Holiday Family Party at school. Look who showed up! The kids loved it! They of course loved the goody bag too!