"Spring" 2018 blizzard

Spring? Ok, so wires got crossed somewhere. I thought it was suppose to be Spring. Friday and Saturday brought wind, rain, and a nice dumping of snow. Sioux Falls reported 13 inches. The wind howled and blew hard so it is hard to tell how much but the most we have had yet. We thought we could leave the shovels put away and let it melt but when opening the garage door we discovered a different story. Outside family bonding time! It didn't really take that long and after being indoors for two days it was nice to get out and get some fresh air. Church was cancelled and we just stayed tucked in where it was warm and cozy. Sunday afternoon the sun did come out and melted a bunch already. The one thing I do like about spring snow is it melts and goes away fast. They say more on Wednesday though so we'll see what the next round brings and then hopefully this is it and the next form of moisture is rain!

 

 Um...I think the sign is off a bit

The family that shovels together, stays together!

Easter fun

We have a fun weekend celebrating Easter. Our church puts on what is called Sonrise Saturday on Easter Saturday so we headed there to experience it for our first time. There were stations set up around the church following Christ and what he went through. To list a few: bread and grapes for the last supper, we saw the nails they used and then got to pound golf tees into squash, they had a cross to try and carry, they had a crown of thorns, they had vinegar to taste...it was a very neat experience. They served a light breakfast and the boys also got to make a craft. We then went outside for an egg hunt. It was cold so the eggs were found and back inside everyone went. On Easter we woke up and had hot cross buns and then off to church we went. Heath and Janelle joined us for lunch, an indoor egg hunt for the boys and an afternoon of board games. It was a fun weekend!

 

 Burr...a fast outdoor hunt for eggs.

 Happy Easter - HE IS RISEN!

 

 Lunch selfie.

The loot!

Levi is 6!

And just like that our "baby" is 6! Where has the time gone? We started his day with an L pancake with candles and singing. Home after school for presents and cake after dinner. We had piano lessons so weren't able to go out for birthday dinner so we are extending his birthday and going out to eat this weekend. We love our goof of a boy and are thankful for his 6 years and pray that God continues to bless him with many more.

Birthday L pancake with 6 candles.

 Birthday cake made by Dad. Levi said he wanted a Case Keenum jersey cake, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, but changed his mind at the last minute to wanting a Levi 6 jersey. We thought this was more fitting too.

 

Fun birthday gifts.

Ethan is 11!!

And just like that we have an 11 year old in our house. This past week we have been celebrating this boy. We started last weekend with a combo birthday of Uncle Heath, Ethan and Levi. Papa and Nana came down to help us celebrate. We celebrated on his birthday with Grandpa, Grandma and Great-Grandpa Gordon. He chose to celebrate with some friends at Galaxy gaming yesterday for the final party. All have been fun! What a blessing this boy is to us and we are so proud to call him our son. Now to catch our breath and get ready to celebrate Levi next week. 

 Star Wars BB8 cake

 Special guest, Great-Grandpa Gordon...Ethan's name sake.

 Green Bay Packer cake. Dad did another great job.

The boy crew after gaming, lazer tag and birthday cake.

Family adventure

Saturday was a beautiful day so we decided to take advantage of the 40+ degree day and do some exploring. There is a new start park not far that we wanted to go check out. We did a bit of hiking around and then headed off to other locations that Dad wanted to check out. We did some geocaching, park exploration and ended with some "ice skating." A fun time was had by all and Mom enjoyed joining them again with a healed foot.

Levi's new look

We are on a new adventure....Levi has entered the world of glasses! It has been going well so far. We do have to remind him sometimes to put them on and then there are other times he remembers and runs off to get them. It is a new look we are getting use to.

Christmas

Merry Christmas! We had a fun Christmas in our new home. This is the first time in about 8 years that we haven't traveled for Christmas. It was fun hosting Cherry's family this year and being home. We got snow on Thursday so had a white Christmas. We were beginning to wonder. All were excited and the weather was then nice over the weekend for those traveling to us.

 

 Christmas Eve and stockings

 Merry Christmas morning

 Great-Grandma Daum was able to be with us

 Ethan, our Green Bay Packer boy

 Levi, just our loveable little goof

Micah, spy gear and all