butterflies

We went to the MN zoo, again on a library pass - saved $$$! This was the first time we were there when the butterfly garden was open. Very cool!

Oh, look at the time.

As part of homeschool kindergarten, Isaac made a sundial today with a lamp post and some sticks. (That upsidedown, backwards 5 is actually a 2, as this picture was taken about 3:00, and the really big stick is noon.)

Gone Fishin'

Our 4th of July celebration in Hayward was actually in June this year. Isaac had a particularly good time fishing with his uncles and cousins, so he stayed there with grandma and grampa a few extra days.

Patriotic Pancake

It's starting to become a tradition in our house - to break out the food coloring for the pancakes at breakfast on holidays. It's not easy making a square pancake.

Camping Adventures

Just for fun, we got out the tent today. We haven't used it in a while, as we're not quite ready to try camping with 3 young kids - someday.

If you look close you can see Jimmy Gourd, one of the VeggieTales, in Noah's hand. Jimmy and Jerry have been his security, um, veggies lately and he hardly ever puts them down. When we wash hands, we have to be sure to wash the gourds too.

saving 90%

So, there we were at walmart looking at the indoor-outdoor thermometers. I wanted one for the back porch. There was quite a range, mostly around $20. Then I made the realization I could get two 97¢ suction cup window thermometers for way less then any of the indoor-outdoor models.

Just had to share our bargain of the week.

Out, in the yard.

Last weekend was not the first nice-weather-weekend of the year, but it was the first nice-weather-weekend that we weren't busy. :)

Look who's 2

Happy
Birthday
Noah!

Changing Seasons

It's hard to believe we were sledding down the hill last month after the biggest blizzard of the winter. We've been enjoying several days of beautiful spring weather.

Things have been busy with a recital, a trip to the MACHE home school conference, and meetings at the city about the future development in our area. It's nice to know God is in control.

Another milestone today... Isaac had his first day of homeschool kindergarten, and it went very well! We could have waited until fall, but why wait? He still has one month left of preschool, but that's one of the neat things about homeschooling - there's nothing wrong with being in two grades at once.

Greetings

If this looks familiar to you, it probably means you were someone privileged enough to recieve Lydia's birth annoucement. Sorry it took so long, especially to those who remember getting Isaac's birth annoucement the day after he was born.

We have done so poorly at getting around to sending Christmas cards, we decided to try to send some Christmas cheer at the same time. So, just save it and pull it back out at Christmas and pretend it was our greeting. Feel free to check back here for updated photos.

The big picture is Lydia at about 3 weeks old. In the upper right she is being held by her brothers for the first time at the hospital. The lower right is our traditional kids-by-the-Christmas-tree picture (Lydia wasn't born yet).