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).

Lydia's Dedication

It was nice to have all 4 grandparents and some friends join us at church today for Lydia's dedication.
As was expected, she cried through the whole thing.

Eat your greens

Isaac wasn't so sure about his green pancakes at first.

Who was St. Patrick? Click here for an 8 1/2 minute video of VeggieTales explaining St. Patrick's Day, as seen on "Sumo of the Opera."

Sunday best

Here she is at 7 weeks, ready for Sunday morning in her first real dress.

More sledding/sliding

Click here for a video of mom taking a turn on the hill.

Snow Slide

Finally, we have enough snow to make a nice snow slide.

How snowy is it? It's so snowy the paper delivery guys have to get creative so the papers don't get lost in the snow...

Mobile Justice?

"What's mobile justice?..."

We've never been the activist type, and to be honest this was the first time any of us had been in the state capitol. On Wednesday we attended a rally in support of the rights of mobile home owners. More about this at the website of the organization that sponsored this event: APAC.

Alright, who prayed for snow?

On Friday night most of our yard was bare, which is unusual for a February in Minnesota. That all changed with the snow storm this weekend. We probably got like a foot in the last 36 hours or so. If Isaac and I are up to making a snowman, we'll be sure to post a picture.

Trimming Expenses

We're always on the lookout for ways to save a few bucks. Tonight Noah and his mom demonstrated one of my favorites. A few years ago we got a video from the library that demonstrated the basics of cutting hair. Now haircuts are one thing we don't have to budget for at all.