Friday, April 18, 2008

It's finally Spring

We are grateful for the beautiful Springtime. We have enjoyed playing outside. We have had some interesting birds to watch. This year, we have even had Turkey Vultures visit our backyard. We decided we should look up their eating habits to make sure they didn't eat little boys. They are huge birds and we have enjoyed watching them soar.

We have included a picture of McKay's stitches. He fell, hit the wall and we rushed to urgent care. They were very kind to us but we really don't want to visit them anytime soon. Jed decided he would ban all "chasing" games but you can guess how long that lasted!

We celebrated the boys' birthdays. It was a fun two day celebration. Kenton is shown with his new bike. I now spend my afternoons walking up and down the road as he rides. We took the boys to the rail trail last weekend. Kenton was able to ride for a short distance on his bike. We all had a fun day playing together.








This is a picture of Kenton the day we played in the rain. We were desperate for some outdoor activity. It was warm enough to go splashing in puddles. Now, the boys ask me if they can go out and play in the rain all the time. Do you realize how much it rains here? What have I started?

We have started the huge project of painting our kitchen. It shares walls with the living room, hallway and family room so coordinating all these areas has turned out to be challenging. I am hoping we will be back to normal soon. I am grateful Jed is a willing working partner. I am sure he didn't realize what we had gotten ourselves into when we started. But, the kitchen is looking "warm and inviting" and that was the desired outcome.

We bought a new car! It is amazing but it happened. I tell people I got it for my birthday because I asked to test drive for my birthday gift. We really like the added space and hip room in the back seat. The trunk space is nice and it handles great in the snow. Now the we need to add another car seat, it is easier for us to justify our extravagance!

So, that is our life in a nut shell. We will try to update more frequently but now that Spring is here, we will be outside more so don't expect too much! No time for computers when you can enjoy the sunshine. Now, when it gets humid, I will be on the computer more. Until then....