Spring Snow Storm

We got hit by another snow storm Thursday and Friday. The kids went outside to check things out while it was snowing Thursday.

We had an afternoon tea party to warm up.

The snow continued to fall during the night and Friday morning until we had more snow than we've had at one time this season, it was about two feet.

I dug paths around the backyard for the kids since it was too deep for them to walk around much.

We built a snowman.

The snow didn't last long though. Just a few days later Mary and David were out in the backyard making pancakes.

 They put on their rain boots for our walk so they could walk in the little streams from the melting snow.

Easter

David and Mary went for a walk around the yard in the fresh snow before we headed down to the valley for Easter weekend.

We enjoyed the Easter service at FPC and the festivities between services. David and Wayne were stylish in their plaid shirts and bow ties.

We had brunch for lunch back at Dad and Mom's house.

The kids got matching Easter outfits from Dave and Gayle, and they were so cute.

When everyone else arrived, we had an Easter egg hunt with the cousins followed by a delicious feast.

Easter Eggs

We had fun coloring Easter eggs. We carefully used raw eggs, and it's fun to see all the pretty colors when I use eggs.

Welcome Spring

We found our first flowers of spring.

Mary and David wanted to take a picture with the flowers.

The following day we celebrated the first day of spring with lemon bread.

We hiked to Gethsemane Falls. It has a lot of water right now.

Happy Birthday

I had a lovely birthday Tuesday. We started with birthday breakfast and gifts from Joshua and the kids.

Dad, Mom, Heather, Micah, Natalie, Michelle, Emery, Ezra, and Elias came up for the day. Michelle and Natalie made ginger cookies after lunch.

We went on a cold, misty walk.

We had shrimp pasta for festive birthday dinner.

The kids had fun playing Simon Says before gifts and cheesecake.

Snowshoeing

We had another storm come through bringing snow, so Sunday afternoon Christina, Hannah, and I went snowshoeing. It was my first time snowshoeing, and it was fun.

We hiked up to Sugar Pine road and had a great view.

The next day, the kids and I followed our snowshoe tracks.

They were excited to get to see the view too.

We took some rest breaks along the way.

 Finally we spotted the motivation for our quest - Hannah's shoe had fallen off unnoticed the day before. We were excited to have found it and enjoyed another beautiful hike.

Mom's Birthday Week

Photo: Heather

Joshua had a conference for work, so the kids and I went down to spend a few days at Dad and Mom's house. As a fun bonus, we arrived on Mom's birthday. We had birthday lunch for her at the Nickells' house.

We made bagels. The kids helped shape them and watched them get boiled. Then we all got to try them Thursday morning.

Mary built this house.

 The girls had some reading time. It was a pleasant visit.