Spring Is So Beautiful

some of our iris in bloom

It has been a beautiful spring weekend. Once again we spent many hours outside, which the kids love. This evening was perfect for bike riding out in front of our house. I tried capturing a few pictures of the kids. David now has a new bike helmet and is riding a tricycle.

David's new biker look

Jonathan showing off his new toothless grin

Katherine ever so dainty

Grace watches from the side lines

Happy Easter

Katherine, Grace, Jonathan, and David

The Whole Family

Well, here we are on Easter Sunday. This was an all around fun day for the kids. They did what they love best...play outside. We went to Brooke's parent's house and let the kids run around all day long. Just when they were about to slow down we had an egg hunt and let them eat some candy...the rest is history. David gets the award for the most creative egg hunter. He would find an egg, open it up and dump the candy in his bag, drop the empty shells and move forward. He left a whole trail of empty eggs and a laughing daddy behind him.

The trampoline is always a favorite. Jeffrey got some good snap
shots of our kids in action.

I had a complaint that there were not any pictures of the Harris family included in our Spring Break blog. So here's one for Sherry-

Mia and Grandad

That's all for now...we are still recovering from our fun filled weekend.

We Survived the Tornadoes

For anyone who is interested. We did not get blown away during the two last weekends of big storms. We had large hail both times- up to 3 inches. We are now in the process of getting estimates for our car, van, and house. We will be replacing some of the siding on our house, but will not need a new roof. Our vehicles are banged up pretty good on the left sides, roofs, and hoods. We are thankful to have such minor damage when viewing the devastation that hit other neighboring counties.

Other news... Grace is cutting two more teeth- ouch. David is acquiring new scrapes everyday when conquering the swing set. He is so determined to get on a swing without help that it is painful to watch. He first climbs up the slide, grabs onto the A frame between the slide and the swing, stands on the cross bar to the A frame, grabs the swing chain with one hand while wrapping a leg around it. He then jumps to a straddle over the swing like he is riding a horse. Once he finally pulls his other leg through to sit on the swing he usually slides off the seat. He will repeat the process many times until he gets on. (perhaps I will have pictures next time). Today he has added a nice scrape to his cheek. It is time to invest in a new swing set that has enough swings for everyone- including one lower to the ground!