Winter is officially gone.

Here is a photo of our new neighbors. Mama Robin was not at all pleased with me up in the tree. I thought she'd give up after a while and settle down...but she did not.

Warm weather also means the return of Sunday morning coffee time on the deck.

Sleeping with sunscreen in your hair can make for some real special bed head.

New haircut, new dress, new shoes.

So we have a wedding or two coming up this summer and Avery is the flower girl in one of them. This will be her first attempt at "between the toes" sandals so a little practice was in order. It was also a good picture of her new haircut. This was actually her first cut that wasn't just a get the bangs out of the eyes cut. She was very proud of it.

Spring time

We had our spring open house at the park this weekend. Weather wasn't perfect but we still had a good turn out. Here are a few pictures. Erin took most of them, except for the ones that she is in. Not feeling very wordy today so you're in luck. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

To Grandmothers House We Go.

FAIR WARNING: I posted a lot of pictures.

So we took ourselves a trip up north to see Grandma. As you may recall from my previous post we got a new picture making toy, so we brought it with. Needless to say, we took a lot of pictures. We're still trying to figure out a good photo edit software. The one's I have tried so far have not worked so well. Ok, enough about that.

No trip to Grandma's could start without a music box session, or eight.

Or a good round of story reading. Notice the stack of books next to the chair. Avery made sure they read every one of them. Some of them twice.

Oops, I got paint on my hand.

Oops, I got paint on my hand.

Ok, day two. Time for some fun in the snow. First we took a moment to strateegerize.

Then it was go time. Avery kept an eye on the shoot to make sure it didn't clog up. Team player!

Rest.

And go.

Success!

We were standing on a crusty layer of snow. If we would have broke through ONE of us would have been over our heads. Guess which one. I think I broke through right after this picture.

So did Grandma. Avery pulled her out so it was ok.

By that look in her eye I think I have a pretty good idea what she was thinking.

Yup, sliding!

And again.

It's not a day in the snow without a good snowman.

But what good's a snowman if you can't knock it's head off.

I think she finally conceded that she was a little cold.

That night we went to visit the old man of the lake. He says hi, and that he and the misses are doing quite well. Not sure where she was, musta been going for a swim.

Avery helped scrub the potatoes. Well, right after I finished cleaning the bathroom.

Group picture.

Yes, we looked through every photo album. Couldn't stop in the middle or my brain would have thought it was 1983. And I was a little squirrly in 83 so Erin might not have liked that.

The one and only...Tuppy.

BOWLING!!! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.

Hey, you forgot your ball! Oh yeah, the ball. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.

Ummm, a little help here people.

"Just don't forget to let go."

Yes! I got it past all the pins without knockin a single one down! (She almost beat me in the end, it wasn't pretty)

A peaceful morning on the lake.

Avery got her hair curled so pictures were in order.

Whew, that's a lot of pictures for this little ol blog. I hope that you enjoyed them. There will be a quiz in the morning.