From winter to spring!

We had a relatively mild winter this year. The temps were reasonable (a few REALLY cold days) and we didn't get a TON of snow (we would have appreciated more snow for cc skiing). However, the last days of winter and the first nice days of "spring" came very close together! 

Nora LOVES painting! We've gone through a lot of paint in the past few weeks--but I'll take it! She's quite the little artist...taking after her daddy!

 Bishop has been very interested in reading his Bible lately. He loves all the stories and often talks about God (will god still love me if I get in trouble?, etc).

This past weekend Luke and I spent it at a friends' cabin near Annandale. We dropped the kids off in Cold Spring and the cabin was only about 40 minutes away. There was a wooded park nearby and we were able to ski on Saturday. It was about 40 degrees and felt HOT! The sun felt great and it was nice to get out and get some fresh air. I took a pretty big digger going down a hill, as my ski stuck in the wet snow and I basically did a belly flop! I was ok--but it didn't feel the best! Later that evening Luke skate skied on the lake while I took a little walk. It was a fun weekend with friends...relaxing, playing games and hanging out!

Unfortunately, Nora had a tummy ache while we were gone. Rich called Saturday afternoon as she complained off and on of a tummy ache. She was "fine", but would go in spurts of not feeling well. It was hard not knowing what was going on and not being there for her, but she was well taken care of! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for watching the kids so we could enjoy some time with friends!

It turns out Nora did have a little stomach bug. :( We took it easy on Sunday, but it was so nice out that we ventured out for a walk to the park. I stayed home with her on Monday to try to get her back to normal and it seemed to help.

Luke's skate ski tracks on the lake

Cuddling with daddy while Bishop brought her all her babies!

A day home with mom!

Nora playing teacher to her babies!

Sweet sweet girl!

I was able to meet up with a good friend of mine on Tuesday to celebrate the birth of her 3rd baby! It was SO great seeing her and it made me miss her even more! Since the weather was so nice we sat on the patio outside.....and the restaurant took our picture and posted it on Facebook for being the first 2 on the patio for the season! Yay for warmer weather!

We decided to skip swimming on Tuesday since the weather was so nice and go for a bike ride to the park and to celebrate with ice cream at Sebastian Joe's!

Our first family bike ride of the year!

We are all excited that the days are longer and warmer! Spring in MN is the best!