Spring Is In The Air.......

Aren't these just the cutest things you've ever seen?

Is It Spring, Yet?

I know it's coming!  There are robins all across the yard, baby calves in the field, tiny specks of green peeking through the dirt, slightly warmer days, farm stores with "Chick Days" signs hanging out, nurseries with seed packets and pansies for sale....... so it's coming!

I forgot to add: There's also MUD!!!

Grandma's Visit...

Grandma came to visit last week and brought a BIG surprise for the kids.  She kept telling them, "I'm bringing your a surprise," and they would try to guess.

First, let me say,( because I don't know how to move pictures once they are posted) she made each of us these adorable Valentine cookies.  They were sugar cookies and she put a stick in them, so they looked like suckers and then put each of our names on them.  Very tasty and totally cute!  (Jeren's was the white one, she ran out of red icing and NO he did not eat his. ;)  )

 

Can you tell they were enjoyed?

  

So back to the surprise that Grandma was bringing.  She came in and Keith brought in a big "package" all covered in a blanket and the kids pulled the blanket off and out popped TORI!!!  They were very excited!

  

  

Needless to say, there were many hours of fun in this house!

  

  

  

I have been taking a cake class each Tuesday night.  Keith is a saint!  He keeps the kids for 2 hours while I take the class and when I come home, the kids are all snuggled in bed fast asleep.  What a guy!

So last week Keith kept them all again, except we took Jeren and told my mom to go with me.  We had fun and this was the cake I made.

  

Don't they just make you smile? 

 

Thank you Mom and Tori for coming!  We thoroughly enjoyed you being here!

Jeren's First Haircut...

We finally gave in Saturday evening and gave Jeren his first hair cut.  Numerous people told us we needed to wait until he was one year old, but Daddy said it was time to cut! :)

 

  

  

  

So snip-snip went the scissors.  

  

 I think I kind of butchered him. :(   

But like my dad likes to say, "The difference between a good hair cut and a bad one is three days."

 

I think he still loves me!

  

 He looks an awful lot like his big brother now.

 

Now Daddy's happy because he looks more "manly."

Snow and Visits...

 

We were thrilled to have Grandma and Papa for a couple of days last week.

  

  

Playing "Hot Potato"

  

Jeren enjoying his train that Grandma gave him.

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And......we are snowed in *again*!

  

  

We have gotten so much snow today and it's still snowing!  The kids enjoyed it for a little while before it got too cold.

  

  

Captain Blue Eyes!

Happy Birthday, Owen.....

It's hard to believe FOUR years have passed since this tiny little man came into the world.  Now he's a big boy and a joy to have in our family!