In response to Brooke's recent springtime posting I thought I'd share our wonderful weather here. Today our high is forecasted to be 32, and I think that's about where we'll be all week. For those of you that know me, I'm sure you know how much I am enjoying this. Everyday I can choose whether to go snow shoeing, cross-country skiing, ice skating--it is a winter sports paradise!
Here are some pictures of McKena's new haircut. She has wanted her hair shorter for awhile, so finally I got brave and took her to have it done. It turned out cute, and her hair looks so much thicker now. She can also sleep on it and have it look good the next day, which is a big plus. I am starting to think about her birthday coming up, I can't believe she is going to be 5!
There is really no explanation for this picture, only questions of "what was I thinking?" I don't know if you can tell, but there are 12, yes 12 boys around this table. We ate pizza and then headed off to the movie uptown. Well, the boys wanted to "walk" which consisted of all of them running through the dark streets, then they split up at the corner and we really couldn't keep track. Upon arriving at the theater, they were dodging across the street at all times, through the very busy movie traffic. Then, do you think 9 yr old boys know how to wait in line? No, they're crowding at the door--I had to call them back to wait their turn. Once inside, I gave them a lecture about finding their seats and staying in them--not to go in and out, in and out. They found their seats and then went to get treats (because pizza before and cake after would certainly not be enough). All did stay seated during the movie and we quite enjoyed it. Afterwards, we did have one that needed to find his girlfriend and profess his love to her, but then we were back on the road. This time, about 9 crowded illegally into the van and some 3-4 random went running down the dark streets ( not on the sidewalks). Upon arriving home, one that had run home was having an asthma situation but he told me he was okay. I heard him grunting and gasping upstairs so I thought I'd better check on him and he was okay, he was just doing some push-ups (is that the cure for an asthma attack?) Oh, ten year old boys are funny. I think on Zack's actual birthday, Monday, we will be keeping it pretty low-key! Karalee, for your info, this is who was at the party: Nick, Drew, Bradey & Zack Kimber, Stockton, Christian, Trevor, Burke A. (Cove) Connor L. (Cove) Austin G. (Newton)
My nice husband went all out this year with a bouquet of roses and some chocolates. We also enjoyed a lunch at the McDonald's drive-thru on the way back from refinancing our house! We enjoyed our day and we are so glad that we are each other's "Valentine". John got a FM transmitter for his IPod. Thanks for the advice Tyler! I was trying to get a picture of Kade smelling this rose. It was pretty cute because he'd squish up his nose but I didn't catch it in the picture.
Look at the excited group as we enter the park one of the days. At least it was sunny!
This rough looking crowd didn't make "the cut" for Indiana Jones.
This is after the parade one night, we were all tired and hungry. Notice the churro stand behind, I love churros!
Zack recieved his Bear award last week at packnight. Now on to Webelos!
Well, we received a box from Russia today. I opened it up and Kade promptly removed everything. The kids were excited about their t-shirts and hats. Notice Colin home from school (stomach problems again) and Zack is at school.
