Springtime fun.

I recently had a BIG surprise for the boys during 'rest time'.

I got out our portable DVD player & started a movie for them!

They thought I was so wonderful.

Adler painting a tractor scene (like grandma Yvonne taught him). 

Some friends of ours remodeled their lake home & the boys & I got to 

have fun with two little girls in the house! 

Little Kalina was a difficult one to watch! 

You know it's a snuggle day when the boys 

bring out their John Deere pillows!  

On a snowy spring day we stayed inside & read a bunch of books.

Olivia likes to get in on the snuggling too! 

Grandma & grandpa Herdina came to spend the night 

& cousins stopped by too.

The boys love playing with Sawyer & the girls. 

My close girlfriend Katie (& hubby Peter) had their first little baby.

I finally got a chance to stop by & meet him.

He's so darn sweet! 

 Momma Katie & Winston.

Some other friends in town wanted a date night

& since their little man is still little we got the opportunity to watch 

him & his sister.

The boys just love playing with Ingrid,

& they we so excited to see baby Nels again! 

When little babes come over I just bring up our baby swing &

let them relax.

I love having all these babies around to watch! 

Movie night. 

Adler & Brock recently started swimming lessons at

Monticello Community Center.  While one is at lessons

the other one climbs the big rock wall.

Here's Brock waiting for his turn & Vance is getting ready to watch him conquer it! 

Fun on the rock wall. 

Then is was time for Brock to go to lessons 

& Adler got to rock climb. 

He did one of the hardest climbs & made it to the top! 

Having fun indoors, waiting for Spring weather. 

Adler has Kindergarten homework to do 

(since he goes every other day)

& we squeeze it in wherever we can,

even if it means in the bathroom!

Brock also feels like he needs homework,

so I give him some too! 

Then I have a day like this....

where you feel your whole house is a mess

& there's little hope that it will be clean ever again!

This was my laundry pile the other day.

(Olivia sure doesn't mind.  I found her sleeping right in the middle of the pile) 

Then I actually got the house picked up,

just to get messed up again!

Easter egg dying time. 

At the same time I had a craving for monster cookie dough.

Vance always helps me make sweets

& when I turned around he got his stool & a spoon so he could eat the dough!

Ohh my, he's sure my kid!

(then I had to explain that we don't do that.) 

But how could you resist.

I mean, look at that dough! 

I can't remember the last time I actually bought a dvd from the store

 (of course you can't count all the ones from garage sales or random

donation from great grandma Elois)

but I had a return at Barnes & Noble,

which resulted in a gift card,

which led me to a small table by the checkout with 

one dvd of Frozen left for 40% off.

So.....I bought it.

The stars had to align for me to actually buy something like that,

but you can't argue with free!

The boys have not stopped watching it either.

And I have to say, I love the songs on it.

My boys now sing 'let it go' throughout the day! 

The weather has not been good so far in April, but we bundle up 

& still manage to get out & play with toys. 

And this was the morning the boys had to get outside 

to help dad dig out his car so he could get to work!

Here's to warmer weather,

for the sake of all of us!