We are enjoying the early spring!!!

OK, sorry I have taken so long to post...I am going to start with the current 7 move my way back...
We are so excited that we have been reaching the 50*mark the past few days...Spring is here...hopefully to stay!! The kids have really been enjoying riding their scooters & bikes! I am waiting to wash all their snow gear...just in case we get a late snow like last year's 17 inches on the 25th of April!! With the daylight & warmer temp.s we are staying out a lot later than usual...hard to stick to the routine when bikes are calling their names. But, with Paul gone...I NEED them to stick to the routine as much as possible....so, I need to get dinner done earlier so then they can go play...instead of waiting for them to want to come in...they do NOT want to come in!! Rachel & Ben with their friends Morgan & Hailey giving their Build-A-Bear pals a much needed ride in the wagon...

Rachel enjoyed having Gillian over for a sleepover & then on Sunday we returned her back to her home in Palmer & spent the day having fun with Kari & the girls :-).

My beautiful Rachel...

Rachel with Gillian...

Samuel sharing a special moment with Jordyn...right before they hit each other in the face :-).

The boys, hanging out...

The cow says, "moo"...

And what would a cow be without butterfly wings?!

Then on Monday, Spring officially kicked off with the sounds of the Ice Cream truck music!!!They could hear the music for about 30 minutes before it FINALLY made it to our street! They were all pacing the street,SCREAMING & jumping up and down for the truck to come to them the whole time!! Oh, to be a kid again...such pure joy & excitement!!!

FINALLY...but, then they had to wait for it to turn around & they started doing the happy dance!!

They had to really think about their choices...they were using their own allowance money! I was not paying...I know, mean mommy...but I have a couple boxes of Popsicles & ice cream treats in the freezer that are already paid for. I told them they could pay ME for my stash, that I would gladly let them pay me for their ice cream treats. They were NOT at all thrilled with that idea. I guess I need to play happy, annoying ice cream truck music to get them to buy treats from

me:-)

"I'll take THAT one."

"Behold, I have the tallest Ice Cream!"

Yea for Ice (s)cream!!!

Our kids with the Jacob & Isabelle...

Ben with his buddy Colin...

Jakob hanging out with Ethan...

Rachel with Karissa...

Rachel with Adria...

I put the rest of the pictures in the family album link...