Hooray for Spring!

It has been so nice out lately! The sun is shinning...

The flowers are starting to come up...



It must be...SPRING!!!

First Day of Spring (also known as Shermie's Birthday!)

Our first day of spring was a busy one. The First order of business was to go have Family/Easter pictures with Aunt Kelli. She had a live rabbit and the boys were all a little chicken of it. Annalyn wasn't to sure either but I think Kelli was able to get some really cute shots.

Second order of business was lunch, we went out for Shermie's birthday. All of the kids were so good and well behaved. It was a nice time.

We had a tree trimmed and opted to do the clean up ourselves. So the third order of business for the day was to cut and load up the branches into the truck.

The boys enjoyed watching Dad use the chain saw. But not so much the clean up. Even still they worked hard and did a great job!
The truck was overflowing when we finished. Just in time to go to the a movie for Shermie's Birthday. We saw "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" which was a reward for Shermie having read all of the books. It was a funny movie that we all enjoyed.Nic was given the option of going or staying with Grandma and Annalyn. After thinking it over he decided to stay with his Grandma.

Sherman said to him: How come that Grandma loves you so much?

Nic: Because I love her just a little more than Mom.

After the movie we came back to our house to have cake and ice cream. Aunt Dee made this awesome Super Mario Brother's Mushroom cake for Shermie.Very cool.
Here are somethings about:

1) He is a Great, Wonderful, Loving, Caring, Awesome big brother and son. He helps me everyday. He is the "go to" guy to help with Annalyn. His brothers love to play with him.

2) He loves to read. Shermie has developed a love of reading. We don't even have to tell him to read anymore because usually he is already doing it

3) He is responsible. They have asked him at school to be a Student Mediator. He takes it seriously and helps those who need it with reason and a level head.

4) He has a great sense of humor, sometimes above his age. When a friend was being bugged on the bus Shermie stopped the bully, to which the bully said, "I going to kick your @#$!@". Shermie's reply was, " Oh, good my !@#@ can use a kicking". While this might not have been the first choice for most people it defused the situation as everyone involved started laughing. (I let him know next time "butt" would be a better alternative)

Happy Birthday Shermie!! We Love you!

Spring On the Way

With the sun shining warm and bright today it's not hard to feel spring in the air.
I was looking out my window and noticed that the birds were cleaning out the birdhouse, surely a good sign. I started thinking about flowers sprouting and being able to open my windows again. I was getting very excited. Then I heard it's may snow again tomorrow. I guess I will enjoy it while it lasts.

I have an indoor flower anyway.

Spring!!!

I love Spring! It is my favorite time of year. The crisp air, the light warmth of the sun, the newness of the flowers, the budding of trees, the cleansing, fresh smell of rain. I just love all of it!

Last week the boys and I were out front and noticed we had bulbs coming up already! Then Nic and Matt had to go around the yard to see if we had any other things coming up. We found a lot more bulbs and a bunch of columbines, poppies and lilies all over the garden. They were so excited every time they spotted something green. (even if it was a weed)

Here are some of the flowers that have already bloomed.

We got the garden and yard cleaned out this weekend and we should have more blooms soon. Happy Spring!!!