Snowball Fight!

Pretend you are watching a silent movie (there is no sound off the camera video function). You'll notice Lindsay instigate a snow"ball" fight. It was all fun and games until snow went down the neck of the coat.

What Spring Break in Oregon Looked Like

Yep, in the five days we were there, it snowed, haled, rained (and rained and rained), was windy and sunny and cold. I think we experienced all the various seasons in those short days, except any summer warmth. The girls spent the first morning playing in their pajamas in a quarter of an inch of snow.

This is why people move to Oregon (not because of us, but because of the beautiful views, open lands and green landscape).

This is why people leave Oregon (not because of the cute kid, but because gray rain--or in this case, hale--is the norm).

This is what you do when it's gray and wet outside--a kids fun-zone complete with a body scooter board. Even the adults tried this out!

Or you make homemade pizza.

Or you pet the baby sheep at the sheep barns.

We were thrilled to see blue sky on our last day, which was spent in Portland. This was at the top of the new OHSU tram tower.

Kim, Deedee (two of my best friends) and I were pregnant all at the same time with the three on the right. Now Nicholas, Lindsay and Annie are all in various stages of The Threes. Even Ella and "baby" Davis got in on the fun. (Missing from the photo is Nathaniel, Kim's oldest).

The Flowers are in Bloom!

I swear, these photos were not as staged as they look. I simply asked Lindsay to smell the very fragrant flowers in the backyard and this is what we go. Not bad, huh?

Easter Morning

Lindsay was very excited about the Easter Bunny's visit to our house this year.

Lindsay eager for the annual neighborhood easter egg hunt.

Lindsay, Malia and Ava counting while eggs were re-hid (multiple times) in the backyard. We now have a new way to burn some time....just keep hiding eggs, or balls, or candy, or ??? over and over and over and over...