Late Winter Pictures

I have not been doing a good job taking pictures lately.  I am just so sick of the snow, and now that it is finally melting, what is underneath is really ugly.  The kids are cute, and I should just keep snapping pictures of them, but with Bill gone, once again, for a 2 week business trip, I struggle to juggle both of the kids and my camera.  But, I just dug through the last few weeks of pictures and found a few that I had yet to share.

First, Bernadette and Luke.  She is so good and cute with her little cousin.  When he woke up from a nap this afternoon she went in to get him with me and just wanted to keep hugging, and hugging him.  And he is a serious gem of a baby!

The next few pictures, with all the snow, are from a few weeks ago, before any of it melted.  Bill took the snow blower out into the yard and created a path for Gus to "mow".  He had a blast...but the path already looks a lot less dramatic.  At that time we also snow blew and shoveled off our deck which has given the kids a great new place to play. 

And Bernadette is still a daddy's girl, big time.

This final group of pictures I just took yesterday and today.  With Bill gone we are once again down on the farm.  The weather has shifted again and it has been cold, but the kids have still be outside quite a bit.  Gus loves riding around on his bike...even though the ground is really bumpy.  It was muddy, with lots of tire tracks, and then it froze, but he keeps trucking around on that little bike.

The Lanoue kids showed Gus how to climb the hay-bail piles...but he wasn't quite brave enough to join them.

Then they showed Gus how to stomp in the puddles and pick up huge pieces of ice...and thankfully Gus wasn't brave enough to join in on this either!

And, one last picture.  With St. Patrick's day tomorrow we had fun putting on a little green and snapping a picture.  As you can see, I didn't really find a lot of green for little miss Bernadette...and she wanted nothing to do with that hat!

Nancy

A fun trip to Texas!

Have you given up on me?  Well, just in case, I thought I'd take a minute (while the kids destroy the basement and share a few great shots I got on our CRAZY last minute trip to Texas a few weeks ago.  It was fun, we enjoyed family and the weather was BEAUTIFUL!  wow!  I was shocked.  I went thinking the kids would enjoy wearing just a long sleeved shirt outside, but it was definitely tank-tops and shorts weather.  So nice, but hard to leave and come back to Minnesota!

On Friday morning we got the whole crew together for a group shot.

And, Gus and Little Dave got to work "scooping and dumping".  More than anything else, the kids were thrilled to play in the dirt.  It has been a looooong time since they could play in the dirt around home!

Sweet Patrick!

And, of course, I had a little craft project that Therese (and Bernadette) helped me with.

On Friday we also had fun at the Zoo!

Gus was our dedicated tour guide.

Patrick was the only smart one.  He mostly stayed in the wagon and ate Goldfish.

Bernadette walked the whole way with her beloved Therese.

On Saturday the Librande's took us to see the Mountains.

Gus...

And, well, Bernadette was there too.  She refused to walk the entire time, unless it was in the completely wrong direction.

On Sunday we joined Maria and Joe at their church on Post.

Then, we took a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral, near the hospital where Patrick was treated.

And, there was much hugging...at least I think that is hugging!

Sunday afternoon we once again took advantage of the wonderful weather, and went outside to play in the dirt once more.

And, things got a little dirty.

Sadly, on Monday morning we packed and started the long drive back.

the trip back was long....but we had a nice break in Kansas City where we joined time with the Little Sisters and a beautiful 60 degree day.

As always, there pictures are here to share.  So, feel free to copy/paste/print/send, whatever

Nancy