A Final Hoorah

During Spring Break (it's 10 days long) Cam was praying the same prayer every night at dinner, "Please God let us go to the zoo and the Lego store so we can have a really good spring break." So sweet and so sad. Well, on Saturday we took off for the MOA. I think Cam's face says it all. He is very happy to finally get to the Lego store and fill his bucket from the ginormous wall of Legos.

Kyle is searching for a head.

Our three sons' new favorite store. Come on, you know what store I'm talking about.

Kyle trying out the "beats" and the iPod.

Looking over the ledge.

Random Snaps of Cuteness

Cam is relaxing with his best bud Boo Boo. Notice the neck warmer on his shoulders. Must have been a tough day.

St. Paddy's Day treats. Coop has never met a sugary treat he didn't like.

Another tough day for son #3. 

Kyle and his neighbor buddy are preparing for serious battle. It cracks me up that they are so close to each other.

Kyle sliding through his snow tunnel.

Spring Broken

Spring break week! Woohoo! On Saturday night the boys packed their bags and off we went on Sunday morning to Janesville, MN to visit Jodi, Jake and Brydon. Kyle was quite content playing the Wii with Uncle Jake. I, on the other hand, tried not to think about how miserable I felt. Come on! Another spring break where one of us is sick?! Crap! We ended up cancelling our plans to go to the cities for two days. Coop and I were sick for 4 days. Super bummer.

Monday morning brought a pile of snow. 

Normally, a beautiful sight. Not so much in the middle of March. Last year on this day in March it was 80 degrees. 

Coop, the super helper, shoveled the driveway with Gramps' homemade snow plow.

Checkmate!

Kyle wrapped up the chess season with a tournament. He tried chess last year and wanted to participate again this year. I couldn't have been more thrilled to have the athlete in the family take on an intellectual activity. After all, you don't hit, run, scream or throw a ball in chess. He must be drawn to all those knights and pawns.

I need to resign myself to the fact that my middle son will not allow me to get an adequate picture of him unless he is sleeping. This was the 4th shot - the best one. Really Kyle? He is holding his participation ribbon. Checkmate!

President's Day

It was a long four day weekend that ended with President's Day. I challenged the boys to make a road.

 

They definitely met the challenge. The details are pretty creative. I love the train track running next to the town. This is only about one third of the track. They even cleaned it up. Seriously.

Snowshoeing at Star Hill

On Sunday, we went snowshoeing at our friend Cathy's ranch. Kyle wasn't feeling well, so he stayed behind with Corey. (Notice the three cats sunning themselves in the window.)

We went down to the creek to check it out.

Can you find the red berries hanging above Cam's head?

 

Cam was super excited to visit the horses. This is Bea. She likes a lot of attention. Cam was a bit tentative to give it. Hey, those horses are BIG.

Snowshoes!

 

On Friday we found a super great deal on snowshoes at Menards. I splurged and bought 5 pair so we could go exploring as a family. We went around our yard to try them out and they were a big hit. On Saturday Corey took the boys to Whitewater to try them out. Another successful outing. They are our new favorite thing.