For Grandpa California

I'm talking to my dad on the phone the other day and he begins to whine...oops I mean point out that there must be more to our missing few weeks without our computer than just one picture of Jared getting new glasses. He then says he lives for the updates from his grandchildren and kids. Here you are Dad. Some pictures from our last few weeks.
Pinewood Derby:

Jared won first place with his Orange and Red Virginia Tech car. VT is his team.
Building Forts:

Anna being Anna:

Audrey being Audrey:

We took a quick trip to BV one weekend. Unfortunately I only got one picture of the kids sleeping. They looked too cute.

And here is one more for you Dad. Hope you enjoy!

Glasses

Our hansom boy now sports glasses.

Isn't he cute!

Out of Commission

We will be out of commission for a little while. Our computer crashed and we are trying to save our pictures before we try a swipe. Wish us luck.

More of the Fluffy White Stuff

This was taken on Wednesday during the storm. The wind was brutal

This is the back porch right before Kevin went out to dig. For before pictures scroll down to the previous post.

This little girl in snow pants (size 3T) almost makes all this snow worth it...Almost.



I think the official total for snow this winter is 86 inches. We are supposed to get from 5-8 more on Monday. Seriously it is time for some warmer weather!

Snow Much?

Before:

After:

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Saturday was spent waiting for the snow to stop and then digging ourselves out. After a while we ran out of room to put the snow. Can you believe they are calling for more snow this week! There is really no more room.

There is a great hill behind our house for sledding and we had a fun afternoon.

And it is Still Snowing

A note from Audrey

I really don't like to take naps!

P.S. from mom: She is totally zonked leaning against the rail with her binky upside down.

Walking

Kevin asks me the other day, "Do you think we will ever have a baby that is happy to sit still?" I look around the table at Jared who walked at 8.5 months and hasn't stopped, Anna who walked at 9 months and hasn't stopped, Audrey who sat up on her own at 4 months and can't stand to be strapped in her car seat or high chair even to eat food. "I don't really think we get those kind of kids" was my reply. "Is it us? Do we make them the way they are?" asks Kevin. "I don't know, but I'm not sure what we could have done differently to slow them down. If they want to move then they are just going to move" was my answer. Little did I know that within 24 hours of that comment Audrey would decide she was ready to move. So at 9.5 months we have another walker in the family.

Duck Bowling

We had never heard of duck bowling prior to living in Maryland. Apparently Baltimore claims the birthright for this game/sport. We had heard a lot about it and that it was especially fun for kids so we thought we would give it a try. We went a few weeks ago and had a lot of fun. Duck bowling is like regular bowling only with smaller pins and smaller balls. The pins are about half the size of regular pins and the balls are about the half the size of a regular ball and it doesn't have finger holes.





Jared and Anna had fun. The balls are really light so even Anna could throw the ball all by herself. Jared got really into it and even ended up with a few strikes. Anna even had a strike and her whole face lit up with excitement. Can't wait to go again.

Preschooler

This little girl has been counting down the days to her first day of preschool. She was so excited to go today. She had her coat, shoes, and backpack on long before it was time to leave the house.

She came home smiling and even now hours latter just asked me if she gets to go to school everyday. Tonight she is in charge of our FHE lesson. Can you guess what she will be teaching us about?