Easter!

Before Church:

In the evening, the kids kept shouting to each other:

"Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed!"

And then Madelynn would pipe up: "'Deed!"

Of course it's hard to get the real thing on video, but here's a try:

A spring cruise by the lake

The Garage Mahal (Not OSHA approved)

We thought you might like to see a bit of what Joel and his team are working on. There is a house they added onto, and then the owner wanted a rather large (under exaggeration) garage built in front of the house.

Joel takes you on a quick tour of how to get up to the top:

Below:

Far center is the original one-story house. To the right is the two-story addition to the house. Foreground is the ridge of the garage plus loft with two of the four dormers.

photos, pictures and fun

Hudson

Rachel

Joshua

Rachel and Hudson

Joshua helping Daddy on the deck

The Birthday Men (Joel turned 32 (or, as the post-it says: 384 months) and Hudson turned 3 months!)

Joel's Apple Pie and candles

Spring, A Welcomed Friend!

Ah! Yesterday the kids and I took science class outside. Our project? To look for signs of Spring!

Here is what we came up with:

The air is warmer

Warm sun

Snow is melting

Green grass peeking through the brown grass

Leaves of a strawberry plant

Other misc green plants coming up along the edges and garden beds

The tiniest little buds on some trees and lilac bushes

And today we saw another sign of spring!:

The street sweeper/cleaner!