It's always more fun with a helper!  (and you can't really tell in the picture but he had flour ALL OVER his face…)

The science fair is no small undertaking.  Sometimes along the way I question my sanity for agreeing to go along with it.  But in the end, everyone is so excited about what they tried, what they learned, and what they created (and yes, they create all of it!) that it is more than worth it.…

Nate was out of town when it was Emma's Jr. Jazz team's turn to go to a game, so it was my good luck to get to go with her instead!  It was awesome.   We sat on the very top row of the delta center (or whatever it is called these days.)  Emma kept…

Randomly this morning, while I was making a grocery/to-do list, I wrote a few words for Carter… and found out he could READ them!   And then he came home from preschool with his first book… so proud that he could read it to "the kids" when they got home.   I think learning to…

How on earth did her hair get this long???

We spent our Saturday (between basketball games) ice-melting and parachute dropping:   

Wow.  Hard to believe Zach is 10 already – the years have gone by so fast!  We had a great time celebrating his birthday.   He was up and ready early enough to open a present from Meg and Carter… must have been something he liked.  :) It was awesome to have grandma around to…

half the time when Meg disappears these days I find her having thrown all the stuff off of Emma's bed, relaxing with a book.  :) From Zach's jr. jazz game – love that the guy he is guarding is a whole head taller than him even when he's bent over…  And Carter couldn't be happier…

   Too deep for Meg to walk unless I shoveled a path for her in the snow!    (Carter dug at that huge hill of snow all afternoon…)   

Love that the "big" library around here has a bunch of puppets and this fun stage!