Spring Break

We kept our Spring Break pretty low key; no trips planned and no crazy adventures. Not even a lot in the way of playdates scheduled. But we were intentional about spending time doing fun things together. So we baked gluten free/dairy free/oat free peanut butter bars, we went for walks and rode bikes, and Annaliese invited her cousins over for a Spring Fashion Fling (thanks Fancy Nancy for the inspiration!)

Making Peanut Butter bars 

Playing legos

What, you may ask, is a Spring Fashion Fling? According to Fancy Nancy, it's when you decorate Easter eggs, make new doll clothes, set up a runway, and have a fashion show where your dolls model all their new clothes. You then have brunch, complete with pizza, tiny sandwiches, cake and ice cream. Annaliese decided that her Spring Fashion Fling was going to consist of decorating Easter eggs, doing their own show in whatever costume they chose, and eating lunch together (pizza and ice cream.) She spent quite a bit of time making a banner to hang in the kitchen and made several lists of everything that needed to happen in order to get ready for this event!

The S.F.F. 

They chose to be gymnasts for the show

Fire Fighters...they would come in and put out fires so the show could go on!

Owen, Malachi, Haleigh, Mallory, Elias, Annaliese, and Lydia

Decorating eggs

Dessert time!

Nothing like a game of 'Outfoxed' to finish out the party!

March

This month started off with Papa Jay and Grandma Kelley's visit and celebrating Haleigh's 5th birthday. The time since then has flown by and it's hard to believe that we are in the first week of April. Once again I find myself looking back at the pictures I've taken to remember what we've been up to!

With all the snow that we received this winter, we were able to make 2 more trips to the snow. One weekend, Kyle and the girls headed up with some friends from church for a day of sledding. It was my weekend to work so I couldn't join them, but that didn't stop Kyle from packing lunches and having a fun day!

The next weekend, we invited some friends to go snow-shoeing with us. The weather was gorgeous and it was a great last trip to the snow for the season! We don't see the Anderson's very often, so it was fun to be able to spend some time with them. It's also incredible how much more fun the girls have when they have friends along! They were laughing almost the entire time.

Corbin, Jen, McKinley and Cole

A little sledding down the snowpile

Lydia didn't love it

Haleigh and McKinley

Here are a few pictures of the rest of our month:

Annaliese reading in chapel

Annaliese's class led chapel based on the Armor of God from Ephesians.

Free ice cream from Dairy Queen for the first day of Spring

Elias and Annaliese working on their stepping stone for
Grandpa and Grandma's birthday present

Kyle took the girls on a walk at Hovander Park

It's been so fun to be able to get out and do more activities this winter! Kyle made it up to snow for skiing, sledding, or snow-shoeing 5 out of 6 weekends in a row! The girls seem to like the snow more and more each year and although we've packed away the ski gear, we are already talking about how fun it will be next year.