Springtime

The Alaska Railroad Open House- Dash was fascinated by the conductor

Our new backyard hobby- soccer! I love the angle of Dashell's leg when he kicks the ball.

Stratton has been practicing since he will be starting his soccer team next week!

Explaining the finer points of how his soccer shoes make him extra fast.

Welcoming the turkey chicks to their garage home until they are big enough to move outside.

Back to exploring the woods! We are all thrilled to have the snow melted and green leaves back on the trees!

A Good Day

Yesterday(Tuesday) was a good day. Just a normal, good day. Sometimes those can feel rare and shiny when summer is just arriving. Brigg had been gone for 3 days at the beginning of the week, and it felt like forever. So we were glad he didn't have to work yesterday...at least not work at being a dentist. We didn't do anything too special, but it still felt like a really good day. We put a load of topsoil on the garden and rototilled it in, stopped and had lunch at Bun on the Run, and took the dogs to a pond to go swimming in the afternoon. Well, to be more accurate, we took Zeus swimming and Piper dipped her toes in. The contrast between the two dogs is very funny. And to top it all off, I got the bathrooms cleaned, finally stitched together the pieces I had cut out for a hoodie for Stratton and the turkeys are getting close to moving outside. It's amazing how getting a few jobs done that have been waiting can make you feel better. I don't think I mentioned before that we got turkeys. We have 5 turkeys that we are raising this summer, and they have been quite a funny addition to the family. Piper is obsessed. She gets all shaky just looking at them. I think their outside pen will have to be reinforced to keep her out more than to keep them in. It's been fun for the boys to watch the birds getting bigger and their chick fluff being replaced by feathers. Now that the leaves are finally popping out on the trees and the days are warm, lets hope there are many more good days like this one ahead.

Easter

I haven't been feeling like writing much, but it doesn't seem fair to the boys to not put down at least a little bit about this year's Easter. They both loved every minute of it. Dashell was quite smitten with his fluffy little bunny and Stratton decided he LOVES egg hunts.

Aside from the more organized egg hunts, he was constantly hiding the eggs he had and making Dash and I find them. Over and over...10 or 20 times a day. He didn't understand why I was in such a hurry to put away the Easter baskets and eggs this year.

This was the best picture we could get of the boys all set for Easter Sunday...we don't hold still anymore. I'm not sure these two ever really held still, but they seem even squirmier lately.

Dash is talking more and more. Nonstop narration and hamming it up when he isn't losing his temper. One of his favorite things is to pop his head in whatever room Brigg's in and say " Don't worry Dad!" and then run off to cause serious trouble in another part of the house.

We are glad that the ice is finally disappearing and the yard is starting to dry out. Thank goodness I can send the boys outside again!