Spring

Since becoming a mom, I  have developed a love-hate relationship with Spring.

Love:

Hate:

Cuties

Seth, as Livi runs at him for a hug when he got home from work: "There's the cute little girl!!!"

Frankie (who now prefers Francis), running in from the other room: "Don't forget about the cute little boy!!"

Milking out his cuteness for all it's worth, Francis has also been working on his puppy dog eyes skills. Or rather, "kitty cat eyes" since he learned it from Puss in Boots on Shrek.

Brainerd

The covid vaccine is making its mark! We were finally able to go visit family friends for a weekend with very little worry or thought of covid.  Both are doctors and were among the first to get the vaccine. 

A great time was had by all as you can see from the pictures...which were all taken by Laura because I am not very good at keeping up with pictures. Or this blog evidently. 

We all went tubing, which was a first for a lot of our kids. Olivia went down the hill twice and that was enough for her. It was pretty intense and she didn't care for the snow in her face. No tears, but she arched her back pretty good going down and gave a very firm "No" when asked if she wanted to go again. She was very content to be drug around in a tube on level ground the rest of the time.

Our older two have grown into great helpers with all the kids so we adults were able to enjoy actual uninterrupted conversation quite a bit.

Movie night!