Curtis turns 4

There was cake . . .

And there were presents . . .

Curtis was happy. :)

Spring at the ol' alma mater

Now that Mom and Dad have both officially graduated twice from the school where they met, it seemed fitting to take a family outing to check out some of the springtime goodness on campus. We started with ducks.

 Then we moved on to flowers.

 We took a walk all along this trail:

 We found another duck.

 Clarissa had fun watching her.

 There were lots of waterfalls along the trail, like this one.

 We found more flowers, including one that we have no idea what sort of flower it is.

 Family picture by the flowers

More flowers (trust me, this is highly edited from the actual flower photo count of the day)

 Here's where Dad spent a lot of his time as a student.

 A floral tree we saw on our way back home.

Good times. :)

First family activity 2013: Popcorn balls

Ode to snow season 2012-2013

Now that Mom's "it always snows here in April" line has been proven once again for the 2012-2013 snow season, it's only fitting that we finally get around to sharing some of the snowy adventures that have been hiding on a memory card since the beginning of the season.

It's a little hard to see with the white-on-white, but this picture shows a snowman Amanda made all by herself after a November snow.

And here we have a snow fort, kid built:

But what good is a snow fort without a rival fort to war with? Here's Dad helping with the second fort:

Here's Curtis loving the snow and modeling the see-through "mittens" he got for himself for the occasion.

 And here is the battle underway:

Mom had to put the camera away at that point, since there was a bit too much snow flying through the air for the camera's good. Putting the camera away also gave Mom a chance to grab mittens before joining the fray.

Spring Snow 2013

One of the annual traditions here, snow after spring has officially started. The kids were okay with it, though.