Glacier National Park

Our visit to Glacier National Park in August was a great time!

Madison got cozy with the local wildlife. The bears are actually really nice out there, especially if you give them a picnic basket full of food.

Grinnell Lake, it is fed by the waterfall directly from the glacier in the far end. The water was EXTREMELY cold when we waded in (painfully numb in less than a minute).

Jennifer with a western red cedar.

Hiking.


Waterton Lakes Park in Alberta, Canada.


Near East Glacier, Montana.

Stocking Fish with Daddy

Madison got to go to work with me today and stock some fish into a local pond.

Easter

We hunted for Easter eggs in the morning and then went for a Sunday Drive to Red Wing to look for birds and have a picnic. We saw over 30 different kinds of birds! We only could ID 28 of them though, there were a couple we didn't know.

Here is our list for the afternoon: Canada Goose, Pigeon, Crow, Red Tailed Hawk, Tree Swallow, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Red Wing Blackbird, House Sparrow, Robin, Pied Bill Grebe, Blue Winged Teal, Ring Billed Gull, European Starling, Trumpeter Swan, Bald Eagle (10 of these in one spot, see picture below), Hooded Merganser, Canvasback, Scaup, Killdeer, Northern Shoveler, Common Grackel, Chestnut Sided Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, Brown Headed Cowbird, American Kestral, and a Turkey.

Daddy made special pancakes for Easter...chocolate chip bunny pancakes!

Madison with her babies.

More Birthday Stuff

Lava cake at Rainforest Cafe

Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cake and a party with friends.

Bumper Cars are fun!
My very own lava cake!

Chocolate pancakes for breakfast, a birthday treat.

Five years old at last!!!

As the weather turns warm...

I realized that it has been a long time since we posted anything to our blog. The weather here is warming, the snow is melting, and the river is a rising...ahhhh...SPRING! Here are some recent happenings for our family.


Minnesota Zoo



Winter Carnival

Trying out dad's new sleeping bag!


Going on a ride with grandma at Camp Nickolodeon.


Bowling is fun!
Don't go in the gutter!

Cleaning the house (in her "wedding dress")


Ice fishing with a friend (no bites, but plenty of cookies, marshmallows and hot chocolate)