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)

As the weather turns cold...

We had to do some shoveling of very wet and heavy snow on this morning.

Up North sledding with friends at their cabin.

Madison went to her first movie at a theater - Tangled

Halloween

A slice of our fall season

We visited Vino in the Valley for lunch and a walk around the vineyards with grandma and grandpa.

We planted another tree this fall, Madison had a great time digging a hole for the tree and then giving it a drink every day.

Jim ran a 5K race (first one in 4 years). He did great, mostly because he had such a great cheering section!

Madison went to a friends birthday for afternoon tea and took Zoe Bear with her.

Madison loves helping mommy make cakes and cookies. She is even allowed to use the mixers now.

Open house at the fire station.

Madison loved finding caterpillars in the field.

It has Halloween time again. Madison is going as a unicorn this year.

Going on a hayride at the pumpkin patch.

Look who is in the "witches brew"!!!

The hayride was the highlight of the pumpkin patch.