Spring is almost here. We've gotten to spend some nice days out in the yard and treehouse finally and we also played hookie from church one Sunday to hang out at the beach.

We got a lot of great action shots of the boys and used our new Christmas present (the digital camcorder) to both take pictures and record some small movies.

Both the boys and the dogs got lots of exercise.

You can't really play hookie from anything in Humboldt county as you'll always run into someone. We ran into our good friends Matt and Tom from church at the beach as well, just done surfing. =)

Nolan did really great both catching and throwing the frisbie. We got some great shots of both. Not sure how Loren captured this one of me, but it does demonstrate my amazing style and grace I display when playing.

Grandpa bought the boys some Carhart overalls that have been great for playing outside. I just throw them over the clothes and we can play in the mud without having to change our clothes 5 times a day.

These pictures demonstrate the nature of brotherly love. Lots of antagonization, overreaction and a little jealousy (see the drink shot).

I took the boys to Trinidad one Saturday for a hike in the woods and walk on the beach. Everyone always heads right for the water.

Nolan has a new obsession every few weeks. A couple of weeks ago the puppy craze started. I get asked about getting a puppy every couple of hours. We just got a puppy last year and I don't plan to get any more dogs for quite some time. So for now he can play with his stuffed puppies. I gave him a leash, collar, crate and some "food" and water. It'll have to do for a few years.


For the boys new bedroom we're doing a space theme and we painted planets for our solar system we'll hang from the ceiling. Nolan's getting ot know a lot about the planets and can answer quite a few questions about all of them.

We've also been through a recent volcanoe obsession. I built a volcanoe out of a homemade flour based clay recipe I had in a preschooler activity book and we mixed up some lava for it too with vinegar and baking soda. Both activities became quite messy as the boys wanted to experiment with the vinegar and baking soda "explosion" in multiple bowls using all different colors. Each boy had to have their own bowls for each color as well. At least both vingar and baking soda are my main cleaning products so we had a lot and it was fairly easy to clean up!


We've been using our Family Fun mag to make lots of fun games and do a lot of crafts. Their favoite game was one using a box with holes notched out and different point written on it to shoot marbels into. They also like making penguins and an igloo out of pipe cleaners, craft foam, cotton balls and old tupperware. We made a spider web out of twine and wire. And of course we've made a lot of valentines. I think we had to make 24 alone just for preschool.

We also got to play at the zoo with Cole and Carson one afternoon. The boys definately overran the place and caused a ruckus, but we decided when we get them together outdoors in a park or zoo is better than in our living rooms and kitchens!