Swimming lessons

Carter just finished swimming lessons for the spring. He was so excited to go to swimming lessons because his cousin, Addie, and buddy, Eli, were going to be in class with him.

Thumbs up! Carter and Eli were constantly looking up to us in the bleachers and giving us thumbs up after they completed each task.

Carter was a little apprehensive about putting his whole face in the water. He usually got up to his nose, then bailed. The last two days of swimming lessons he finally did a bob and went all the way under!

Working on his backfloat and kicks....

Getting ready to jump off the edge of the pool. This was the first day, after this they went off the diving board instead. I think the diving board was carter's favorite part! Unfortunately, I guess I haven't taken those pictures off my camera yet.

Chase was a little upset that he didn't get to go in the pool too. But after his initial diappointment, he had fun watching Carter. Maybe next year he'll get to go in too. He wanted me to take his picture with, "two thumbs up", while we were waiting for Carter to get dressed. So here is a little of Chase's personality coming through...

Snow, snow go away...

Last snow fall of the year (i hope)...we seem to have missed the snow that Sioux Falls got yesterday! Yea! But it is still a little chilly for May!
Here are a few pictures of the last snow we had...

We took spray bottles and filled them with water and dye and "painted" the snow. The boys had a blast!

It was quite sunny, so of course we had to wear our shades! :-)

Here is our sad looking snowman. Chase kept knocking him down or taking off his rock smile or stick arms. So this is the best we could get!

Here they're "fishing" with their branches. We are ready for summer and fishing on the lake under the sun!

Here Carter is using his stick as an antler. Not really sure what animal he is, I think he said he was a deer.
Enough of this snow! Lets get some sun! Although I will admit being pregnant in this temperature isn't so bad. I might not want to be outside much in mid-July (with as big as I will be) if it is super hot!

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Easter

The boys were very excited to dye and decorate eggs this year. Carter had been asking me daily, when were we finally going to do it? So yesterday we go the eggs out and boiled, dyed, colored and painted. Unfortunately, about a third ended up with cracks due to dropping or squeezing of the eggs by the artists. Overall, Carter was quite proud of his work.

Concentration...

Chase got a little marker and paint on himself during the process

A few of the finished products...

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Happy birthday Brother!

In honor of my brother's birthday today, i thought i would finally put up some pictures of The weekend we spent in Sioux Fall for Afton's 2nd birthday!

This months birthday boy and last months birthday girl, and Chase.

Carter is such a little fish...he loved being in the water and going down the water slides.

Chase enjoyed it, but not as much. The water was a little too cold for him.

I have been struggling to get the camera out this month. Maybe we'll have to have a photo shoot today to occupy our "inside time". We sure are ready for springtime!

Sledding

Now that grandpa and grandma live at the lake we have some new opportunities for fun. For christmas they bought a big "sled" to pull behind the four-wheeler out on the lake. We took it out to try it one saturday and it was a hit! The boys loved it!

Thumbs up if you're having fun!

Chase all bundled up

Daddy and the boys in the sled, getting sprayed with snow by grandma driving the 4-wheeler.

So much fun. Can't wait to get the boys some hockey skates and try out ice skating
and maybe some ice fishing on the lake yet this winter!

Christmas

A little late on the christmas post, but here it is...

Chase with "big buzz". He LOVES buzz light year!

Carter with his horse barn. Two thumbs up!

Carter says, " mom take a picture of us" as he puts his arm around chase and leans in for a snuggle.

Afton and Chase trying out the new totes. They are just the right size!

Another thumbs up for the new scooter from grandpa and grandma.

We had a great christmas with lots of family time. The boys loved spending time with their cousins, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. We are very blessed!