April Blizzard

Yep. It's coming. Supposed to get up to 18" of the white stuff by Saturday evening (it's Thursday evening) along with high winds. Just when you thought it was safe!! Get the shovel back out, dig out the gloves and hats, and hunker down people! I'll keep you all posted on how much we actually get, but it's looking a lot like Christmas is coming early this year!

New Kid on the Block

Well, the torch has officially been passed to me for the family blog! Jeff does his own blog (see Discipleship Road) and most of our family pics are on the home computer, so I will be giving this a spin.

Easter came with four inches of snow this year! Thankfully Marnee and Papa got here before the snow started. We had a really great Easter day - - awesome worship service at church, then brunch, then a fabulous kids' party (complete with face painting!) Then home to just relax! Yeah!! For Easter dinner this year I made a venison dinner...think that's going to be the new tradition at our house.

Looking back at Christmas 2007

We had a great Christmas this year. The snow fell much more plentifully than last December, and we've had a lot of time to play! This particular morning, the wind swept snow was particularly beautifuly.

The highlight of Christmas morning for the boys was opening their Playstation 2. Can you tell that someone is excited!?!

We also got to go on a road trip to Michigan to enjoy Christmas with our extended family. BethAnn's parents and one of her brothers family lives in sourthern Michigan, and her sister and family came from Illinois. On the way there we got to enjoy some play time in a hotel pool! I'm not sure who is having more fun in this picture. :)

The next morning we woke up to this beautiful sunrise over Lake Huron off the coast of Mackinaw City, MI. What a site!