HADLEY, PIPER, and BRYNDEL
Sisters, friends, blessed.
We spent a fun filled weekend in MN while the turkey hunters camped out at our house. We started out by taking Friday morning to climb all over an indoor park in the Twin Cities. It had been on the spring break bucket list, but had to be postponed when Piper got sick. Turned out to be the perfect morning to go, as there were hardly any other kids inside but the three Anderson sisters!
And, YES, you are not seeing things... Piper got glasses this past week! (Just act surprised if you see us in person! She wants to tell people herself :)
We were greeted by a very excited set of grandparents who got right down to business playing!
Grandma tightened up a few of Hadley's summer skorts, while giving a sewing lesson.
Grandpa was Grandpa :) Which means heedless and happy like Hadley.
And Piper got to try out those new glasses while putting a jigsaw puzzle together with Grandma.
We spent Saturday morning shopping for new books and new shoes! What's better than that? Before making a stop to visit Oma recovering from her recent knee surgery. It sure was great to see her and Opa!
We spent the afternoon having a reading party on the porch before the Graham cousins arrived.
SO fun to have hammock weather again!
Sweet little Nolan is 3.5 months now!
And cute little Kenzie insisted on fishing. She & Piper partnered up.
Hadley & Cy.
And Bryndel & Grampie. No fish, but lots of fun. Thanks for the really special weekend!
We were greeted back home by some turkeys :) ~Kraig, Hayden and his bird, Sydney, & Kyle
We enjoyed an afternoon at a local farm this weekend. Sun shining, sisters laughing, cheeks smiling, and just being together :)
Can you just feel how much Hadley enjoyed this day?
These crazy little goats were all over the place, but Hadley carefully scooped them up giving each one a little love.
And who is this kid holding animals??? Piper held chicks, lambs, and even a goat! And had a determined smile on her face the whole time.
She told me it was so warm, it felt like it had gone to the bathroom on her, hehe. Thankfully, it had not!
And Bryndel was amused and a little frightened by it all, but was especially impressed with those tiny cheeping chicks.
It was a great family day! Praise God for spring!
We spent a fun filled weekend in WI for Easter this year with all of the Andersons. And while it was quite chilly, we found plenty of fun indoor and even outdoor activities! We started by celebrating Ava's actual 9th birthday with her.
Followed by an exceptional outdoor Easter egg hunt put on by Auntie Kara and her 'bunny helper' Sydney :)
And then ventured on over to Uncle Frank's farm to take a peek at his new little brindled calf!
Bryndel was happier to just snuggle Auntie Kara :)
Alleluia, Easter morning!
We had a lovely Easter brunch out with Grandpa A and the rest of the Anderson crew before heading back home. (We spent time with Auntie Kim and her family, as well as Uncle Kraig & Auntie Anne too, even though there aren't any photos of them - next time!)
The girls had this past week off from school. And while it started out a little shakey with Piper being sick, we wound up finding lots of ways to have fun!
'Big' and 'Little' spent lots of time snuggling while Piper got better.
Once Piper was better, we spent time baking in the kitchen making: blueberry cake bread, cloud bread, strawberry fruit roll ups, and oatmeal carrot cake cookies. And even had a 'special kitchen guest' Cyndy, help us out with the cookies one morning!
We also spent some time outside taking in a little fresh air (between snows!) with Kyle.
'Middle' and 'Little' had fun swinging together.
And, according to Kyle, spring break week would not be complete unless you'd spent some time out at the land :) Here are 'Big' and 'Middle' out enjoying a cup of hot cocoa while Kyle planted more trees. Now that we've actually had 'spring' break, isn't it time that spring made its appearance?
We were blessed with a beautiful spring weekend in MN. We started the weekend out right, by celebrating Opa's 85th birthday!!
And of course, the next bit of excitement was seeing how big baby Nolan had gotten since we last saw him on the day he was born!
Hadley was anxious to get her hands on that sweet baby! I think he enjoyed her as well :)
And just for fun, this was Hadley with Kenzie at nearly the same age as Nolan. Also, pictured below...
These two are so sweet to one another.
Climbing buddies.
Grandpa was a big help with the girls' Pinewood Derby cars. The race is later this week with the American Heritage Girls group.
Thanks for the really fun weekend, Grandma & Grandpa!!
