Preschool Finale

 Jonathan's last day of preschool was a couple of weeks ago.  What a sweet year it was!!  We all just loved the community and getting to know all of the different families there.  With a bit of nostalgia, onward we go.

Jonathan drew a few photos to end the year...

 Self portrait from the beginning of the year and his favorite season picture.

Jonathan wrote me this lovely, lovely note just out of the blue.  What a sweet surprise!

"I am thankful for my dog walking."  "If I were an animal I would want to be a dog."

Fishing Not So Much Catching

We ventured to Iowa in mid-May for a fishing trip with Grammie and Grampie.  We had a grand time with the worms, casting, the fun new fishing poles, but we only caught one little fish.  So there are no photos of our large catches.

The Three Dinks

Carla and I enjoyed a fantastic visit from our dear friend, Abby, a few weeks ago.  We have accepted the fact that we will likely have a geographical barrier, but have resolved to give good efforts to maintaining this sweet friendship.  We did what we do best when we're together: dinking around.  Which basically means a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  So, we hunted for a few bargains, ran a race, hung out with our boys, Carla and Abby practiced their photography, and we just loved catching up.

Below are a few photos from a short attempt at playing and photo shooting.  Soon after we arrived, Jonathan belted Jacob in the eye with the frisbee, Joshua was completed engrossed in the one mud puddle we saw, so we didn't have a long "session".

The Three Dinks... just a little more grown up than 15 years ago and now there are SIX BOYS between us.

Grandma's birthday

We made the trek to Iowa in mid-April to celebrate Grandma Judy's birthday.  Great time was had by all...

 Destiny and Caleb... playing trucks

 Nic delighted two little boys by playing legos with them for hours.

 Grandma... 71 years :+)

My boys and THE dog

My boys and the beloved, Grayson.  Jonathan and Caleb invited Grayson for a "play date" on Friday.  Jonathan talked of nothing else most of the day.

Egg Hunting

It was the weekend before Easter, so Grammie and Grampie planned a little Easter egg hunt.   Such fun! The boys had a most delightful time!

Birthday Gift

We gave Grampie a weekend at a vacation lodge for his birthday.  We decided to wait until the last weekend in March to head there in hopes that the weather would be a bit nicer.  Presto!  Lovely, lovely weather.  Lovely, lovely company.