Catching up. Winter in Madison.

As winter draws to a close (yeah, right), it's time to write a bit about what we have been up to. We will be leaving for a summer internship in Minnesota in about two months, so we need to get in the habit of updating more regularly.

Fall was wonderful, and the weather was really nice literally until December 1st. Since then, we've had a couple blizzards (one canceled church, the other canceled school for Spencer & Kate), -25 degree wind chills, 18" snow storms, freezing rain, normal rain, etc., etc. (said like Yul Brynner).

The following pictures are in no particular order of importance or of chronology.

We both had birthdays, this is Spencer's cake & cupcakes

Remnants of the blizzard. No, we don't disrespect our bikes like that.

Digging out.

Roux came to visit! Twice!

The girls loved the snow. 

They got tired pretty quickly.

At our birthday dinner.

Lisa.

Yummy pan-seared whitefish. Whatever that means. It was good. 

Kate has fun on the sewing machine.

So happy!

Kate is really learning at school. She is so smart.

Her first violin lesson from an AMAZING artist.

Jess started preschool. She won't go to kindergarten until fall 2013. Long way off. 

Jess' rosy cheeks after playing outside. 

Some Christmas fun.

Ice skating!

Watching the boys play hockey

A Bobcat with rotating brush to clear the snow.

Kate is learning to balance well.

Sledding across the street from Kate's school.

Our nativity. What a mule.

Grandma Di came to visit for a month or so. Something like that.

She spoiled the little princesses.

We took a trip to the Chicago temple. This barn was along the way. Lisa's favorite. 

Chicago temple.

Christmas tree support. It's a rear bike rack and a ratchet strap.

We went to the children's museum. They have so many fun things for the kids to do.

Kate was kind of freaked out by this.

Our new year's eve celebration. It was 8 PM or so. 

To the movies w/ Grandma Di.

She failed the entrance interview. Beyond their skill set.

Yummy food from Monty's Blue Plate Diner.

Kate's spotlight day at school. She wanted to show everyone the "silly" bike.

Breakfast at Wisconsin Dells.

The pool at Wisconsin Dells. We'll be back.

Kate loved the slides.

So much fun in February!

Spring break is next week, and we plan to go back to Wisconsin Dells for a couple days, then on to Minneapolis to explore where we'll be living for three months during summer. Oh how we long for Spring!