Spring and St. Patrick's Day

Spring has sprung around here.  Actually I took these pictures about a week ago, and most of the flowers are gone now, replaced with leaves.  The last week our temps have been in the 80s (F).  That is a little warm for my liking in March.  Hopefully that is not indicative of a very hot summer in our future.

The Cleveland Pear in our front yard (beautiful, but smells awful)

Looking from our yard to the farm

The night before St. Patrick's Day, the kids set up a trap to try and catch a leprechaun.  They baited it with money.  Sadly the leprechaun outsmarted them.  He took the money, and used some candy he had on him, to build steps to climb out of the trap.  Of course, he left the candy behind.  He also left a tiny, leprechaun sized note telling the kids that was a "nice try, better luck next time." :) 

On St. Patrick's Day they were very careful to wear green, so they wouldn't get pinched.  Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures from that day.

Jared, Kevin, and Jenna with their leprechaun trap

Random Happenings

Here are some random pictures from the end of February, beginning of March.  Enjoy!

Trying to keep Alyssa happy with a spoon and bowl

This is how the set up is supposed to be, so that she can hit the bowl with the spoon

Jared was entertaining Alyssa with his Leapster

Jenna, Alyssa, and Jared hanging out in a fort together one Saturday Morning

My boy loves to dress up as a girl. Here he is with a dress over a cowboy costume, finished off with a lei

Alyssa after her bath

Jenna dressed up for favorite sports team day at school.  (She wasn't the only one in her class with a BYU shirt on)

Jared with his bike

One night we had a really loud thunderstorm.  The kids were already in bed, but Derek and I were still up.  Jared came down stairs very scared.  We let him sleep on the couch while we finished cleaning up.  He fell asleep. 

Jared sleeping on the couch during a thunderstorm

Crazy Hair Day

My children had Spirit week at their school in March.  One of the days was "Crazy Hair Day." This is one of our favorite days.  Here are Kevin and Jenna with their crazy hair. 

The spike.  He has so much hair!

View from the side

Lots of pony tails and barrettes

The side

The back

It Snowed!

We finally got a snow storm this winter!  It happened the night before President's Day.  Most of the kids around here were out of school for the holiday, but my children are in year-round school, so they had school on President's Day.  They had a two hour delay. 

Honestly, I was so happy to have snow.  I don't love snow, but I believe we should have at least one snow storm every year.  Jenna and Jared had a great time playing in it.  Kevin chose to stay inside and read a book. :)  Here are a few pictures I took.  We only got about an inch, but it was enough to satisfy us.

Looking out the front door

One side of the deck

The other side of the deck