Walk in the Rain

So it seems that in Coeur d’Alene the weather is simply wet from February through June.  The weather forecast shows that we’re in for rain for the next 10 days with no end in site.  I finally decided that if we were going to get any fresh air, it would have to be in the mud and rain.   So we dressed appropriately and headed out for a walk in the rain to Grandma’s house.  The pictures are kinda fuzzy but you need to understand that it was POURING RAIN!!!
It was rather cold but the kids had a great time.  Miranda was so happy to use her “a-bella” and put on her mud boots.  I dug up a poncho for her that Kaydra used to wear and the big kids found their ponchos from Korea – best dollar ever spent!

When we walked up Grandma’s steps to her house Miranda said, “Mom!  We did it!!!”  I think she may have been watching  a little too much Dora the Explorer! 
It was a refreshing walk and thankfully, it wasn’t raining for the walk back home.  Oh summertime – where are you???!!!!

Kanyon’s Birthday

Still behind!  Where is my blogging motivation?!  Kanyon celebrated his 7th birthday on March 2nd.  Things were a little busy at our house and we had a difficult time finding a time to have a party – I know, pretty sad for a 7-year-old.   On the day of his birthday, Leonard had to work a 3-11 shift so we all had breakfast together since it was the only time we would be together that day.  We had one of Kanyon’s favorite meals – egg and sausage biscuits – and let him open one gift that morning – a new shirt – that he could wear to school. 

We sent him out the door and Leonard and I went to town to finish a little shopping for him.  I took some donuts to his class for their treat to celebrate.  It is Dr. Seuss’s birthday on the same day, so the first graders were having a Dr. Seuss Party.  He seemed to have a good day.  We had another favorite meal for dinner – fruit crepes – yummm! 

The next day I left for Kansas City to visit Jodi with Michelle and Sara.  I’ll try to blog more about the trip later but suffice it to say that we had a fun girls weekend and got to know each other a little bit better.  I even learned some things about Michelle and Jodi that I didn’t know.  Who would have thought after 12 years that we would still have things to share!!!  It was a really great trip.  When I got back on Sunday it was amazing how swollen my feet were from sitting all day on the flight home.  It’s weird how pregnancy symptoms seem to come on earlier and earlier with each pregnancy.

Sunday night we had a joint birthday party for me (my birthday was March 5th) and Kanyon.  We had Neil, Kay and Kelly (who was visiting for work) over for dinner and Kay made a cake for dessert.  Kanyon got some great gifts and he was really excited to finally have his party after the long wait!  Thanks for being a good sport, buddy!  We love you!

Here are a few pictures – Happy Birthday Kanyon!

A new bike!  He is so happy that he will probably be able to keep up with his sister!  If only the snow, rain and mud would go away!!!