Wordless Wednesday

This is what I woke up to this morning.

Signs of Spring

Last week we took a hike twice around Moss Lake.  The first day it rained.  The next day, we hiked the entire 2 and a half miles and had a blast.  Our 3 year old ran almost the entire way!  I took lots and lots of pictures and had a hard time choosing which ones to post.

Wordless Wednesday

One of our sweet members at church came over just to read to my children today.  Priceless!

A Crane, A Hike, and a Very Tired Little Boy

This day started out with much excitement over getting to watch a crane being put together in our front yard driveway.  The bridge has been taken out and workers needed to put together a crane, so after asking us we graciously allowed them the use of the church's parking lot.  Yesterday, they promised us that after the crane was put together that the children could climb up into it and have their picture taken.  Everyone was thrilled and anxiously awaited the wonderful opportunity.  In the mean time, I decided to allow the children to play outside while I put up a clothes line.  They finished the job and the children never got the opportunity to get inside the crane.  However, we did get to see it up close and take pictures.

Later in the day, we got to take a hike around Moss Lake.  It started pouring and we were deep in the woods.  By the time we got back to the van we were all soaked.  Everyone seemed not to mind, but thoroughly enjoyed it.  Here are a few pictures that I was able to take.  Had it not been pouring, I would have taken much better pictures.  The hike was still fun and well worth every minute!

A very tired little boy

Wordless Wednesday- Signs of Spring (Week 5) No More Snow!!!

Notice the green :)

Wordless Wednesday- Signs of Spring (Week 4)

Better late than never.  Wednesday is just so busy and I don't want to miss this post so it will probably be late often.  The snow is almost gone.  It is not till the end of the season that it turns dirty.  The rest of the year the snow is gloriously white and it is a winter wonderland around here.  I can't wait to show you all how green it gets in the summer.

Helpers in the Kitchen

Some of my favorite moments this week was spent with family in the kitchen doing what we always do and loving every minute.

Kitchen clean up after dinner.

Cooling yogurt on the back burner and stirring syrup on the front burner. 

This was our first attempt at making pancake syrup.  It looked great, tasted great, and then it hardened in the bottle.  We will go back to square one on this project.  Any suggestions on how to keep it looking like pancake syrup?

Couldn't Resist

Don't you just love a sweet and rambunctious little boy who walks out the door and says he's going camping and is wearing his big sister's shoes?

The Snow Finally Came...

It was wonderful to have peaceful,  heavy, wet lake effect snow today.  We got a lot of snow and the kids had fun outside all day building tunnels, snowmen, and shoveling.  The temperature was warm enough that even I enjoyed playing outside with the kids some of the day.  My husband commented just how beautiful it was.

I've Got Helpers, Yes I Do! I've Got Helpers! How About You?

Pictures From The High Peaks

Yesterday my husband and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary by loading all 5 kids in the van and driving up to the high peaks.  While we were there we toured an ice castle in Saranac Lake, drove over to Whiteface Mountain, drove over to Gore Mountain, and went to see a few of the places that the Olympians train (such as the ski jump).  For lunch we had bologna sandwiches and chips (my suggestion).  It was such  an enjoyable day as normally Monday's are our shopping day in the city.  We decided to forgo our weekly shopping trip so that we could take a ride all through the Adirondacks.  The last time we did this was about 3 years ago, so this was a TRUE treat!  It reminds us of the beauty of where we live!  So, here a few of the pictures.  I will post all the pictures on my facebook account if you care to see them all.  Just add me as your friend and you can then view them.