Here We Go Again!!!!

This year we try a new Spring routine...Rowan is doing swimming lessons solo. We told Riley she on'y had to get through Level 5 and after that she could choose if she wanted to take lessons. She chose not to this Spring. So we started with Rowan this week and Riley will start Softball soon. Thus begins the one parent going one way and the other with the next kid...

Swimming lessons took some re-entry...it took him 20+ minutes of the lesson fighting with the teacher over the goggles (we forgot his and he refused to wear theirs) and bobs (1st level stuff). But by the end he was doing productive Level 2 Stuff.

Easter Take 2

Cooley Easter was on Saturday this year, then we did church and brunch on Sunday with whomever didn't have plans. Meg has better pics of the two boys together...and probably of all 6 kids too...so if you want to see more I am sure her's will be up later this week!

Bird Nerd Adventures

This week we have had a few random encounters with nature...totally unplanned but glad I had my camera!

 On Tuesday, the kids were at my parents' house while I was at an appointment. After I got back we went for a long nature walk with my mom. It was a perfect day for it!

 When we walked by the lake near their house, we found these hooded mergansers hanging out. Never seen them before! Kinda cool...

 Then Wednesday we decided to surprise my niece who was the only kid of our 6 on the Cooley side who had school that day...everyone else was on spring break including her little sister...While we were waiting to leave to go to her school, we did some sight-seeing from Meg's deck. We saw sandhill cranes, eagles, swallows, robins, a woodpecker, and these beautiful eastern bluebirds!

I didn't get pics of the rest because they were flying and I have not quite gotten the hang of this camera for motion shots yet!

Easter #1 - Schusters