Reid and Stefani Adopt

This weekend, Reid was home.  We didn't plan anything particularly awesome to do, but it was nice just having the family together.  We did get to go to the Rodeo on Friday, where Esther tried to catch a pig.  She was unsuccessful, until a soft-hearted older boy helped her get one, and then gave her the dollar prize for catching it.  Isaac said he was going to go catch a pig with his little sister, but his fears of getting trampled on by the bigger kids overcame him at the last moment. Esther is the tiny pink blob right under the white sign towards the middle. She got very near the pigs.   On Saturday, we simply just did chores and the kids just played.  I gave them some sidewalk chalk to keep them busy since they seemed to want to play outside where their dad was working on bikes in the garage.  They came in totally covered in chalk.  Reid told me they were pretending to be "tattooed."  I still can't get over Isaac's face all covered i...

Work has taken Daddy away from the kids during the week.  He's been on this crazy schedule since the beginning of February and he won't be done until the end of March.  To break up the time he was away, visit family and friends, and to see what a real winter is like, the kids and I went to Minnesota.  Isaac and Esther were super stoked to see the snow.  Here we are in the airplane getting ready to take off. Once we got to Minnesota, all Isaac wanted to do is play with his cousins and his sister in the snow.   In our Minnesota Archibald cousin's backyard.  Pulling Esther on the sled. The smiles are totally genuine.  After about a week with our Minnesota cousins near the twin cities, we drove 6 hours to Roseau to visit my old roommate, April, and her family. This was at Jake and April's house in Roseau, MN. Isaac is enjoying their zip line. Esther and April.  Esther was a little dare devil on that zip line. It was ...