Ready for Winter?

I don't think so. My kids would prefer to wear the least amount of clothes possible at any time of the day especially Kayleigh. In fact, if I would let Kayleigh wear flip flops year round she would be in heaven! They found my storage box of hats and gloves and thought that it would be fun to play around a little. They are some crazy kids!

Spring is Here!

Spring is here! If you went by the temperature you would say that spring has been here since February. However, I have just recently noticed that everything is in bloom now. It is so beautiful! Yesterday I officially broke down and let Kayleigh wear flip flops. You would have thought I gave her a big bowl of ice cream! She has made sure to show everyone she knows that she is wearing her flip flops. We went to a park last week just to enjoy the nice weather. Below are some pictures of the blooming trees and some ladies dancing in the park. It is not uncommon to see a group of women dancing together on a nice day. Kayleigh joined in on the dancing for a while. She really liked it.

Hot Springs

I wanted to make a New Year's resolution that I would blog more especially when I compared my total blog posts in 2009 to 2008. I had less in 2009 than 2008! I was disappointed. However, I'm not getting off to a good start. It is already February and I only have 4 posts. I need to get myself in gear!

Last week we spent time at a hotel in our city that has lots of hot springs. Fortunately, for us we have had a very mild winter and most days around here are in the low 70's. This made it easy to go outside and swim in what was basically like warm bath water. The kids had a blast! The thing that Kayleigh loved most about the whole trip was wearing her flip flops outside in the winter time! Below is a picture of the kids in our bathtub in the room which basically was like a small swimming pool. It was a fun time to see some friends that we don't see very often.

The kids in our bath tub!

Dressed and ready for the hot springs.

John and some of his buddies!

On the upward slope!

Well, I am feeling much better now however right when I started feeling better Kayleigh and Zeb got the stomach virus AGAIN! I am pretty sure this is the third time they have gotten it since September. I have decided that all the sickness is due to Kayleigh going to pre-school. She is bringing home all these new germs we have never been exposed to before. The good news is that when Zeb starts school he will hardly ever get sick since Kayleigh has been kind enough to share all the germs with him. In other news winter arrived today without any warning. Yesterday, John and I were talking about how beautiful the weather was and how nice fall as been here this year. John and I both miss the fall in America out of all the other seasons. It has been a nice blessing to have such a beautiful fall. Today it was freezing and the high was 60 degrees. Tonight the low is going to be 45 degrees. Where did the fall go? I guess it is time to get out the layers and tell Kayleigh that she can not wear her flip flops any more. She was still wearing them in the afternoons when it was warm. She would wear flip flops everyday of the year if I let her. Today she told me that it was not too cold to wear her flip flops. I politely disagreed!