Gus sang us his graduation song on the way to his preschool "graduation." Love moments like these...

View from the top. Today we hiked to the top of a hill near our house. The picture on the right shows our neighborhood. We're really looking forward to the summer.

Trista was reading the boys a bedtime story tonight and when I put Joy in the bunk she went right over with the boys to listen too.

Today we spent some more time biking and hiking. Mom had to stay home with Joy. Gus and Sam found a snake sunning itself on the trail. Gus immediately tapped it, the snake slithered away about 2 feet and starred back, incredulous at the audacity of that 5 year old boy. Dad had to advise Gus that it is not best practice to touch all snakes we see. Gus immediately retorted that the snake he just touched did not have a rattle!

We've been spending some time riding our bikes on the bike trail near our house. Weather has been great and with winter still a recent memory we are going to take advantage of outside time.

Last night this hot air balloon flew over our neighborhood. The dogs were out of control and the cat, who was outside on the deck at the time was in such a hurry to get inside she tore a hole in our screen door, more to fix...

We will post some new pics soon of our new house and some of the other fun stuff were up to.

Gus lowered himself into one of the post holes that had been dug for a fence at our new house. He fit in perfectly. Baby Joy loves being outside. We are all really enjoying the new house and neighborhood. Lots of kids, quiet streets a 430 acre recreation area and bike trails nearby. Gus is excited about starting school this fall. His elementary school will be a 1/2 mile from home so when he is a little bigger he can ride his bike.

Happy Easter! It has been a long time since our last post. We have been so busy we just haven't had the time. Mom managed to get all the kids into nice clothes for Easter service. Sam wanted to try Joy's bonnet and he does look cute in it! He is not a regular bonnett wearer however. Joy is a very happy good baby. She is by far the most smiley of all the kids when they were her age. She is crawling very well now and inseperable from Mommy.