It's ALMOST Summer

Madison

Luke & Karina

...& Kate

Reiley

Best seats in the house, watching the alfalfa come down...

My White Picket Fence Dream

What could be better than having a resident-painter?I love Mark's painting skills.......he makes it look easy, doesn't he?It's really nice having him around!

Now, if he would take up Chiropractic as a hobby.....

Sandwich of the day...

Reiley's latest creation: bread, butter, peanut butter, apple slices, shredded colby-jack cheese, and chocolate pudding..... SANDWICH. And he ate the whole thing!

Next Step: Kindergarten!

Congratulations to Reiley on completion of his 2-year course of study.
He received his PSD (pre-school degree).

Kate was all smiles for the occasion.

Madison was, too, but wasn't in the mood at this particular moment.

Reiley was in a clowning mood.

I told him I would show him these pictures at his high school graduation...
(he said I wouldn't remember by then... we'll see)

Piano Duet

Does this even need a caption?!

Kate & Madison giving us a piano concert.... what fun!

AWANA awards night

Austin Family; almost everyone smiling...

Luke got his Puggles award...

...and Reiley got his Cubbies award.

Reiley got to stay overnight with us as part of the celebration.

Famous Quotes

Josiah to Daniel: "Dad, you can talk with your brain and nobody else can hear you!"

Reverse Arbor Day

PR got some help from Pete (thanks Pete), to take down a tree in our side yard.
It was too close to the fence, and beginning to lean towards the house.

It took just a couple of minutes to cut down,
but
four hours for PR and me to cut it into manageable pieces.

Anybody need some firewood?

Red Envelope Campaign

I'm joining this campaign, to flood the White House mailbox with a message.
It's going in the mail tomorrow, March 31.

Happy Birthday, Reiley!

Can you believe he's been blessing us for FIVE whole years?!

A Walk in the Park...

Kate likes to take a walk, because she gets to ride in the stroller most of the time.

Reiley found a stone to throw into the creek.

Madison wants to throw a stone, too.

Luke was trying to get the swing going...

It's getting harder to get good pictures of these four.
Everyone moves too fast, and usually in different directions!

Making Bread

Madison and Kate really got into making bread this morning.

Kate likes to ham it up.