Spring has Sprung (at least we hope so)

Our spring kicked off with a trip to Colorado the beginning of March. The 60 degree temps felt like heaven compared to the bone-chilling temps we've had throughout the winter in SD.

Dakota enjoys some fun in the sun on the playground

The girls kept grandpa and grandma busy chasing them through all the playground toys.

We spent a morning walking around the garden of the gods

Daron and Rachael got some time in with the girls as well. We stayed in Colorado Springs for two days and then went out to Silver Thorne, CO for two days. Some of us went out skiing at Copper Mountain for an amazing time on the ski slopes.

Darcy has been making some incredible crafts including some pillow-case dresses!

It is now April and we hope spring is here to stay. We had an awesome trip down through Nebraska and into Colorado over our spring break and had many opportunities to catch up with friends and family. We are grateful for the ability to travel and that our break coincided with dad's spring break. Darcy and I also got to spend some time shopping and hanging out alone- without the girls.

As soon as we got back from spring break, we hit the ground running at school. We are on the home stretch in the fourth quarter of the academic year. We had a "Mega-Teen" retreat last weekend where we crammed in 230 people on campus. Our nephew Daly was able to come and take part in the weekend festivities. The speakers challenged all of us in our media choices and developing convictions in our relationship with God.

The girls are doing well and continue to grow. Daraby's vocabulary is expanding rapidly while Dakota is getting the basics of "momma", "daddy", and "Abby". There are tough days but all in all the child rearing is going well.

We are now truly traveling in style as we just purchased a hot-rod '91 Lincoln Town Car. It may not be the most fashionable ride around, but it is probably one of the smoothest. We are trying to put the suburban in semi-retirement after putting 20,000 miles a year on it for the last 3 years. We'll see how that goes.

Speaking of traveling, we do plan to get out and about this summer. We have a trip to MI planned for Susan's wedding so we will try our best to connect with some of you when we are back. Otherwise we will spend some weekends in Pierre with the family there and possibly another trip out west (we'll see how far the budget stretches:)

Thanks for tuning in and we pray that you are blessed in your endeavors this spring!

-Andrew