Froemmings

Silly strawberry sisters Last weekend we went to visit our friends who live by St. Cloud, MN. It was great weather that weekend so the kids all had fun playing outside. They had some of that moon sand type stuff out on their little picnic table which Clara thought was super fun, but she also made a huge mess with it. Cleaning up moon sand Brynn and her terribly dirty face. I guess that's a sign of outside fun, right? Jumping beans! On Monday night Brynn had her spring piano recital. Here is the video link , however unfortunately the crying you hear so loudly is little sister. Dana was trying to video and I was trying to take pics and apparently Clara didn't like the lack of attention or something. I'm not sure which is louder: my shushing or Clara's crying. Brynn did a good job with her song, but just had a bit of a rough time with her ending. This was the first round of younger students and there was yet another group of

You know what they say - if you put something down in writing or tell someone else your goal or plan, you're more likely to stick with it. Maybe sharing these pics here then will help keep me going. For the past couple of weeks, I've been getting up and going for a run/walk or bike ride in the mornings before getting ready for work. Some of the mornings have been just beautiful and the perfect temperature, but the past couple of days have been pretty chilly. Once I drag myself out of bed, I am able to realize what a nice time of day it is. :-) It was a rough start to my 'program' since I didn't read up on how to get started and ended up with a really bad case of shin splints. But, things are going better now that I figured out how to ease into it more. My first day. I made it home alive! Last Friday Brynn didn't have school again and Dana took the day off to be home with the girls. They stopped by my office to visit me and brought me flowers. I lo