thank you, sunshine.

it's amazing what a little fresh air will do for you. there's a reason the term cabin fever is around - because it's so very real! i am not going to attempt to justify jackie's behavior with the past winter months, but i do think it's interesting that we've had a couple good days in a row and both days have been filled with sunshine, playing outside and breathing in the good ol' ak air!

here are a few pictures from our monday:








and notice jackie's new playhouse... he loves the half-door; the light that he can turn on; and the house even came with a phone! there is a small slide that her prefers to jump off rather than sliding.

this afternoon, we got together with the niessink's at the lucille lake park. like typical jack form, he was very weary of the bridge at first. not sure why those always trip him up. the slides are likely his favorite as well as just running around and finding the one water puddle to traipse through repeatedly. maddy and him are quite the adorable toddlers. and gaige, well he is turning into quite the little boy there too. no longer looking like a baby! and those pictures:







the snow on the 22nd had me a little concerned, but the way this week has started off, gives me hope that there's another beautiful summer just around the corner.