A Little Catching Up

I've been informed that I am a terrible blogger-keeper-upper. :) ...Life has been so crazy lately... So I've got some catching up to do.

We had a good freeze about a couple weeks ago and spent lots of time out on the ice!

Ward Lake never quite froze completely, but we still skated at Frog Pond.

Carrie got a new camera lens for Christmas. She captured this ice crystal pretty well (and no, she said she didn't edit it either).

I don't have any pictures of the next event I'll mention. :) Sam had surgery last Monday to fix a hernia. Yep, the third kid of the family to get cut open within a year. We are getting well acquainted with our surgeon... :) Sam's recovery was amazing! His surgery was in the morning and by the afternoon he was off the couch, throwing balls and riding his "motorcycle" around the house. The next day as Mom was changing his clothes he was suprised to see a bandage and asked Mom what it was for. She told him it was from the surgery and it upset him as he started to remember. But as soon as he was dressed, he forgot all about it and was just fine. :)

Last Saturday we spent the beauitful afternoon hiking over on Gravina.

We could tell how much we were welcomed by all the friendly signs we came upon along the way.

We were actually looking at a little piece of property that is (kind of, sort of, may be) for sale. :)