Biking

The week flew by! It snowed a couple inches Monday and Tuesday but it melted quickly and wasn't as depressing as it could have been! 

We had a weekend with no plans and filled it biking! I took the kids yesterday for a shorter bike ride along the trail by our house. It was a gorgeous day! 

 

We went back out today to ride along Lake Minnetonka! The kids rode about 4 miles while Rob ran alongside! It was pretty windy and not quite as beautiful but it is just so nice to be outside. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Spring!

Skiing last weekend, outside without coats this weekend! Spring in MN is the BEST. 

The kids had their well child visits this week. We are so thankful for healthy kids. As usual, the conversation was mostly about their weights. Kasper finally hit 60 lbs! And Marlo is hot on his heels at 48. Kasper remains at 1% for his BMI while Marlo has fallen from 20% to 13%. They eat enough to survive which differs quite a bit from their parents that love all food because it's delicious. 

Kids always have so many bruises on their legs. 

We got a new brush recently and it makes Marlo's hair so smooth with almost no yelps. I comb her hair all day long. It's so satisfying. 

Picked out her own outfit.

Yesterday we had the kids too long in the car so we stopped for ice creams! It was a little cold to be eating ice cream outside but NOT BY MUCH. It has been really nice here lately. With daylight savings time starting yesterday it's really going to start feeling like Spring! 

 

Last year we were on our second day of our pandemic journey. I don't think I'd have believed you if you said we'd still be in it a year later. There is some light at the end of the tunnel, though. I'm thankful for that. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Ski bums

Apparently this is a skiing blog now. 

Our week was great though we didn't get any photos! I had a birthday on Thursday and was celebrated with all my favorite things including breakfast sandwiches and sushi. The kids had conferences Friday and are hanging in there! It's been tough on kids with all the uncertainty and upheaval and I can only hope that they are feeling settled back at school. 

On Friday we headed up to St. Cloud to celebrate birthdays with Grandma and Grandpa! Since it's late winter 2021, obviously we went skiing. We hit Powder Ridge up near St. Cloud which is where Rob skied when he was a kid. The kids and I took a lesson together and by the end of the hour were skiing the blue hill (this is central MN but still). Marlo could barely stand on skis a few weeks ago! (The video has some noisy wind, it's fine to watch with the sound off!)

All of the Grandparents are fully vaccinated and it was a beautiful day so we all met at the ski hill and ate, drank hot chocolate and watched the kids ski. It felt normal. 

And now we're ready to face another week! Hope everyone had a great weekend!