Ringing in Spring

It's here. I can feel it. Spring is going to melt that gross pile of snow/ice that has been hiding in my front lawn landscaping since November. I may go outside and cheer it on.
We three had a relaxing Easter weekend which involved great friends, hours of hiking, teeny bottles of liquor, and tons of food.
Did I mention the teeny tiny liquor bottles?

An East German Tradition- drinking teeny tiny bottles of liquor whilst hiking on a cold day.

Chris is considering changing his citizenship.

The kiddos spent their time climbing fallen trees and searching for Easter eggs.

Austin is definitely more brave/daring/stupid with other kids around.

This looks like an L.L. Bean Kids photo shoot.

Man, our kids are good looking!

Eggs.

VERY difficult to hide when your kid is running WAY ahead of you looking for them.

There was a lot of "oh look! you missed one back here" going on.

Could she be any more beautiful?

The next activity involved breaking through the frozen lake by whatever means possible.

The ice was still pretty thick. As proven when our friend's dog took off running across the lake.

Heart. Attack.

And now, some artsy fartsy point and shoot nature pictures.

This place is ridiculously gorgeous.

"Do you think we could get that in the CRV and use it as an accent piece in the guest room?"

"No."

FACT:

No matter how old you are, throwing huge rocks onto a frozen lake is wicked good fun.

We went off the trail.

But it was totally worth it to let the kids enjoy the "M" Family's secret tree see saw.