Hanson Crew

Last week before we got colder weather, we were able to host a play day at our house. It was a lot of fun and all the kids got along so well (the mommies all got to sit around and actually talk most of the time). Here are a few shots of the kids playing so well together...

My dad lives in Seattle and recently got us a web cam so we could keep in touch a little better "live". We were so excited and came up with a script for the first message. It was supposed to go something like "Thanks for the camera grandpa. We love it. And we love you and miss you so much. We can't wait to see you sometime again soon. Caleb's birthday party is tomorrow. Wish you could be there." Instead Ashlyn and John walked in from school during the record and Caleb got a little camera shy. Here is the result....

So we can't move until we sell our house and we can't sell our house until we put it on the market and we can't put it on the market until we paint the outside of the house and we can't paint the outside of the house until it is nice outside.....so, our painting weekend has been moved to next weekend pending a small rain/snow storm this weekend. Caleb's b-day party is moved to this weekend now and the painting party on his birthday. We're praying for better weather then... The good news is we decided on the colors.... Sage green for the body and Olive green for the trim!

Our fun new park up here in Kearney we have shared with you before has another great feature we are enjoying. This is the park with the HUGE slides and play area, the outside Amphitheatre, and a great lake where you can fish. It also has an awesome 1.5 mile trail that we have started taking advantage of. The kids rode their bikes one night and the other night we all walked. We even found a fun clubhouse someone has built off the trail that the boys found to be very cool. John is going to take them on a night hike someday in the woods here. Ashlyn and I might have to start running here to get in shape for our 5K we hope to do in the fall...we also hope to bury our family Letterbox here somewhere (I am thinking we are going to make a 24 letterbox this summer for fellow MO letterboxers)...we'll keep ya posted!

We enjoy playing cards with Pat and Shirley and love that they enjoy eating out! They are headed back to sunny Arizona today and hope to go visit them next time. It's always neat to hang out with 4 generations at the same time. We'll miss you guys!

Because we had some great weather this past week (unlike the past couple days!), the kids decided to have an early egg hunt. It was alot of fun, especially for Jonathan. We usually have Easter dinner at our house and usually have an egg hunt after the dinner. Because they all understand why we celebrate Easter (the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ) and don't believe in the Easter Bunny, we thought it could be a fun game we sporadically do throughout the Spring and Summer. Here they are having a blast! We have a huge collection of eggs so we make some extra difficult for Ashlyn and worked our way down to Jonathan who enjoys picking them up all over the yard!