snowy

It's the first day of Spring and it's cold and snowy here - I guess that's a little more normal than how it was last year.  I am definitely ready for it to warm up a little and make playing outside easier.  We're getting cabin fever over here!

Last week Caleb and Logan had their first dentist appointment.  It was early in the morning out in GR, so Levi spent the night at Grandpa and Grandma's.  :)  The dentist was awesome and the boys did great.  Logan especially was a little shy/scared at first, but he watched Caleb go first and then did great when it was his turn.  The dentist did a wonderful job of getting the boys at ease and interested in what he was doing - they got to push the button to make the chair recline, turn on the light, press the pedal for the toothbrush, squirt the water thingie, etc.  As much as we liked him, I'm not sure if we'll go back or not - it was quite a hike, and not cheap either.  It was a great first introduction to the dentist so at least so far they're not scared of it, but maybe now we'll find someone closer to home and hopefully more reasonably priced.

Friday night and Saturday I had the opportunity to go to our Ladies Retreat at church (Thank you, Honey!!).  It was right at church, which made it easier to go, and it was a really nice time.  We had fun with a scavenger hunt to get things kicked off Friday night (our team won!), and Saturday I had the privilege of teaching a couple photography workshops.  I team taught with my friend who is super crafty and talked about things you can do with your photos.  We had a great speaker who taught a few sessions, and they had some great door prizes.  I won a 1 hour massage!  Can't wait to use that.  :)

Then Sunday afternoon I had fun shooting our babysitter's engagement photos.  Sad that we'll be losing a babysitter this summer, but happy for her.  :)  It's a rather short engagement, so she's rushing around trying to get a bunch done, and her fiance is in school on the other side of the state, so this weekend was pretty much our only opportunity to get engagement photos done!  It was super sunny and pretty cold, but we found some nice shady spots and toughed out the cold.  :)  Either I'm too used to photographing small children who won't sit still, or the two of them actually are very photogenic.  :)

Monday night was our second to last parenting class that we've been taking this winter.  We've been meeting since October, so it's been a long time, but so worth it and we really enjoy the other couples in the class.

We've been dealing with our first sickness since the holidays - I can hardly believe we've made it that long!

Levi has gotten pretty good at climbing the stairs - still have to stay right behind him, but he loves to do it and heads for the stairs every opportunity he gets.