The Easter Bunny Must be a Snowshoe Hare

Easter Fun with egg-coloring

Saturday morning egg hunt in the snow.

Easter Sunday before dinner.

Winter Fun

We like winter, which is no surprise since we choose to live in Alaska.  Here are some things we did last winter.

An early winter bike ride for Ryan.

Skiing with a buddy.

Glacier skiing with another friend.

Ice climbing at the glacier.

Still on the glacier.

Sledding.

Enjoying the sun with Brook.

And yes, hunting Easter eggs.

Kim and Glade got skis and enjoyed them.

We went ice fishing at Chena Lakes.  Yes, we are standing on the ice and even drove our van down onto it. Don't worry, it was over 4 feet thick.

Ryan and I (plus Brook) had a ski date off of Chena Hot Springs Road.

Winter is fun, but we aren't sad it is over.  It was kind of long this year.

What We've Been Up To

Since I last got on here to make a post, we've done many, many things.  Here are a few to cover our bases.

Since August, we've had winter. . .

Birthdays. . .

Northern Lights. . .

Holidays. . .

And a baby.

Easter 2012

We started out the holiday by dying Easter eggs. We got a monster set this year with sticker eyes and mouths. They turned out really cute!

The Easter Bunny came to our house on Friday since Dad had to work on Saturday. He never comes on Sunday since that is the day we want to remember that Jesus was resurrected, the true reason for the season. Libby loving her chocolate bunny.
Kim enjoying some Easter breakfast of apple butter on toast.

Glade was too excited to hold still for a picture.
The silly Easter Bunny always hides our dyed eggs outside for us to find. Here's Kim with a nice purple one, and yes, it is still snowy out.
Liberty finding an egg behind some grass.
Glade found a silly one with some monster hair on it on the grill of the old truck.

So far, it's been a fun holiday. Now for the more serious part. We hope our kids can learn about and appreciate the Savior's sacrifice for us.

Ice Park!

We went on a field trip for our preschool to the ice park. The kids really enjoyed it. The sun staying out makes a huge difference in the temperature.

Liberty and a Kami looking through the wall of the ice maze.

I loved this ice sculpture of a train.
The big winner this year. I love the porcupine spines and how the leopard looks like he's really moving.

Awesome how the can make the squares balance on their corners.
Glade and Liberty getting ready to go down a slide.
Liberty and Kami on an ice chair.
We had a such a good time there. It is always amazing to see what they can do with a medium like ice.

Winter Cookout

Late Winter is still a good time to have fun outside! On this evening we cooked hot dogs over our fire and did S'mores. We also enjoyed seeing the snow melt underneath our fire.

Fun was had by all (believe it or not). The only problems we had were: marshmallowy mittens and/or cold hands when gloves were removed. Great Family Time!

Fun in the Snow

We got our first snowfall in mid-October this winter and the kids have really enjoyed it. (At least until the 40 below temperatures we've been having this week anyway.)

Kimberly's favorite activity, since Fairbanks snow isn't that great for snowmen, is to make snow angels. This is one of her first of the year.

Glade is an all-around happy guy that is pretty much up for anything. Turns out it's hard to push Libby around in the stroller with snow on the ground.

Liberty is finally old enough to enjoy the snow this year. She always says, "Coldy! Coldy! Coldy!" when we go out to the van in the mornings to go to the bus stop. :)