Winter!?

This winter has been unbelievable, weather-wise.  We've had two very light snows - the first one hardly even stuck.  Most of the rest of the days have been absolutely beautiful sweater weather.  On a particularly warm day, we spent a really fun afternoon at the park.

 This park has a whole bunch of fun stuff.  It has a miniature city, complete with a school, general store, bank, town hall, and blacksmith shop.  I had a really good time playing "cops and robbers" with my kids.  We took turns being sheriff and we'd chase the robber(s) down, throw 'em in jail, then fall asleep while the robbers escaped and we'd have to start the cycle over again.  I love running around with my kids - they keep me young!

 Just look at the tough sheriffs I had to answer to!

 Alden has been finding new things to master at playgrounds lately.  Last week he mastered the fireman's pole.  On this day he climbed this rock structure for the first time by himself.  It's great to see the kids accomplishing new things as they get older.

 I'm pretty sure that Gracen thinks she and the boys are all the same age.  She was very upset when she couldn't scale the rock like Alden did.  But she didn't let much else at the park get her down!

 We also had a good time at the lake that is at this park. 

 Have you ever seen a tree with such interesting roots?!

 What a GREAT DAY.