Snow and field trip....

I sure feel like we've been busy...but I'm not sure we really have! :)

Last week it "snowed" for the first time. And by "snowed", I mean it didn't actually melt before it hit the ground. :) Erin was thrilled anyway. That nutty kid has been waiting months for snow...just for something different to do! So, she ran outside and celebrated...by throwing snowballs at Alana & I at the window. :)

Unfortunately, the icy weather caused Erin's girl scout meeting to be canceled,

and she was NOT happy about that!

One of these days, I'm gonna figure out how to load and manipulate these

pictures properly....as for now, everything is backwards!

On Friday, we went on our November field trip...to Wabasha MN to visit the Eagle Center and to Alma to see the Tundra Swans in migration. We made the trip last year to see the swans (Alana had missed her class field trip because she was sick) so the kids weren't as thrilled about that. But we did enjoy the Eagle Center...it was very informative, but not boring.

We, of course, stopped in Nelson for ice cream and cheese on our way from Wabasha to Alma. And then after visiting the swans, Barry brought us up to Buena Vista Park in Alma. The views were spactacular, even on a yucky day like we had. We decided we'd be back again on a better day...maybe seeing the views during each season....

On the way home, Daddy took the "long scenic route" in order to look for dear. (Around these parts, driving around the bluffs and valleys looking for dear is a favorite pastime!) Amazingly, the best thing we saw was an eagle in a field with prey. As we came upon it, the eagle tried to take off with it's dinner, but it appeared to be too heavy. So, the eagle landed again and ate it's meal right there in the field. Very cool after having just had a lesson on eagles!

The rest of our weekend was non-eventful. Saturday was a "day off" for me...I scrapped a bit instead of cleaning, although my house did suffer. We also installed our new stove. We've been saving up for a new stove and dishwasher, but decided to just do it when Dave & Pam had a "fire sale" to get rid off all the leftover inventory following the store fire. Dave will come sometime this week to help intall the dishwasher.

And yesterday was Sunday School and church, the girls had choir practice at Friendship Church, I did a tad more scrapping, some work, and got ready for another week of school. Wow! Weekends sure go fast! Hope your's was great!