Spring is here. And with Spring comes lots of cleaning and more activities to make our family extra busy. Last weekend we were able to get together with our good friends the Rykens for an evening of movies, food, and fun. The movies included, "The Hurt Locker" and "Ghost in the Darkness". Yes, we enjoy suspenseful movies. :) As said earlier our family was able to take on a full day and clean out the garage and do some yard work-which was much needed!

The sunset at the Rykens was quite beautiful, the hour to me is called, "Magic Hour".

Walks on sunny days with good friends are always so much fun!

Reflections in the water are so cool to take pictures of-this one would be one of my favorites!

Josiah R. climbing up their deer stand but not doing such a great job to not get in the photo. :)

"Each flower is a soul opening out to nature..."

~Gerald De Nerval

~Friends are Forever~

Kaboom.

Homemade Pizza-doesn't get much better than that!

Jesi and I looked like a mess after jumping on the trampoline, but decided to take a picture together anyways. Hey, its the memories that count! :)

I'm gonna be "Captain Obvious" for a caption...Before doing anything to the garage it is always necessary to take *everything* out. This wasn't even half.

Now you're convinced when I said our garage needed a major cleaning.

Elita doing a great job with the sides and corners!

These cuties came just in time to help us with the yard work-they were a huge help as well as making us all smile.

Thad putting all the sticks into the wheel barrow...

...while Timmy uses his imagination to point them at me.

Of course, he could just sit on them. :)

Going back to the garage we see Hannah and Dad using teamwork to get the job done.

'Lil Hannah looks pleased with herself as she poses and smiles for the camera.