Sam's First Race

This past Saturday Sam ran in his first race (under 9 minutes), a 1 mile that took him around Kohler School. He came in right behind the boy who took fist place in his age group...which by all accounts would mean that Sam took second place in his age group. Not to bad for his first time!

Mark ran the 5k this year (official time: 23.39) and was able to shave an entire minute off of his time from his last race in 2011.

Before the race.

The "micro" cheering section.

Sam was super proud of finishing and getting his medal.

Spring Is Here

Making the most of our infrequent warm days, we packed the family up and drove all the way over to Sheboygan Falls River Park for the annual free fishing day.

We spent the morning riding a canoe, fishing and watching how fish is prepared and cooked.

We even caught a little fish!

Spring Break

We had a great time on spring break. We spent some time in Chicago overnight to visit the Field Museum and the Legoland Discovery Center, then as a last minute decision on our way home, we detoured to the Jelly Belly Factory in Kenosha and took the free tour. As a "thank you" we received a funny hat and a bag of Jelly Belly beans.

Ready for some walking

Sue the T-Rex

What it's like to live with an earthworm

The cats of Egypt...no not the boys

The boys found a huge dinosaur bone

Dinner after the museum

Legoland safari

Going home with treasures

So excited and so tired

Here we go to tour the Jelly Belly factory

Yes!

Most people who I talk to about cars, know that I've always had my eye on a Subaru Impreza WRX for quite some time (lets say 5 or more years). It's finally here and I'm beyond excited to have it. It's a total blast to drive and yes, it fits all four of us for short trips.

Lets not forget the massive snow pile behind the car. That's what 17 inches of snow looks like all plowed into the alley behind our house.

The Big Snow

Today we had an incredible 16.9 inches of snow! And we're still expecting to get up to 2 more inches tonight! School was canceled today for Sheboygan County so Becky and the boys had some fun in the snow...after we all helped shovel out from underneath it all.

Early morning before we started shoveling - 4ft. snow drifts

Shoveling Crew - Minus Becky

Smile!

Sam could almost touch the garage roof