Exploring our own back yard

This has been the longest fall and winter season I can remember. In the fall it did nothing but rain and then winter hit and it was the strangest winter Oxford has had in a long while. It snowed 4 (or more) times. We were stuck inside more than we would have wanted. We handled it well, but it was so wonderful to have an entire day of sunshine and 50 degree weather. We took advantage of it!

We started the day off by working in the yard, bushes needed trimmed and the limbs needed to be taken to our brush pile - ready to be burned.

Olivia can be very silly - gets that from her father. We are waiting for the final limb to be on so we could head down the hill.

It's play time! Sarah starts out with mud soup...and in major need of water, we head to the pond...

Next we were off to the woods...the kids love following the creek. With a  lot of the creek being underground it's quite the adventure and they really enjoy exploring it.

Thankfully Nathan was off to enjoy this beautiful day with us. We each enjoyed the sunshine, woods, animals, water and fresh air. It was very refreshing!

Love is in the air

We made valentines for the elder. The kids had a great time using stickers, markers and candy hearts to decorate the cards. They worked hard on many, many cards. The end result was outstanding. 

These sweet ladies at Hermitage loved visiting with the kids.

Valentines this year was one of our favorite days of the year so far. It was so rewarding to see the elder smile and want hugs and just watch the kids walk around, you could see the joy coming out in their faces. Many of them just wanted to talk and ask the kids all kinds of questions. Such a wonderful experience.