62... in January??

 We went and shot Aiden's rocket off last Sunday

 When did my kids get so big?

 look at him... he looks like a school aged kid!

 this is the last picture of the rocket.  It was wet and we were having issues with ignition... so the wind changed and... it ended up 100 feet up in a tree!

 Aiden was super sad to loose his birthday rocket... so we made chocolate chip cookies.

 here's my little worker today.  Safety first!

 I love this man.

 geese flying north... already!

 cable car... why, we don't know!

 so here we are in a wildlife preserve.. and do you see those three crazy birds... a heron, a crane and an osprey (the osprey is at the top)... I know it's not a great pic but I thought it was quite silly to cram into one tree.

 Aiden had to hold her hand, and no one else could!

reflections....

I'm reflecting that I have been away from here because I have a few projects I should have started a while ago to get done and now my deadlines are creeping up and I'm no where near finished.  On the bright side I fixed that annoying issue I was having with the pictures on here. I just might post more! (when I get that project done)

Winter Walks

With both of us laid off right now we have been taking walks around the lake.  It's nice to get out and watch the seasons change and show the kids how  amazing nature is, and maybe just maybe teach them a thing or two.  As passive bird watchers we keep our eyes out for something we can't identify to look up when we get home, we show the kids mushrooms, trees, leaves and bugs. Sometimes we are rewarded with amazingly beautiful images, or recently it has been so cold and windy that we just walk to keep warm or duck into the trees to keep out of the wind.  No mater what each walk shows us something to remember, and a picture or two worth keeping.  Here are a few of the keepers over the last week.  Happy Thursday and I really do plan to try and be better about this blog.  Oh and to get back to the daily themes I had once, for Thankful Thursday I am thankful for my wonderful, funny, amazing kids and my thrifty, hansom, handy, clever hubby (like person).

 Funny we had just watched a nature program on Bald Eagles... and Loren spotted this pair at Perkins Peninsula yesterday

 I had my fixed lens on so I couldn't get very close and they are really pixelated because I had to crop the pictures so much but you get the idea

 I tried to get too close and we had the dog with us and scared them away... oops!

 love!!  my boys!

 This was new years day and it was COLD...

 Geese in flight... from the dog

 Aiden in the swimming area

 Who cares if it's 36 degrees with a 15 degree wind chill (or worse)  let's make a sand castle!

 what... who is that!!

 I love this girl!  Watching a plane

" I got you!!"

 Winter light, and green moss

 The dock... no water but still fun!

 a log of fungus

 this girl cracks me up... when she sees the camera she smiles and runs towards me saying "see, see.."