Other things we did in March.

March...

Adara was the first Kindergartner at her school to climb a hanging rope all the way to the multi-purpose room ceiling.  A pretty big accomplishment even for this monkey girl. :)

Mommy was craving chocolate chip cookies so I interrupted the kids TV time one Sunday to make them.  Then we ate them for dinner.  The kids were a little confused (I never bake) but happy.  Then we 

After the snow was pretty far melted....we had two snowstorms (2.5' feet of snow) in one week.

Braved the roads to vote / hang at the library.

Sledded with friends at Occom Pond

And made chocolate chip cookies again.

Adara & Fiona have been taking swim lessons, so we've all been enjoying swimming on Thursday afternoons.

'04 Girls Weekend in Georgia.  So good for my soul to be with these women and hear about God's faithfulness in so many stories in the 14 years since we graduated.

 Photo in the same spot as on our senior year road trip....

And random before-school sibling antics.

Does the ski season have to end?

This has been the best winter since we've had kids. 
Some things have felt hard and uncertain lately, but I am taking so much joy in late season skiing with my family.

Today we went to an early Easter service and then to Whaleback for the last day of the season before the church Easter dinner.  It was warm and sunny, everyone was cheerful, and the five of us all skied together for the first time -  Alden skied greens and blues all by himself, Adara rode the lift without a grownup/older kid for the first time, and I taught Emily to duck and ski through my legs like my dad & I used to do when I was a kid.  I wish the season wasn't over yet!

The past few weeks we've been getting in our last days at Killington.

A couple weeks ago the girls and I took our first girls trip - last minute (planned at 5:30pm) trip to the condo for an overnight and a half day of skiing - had to get home in time for Daddy to catch a plane for a work trip. ;)

The condo didn't feel right without Mimi and Papa, though they felt much better once we put our fruit in the fruit bowl like Mimi does! 

Tired them out enough that they were happy to hang in the lodge while I snuck in one OL run.

Then Alasdair & I had a ski date day.

And yesterday we went back with the Eshbaughs.   

(Afterwards we ran into Nick at the health club!  So random and fun. :)