Winter's last stand

 We've had some beautiful hoar frost this winter.

 Jennifer helped with the cub scout winter day out. So the kids got to go and play with her.

 James's favorite was the BB guns.

 Robert likes to get at things up high. He can climb up on the chairs and then onto the table. The things we used to put on the table to keep them safe are no longer safe from the baby.

 That includes black markers.

 We've had a week or so of warm temperatures and most of the snow melted. I decided to finally put up the swing set. Then it snowed two days later.

 The warm weather also prompted some spring bike repairs. Anne and Grace both got new tires for their bikes since they were getting pretty worn down.

Grace and Anne brought home some treats from a Valentines day party at school. Grace really likes the sour warhead fun dip.

Time for a new desk.

 When we first moved to town more than a year and a half ago I needed to use our computer desk to set up my radiology workstation. But we needed another one for the home computer. We went to the thrift store and picked up this beauty for $10. It held up our computer, but it looked like it was about to fall over the whole time.

 Since I had some leftover pieces of black walnut from making Aunt Maria's table, I decided to finally make a sturdy desk for our house. I got a couple of pieces of oak to accent the walnut. Everybody helped a little. Robert got into some sanding action.

Anne and Grace helped varnish it. Jen put up with a project in the living room.

 After putting it into service while we waited for the drawer pulls, we decided it needed one extra piece.

A printer shelf/mini table

Here is the end result. It will be a long time before this one falls over.