Trip to see family

Grace and Anne didn't have school two Fridays ago, so we decided it was a good time to see some family. Our first stop was in Evanston to see Uncle Scott. Jessica decided to ditch school that day so she could see us too. We had a great time playing in the back yard and playing some cribbage before hitting the road again.

 Next we drove to Cache Valley. We stopped by Wellsville to see Tad and Solviej and their three kids. We had a great time visiting, especially since it had been almost eleven years since we last saw each other.

 We spent the night at Great Grandpa Stucki and Grandma Arlie's house. Jen and I took turns going to the temple on Saturday while the kids played in the yard and we chatted with Grandpa and Grandma.

 Next it was on to Idaho where we stayed with uncle Tim and aunt Amber. Grandpa Ray came to town from New Hampshire so we took advantage getting lots of hugs...

 and losing at cribbage. Well, at least Anne was able to beat him.

 Aunt Leonora and her three girls also made it to town for Uncle David to come home from his mission. It also happened to be St. Patrick's Day so we dressed up for the occasion.

 We had a great time greeting him at the airport.

Uncle Joe and Aunt Suzanne invited us over for dinner while we were in town. All in all it was a great mini family reunion trip.

Project Icicle

 We've had a bit more snow lately and have grown some great icicles. James likes the ones that are taller than he is.

 We have a cubby hole over the stairs in our family room. But we can't use all of it because we don't want the kids to fall into oblivion. We've been blocking off the scary part with bookcases.

I knew just what to do to remedy the situation. Build more bookcases. I put them together in an L shape so they can't be tipped over easily.

Now we don't have to worry so much about the little ones playing up there and they can use all of the space.