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| In the middle of February it was time to head north from our condo in Scottsdale. We have been gone since the middle of December so it was time to turn the wheels toward home. |
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| We exchanged this... |
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| ...for this, which greeted me at the back door of the garage. It was one of several drifts on the east and south side of our home over 50 inches tall. |
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| What was I thinking? |
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| As a transition, we had to stop back in Abilene to see our Grandkids and their latest lego projects. |
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| We had spent time with them in December over the holidays while their Dad was deployed, so it was fitting to stop again on the way home. |
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| They got to use their gift cards at Dairy Queen and learned that our eyes are usually bigger than our stomachs! Both agreed that next time their dip cones would be the small, not medium. |
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| This visit, Dad was home and he and Carrie were off to a function at the base. Pretty snazzy. |
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| Each time we visit, no matter the time in between, it seems that the kids grow before our eyes. I took this picture at the Abilene zoo, a favorite stop when we are there. I think that it shows the terror that younger sisters must feel when they have an older brother in the family (click on the picture and note the look on her face). |
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| Sometimes older brothers are more subtle in bugging their sister. (Notice his face...he pulled it off without her noticing!) |
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| One afternoon M noticed a tree full of birds. |
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| They were a flock of robins... a sure sign of Spring certainly. |
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| And something worthy to celebrate at the Abilene State Park playground; another favorite stop. |
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| We eventually made our way north dodging winter blizzards still going through the midwest. Even though I am the king of my castle, I haven't exactly been sleeping since we got home. Remember those drifts? I am sitting today with a heating pad on my back since even with a snow blower they were a three day project. Now just to get some snow off the roof so ice-dams don't form when it does decide to warm up. |
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| It is definitely still winter at home with temps below zero most nights. I don't have to tell you what M thinks of it all. |
