Baby Bard Owls

Grandpa Mike put up an owl box in his back yard sometime back and this spring he had a Bard owl that nested in it. There are 2 babies currently in the box and Brady and I went out to see them today while picking up the pug that Grandpa was babysitting for us while we were at The Dells.

Brady wasn't so sure at first, but after some coaxing from Grandpa and Mom, reached out to touch this little one.

Then he decided to be more gutsy once he realized that he liked them and go peek in on the 2 babies in their house. (It's a good thing Grandpa is strong!)

Here they are! They are getting pretty big already and will probably be leaving the nest soon. What a fun/rare opportunity!

Wisconsin Dells

This weekend Brian had the opportunity to attend the Nike coaches clinic in Wisconsin Dells with 2 good friends/coaches, Gretchen and Nick. As luck would have it, Nick and Mandy have a daughter, Addison, who will be 2 yrs old in June. She, Brady and Blake are fast friends. The kids had a blast at the indoor water park at the hotel that we stayed in. Mandy and I had more fun this year too because the kids were older and able to do more things!

Brady LOVED the water slides in the kiddie pool!

Blake really enjoyed the water too!

Mandy and I did brave the park by ourselves with the kids on Friday afternoon, but it was more fun to have the dads there to be able to do more things!

Happy Easter!

What a fun Easter we had this year! I had to work, but the bunny conveniently came while we were are church so that I could partake in the events!

Blake was tricky to get to smile for a picture. He wanted to eat more candy!

Finding the baskets the bunny left.

Finding the sand toys the bunny hid as well as eggs this year.

Checking out what was in the eggs..........

Mostly they received candy and coins for their new piggy banks the bunny brought! The hunt was so much more entertaining and louder this year!