Singin' in the Spring

Happy Spring! What a relief it is to have the snow gone, the sun out and the temperatures above 40 degrees. The winter sure seemed to drag on forever and, although the past few days have been pretty nice here, we've had a rather cool spring.

Michael & Leila

Emma & Bill helping Mom in the kitchen

This past weekend was Mark's annual Tomahawk fishing trip. He, his dad and his brother always go north with some friends and few family members to a rented cabin and fish and drink beer--although I think a little scotch is involved as well. Mark and I drove up very late Friday night after he was done with work. We brought our dogs with us and let me tell you what: There is NO going to bed if you arrive in Rhinelander in the middle of the night. Those rambunctious dogs just get too excited and WILL NOT settle down.

This was not a very sleepy dog

Lisa & Leila

That being said, however, Mark was up bright and early, ready to go catch fish in Tomahawk as I stayed in Rhinelander and visited the family.

It was a great family weekend as Bill, Lisa and the kids, and Bob showed up. John and Jim were going to come too but had to back out. Too bad because we were going to do a little celebratin' for John as he was turning 35 on Monday! Poor Jojo missed out on a delicious Saturday dinner prepared by Mom (think Thanksgiving feast with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, etc). He also missed out on an amazing batch of chocolate chip cookies that Lisa made as a gift for him. We all decided to "honor" John and his birthday by eating his cookies ourselves! Heeheehee.

Bill ripping open John's present

Michael and Emma helped Dad crush a whole bunch of aluminum cans.

Michael operating the can crusher

Notice the kids working and the adults standing around.

We all spent time together doing what we do best: Hanging out in the living room conversing, admiring the change of seasons by staring out the windows, eating, and going for countless walks on the trails and Timber Lane.

Yikes!

We spotted this rabbit while walking down Timber Lane

When Bobby arrived on Sunday we also got to play his Playstation 2 "Sing Star" game. Unfortunately Bill had already left by then and Mark and Greg came to pick me up to head back south, so I didn't get a chance to hone by singing skills...but it definitely was a blast and I think I have tons of potential to go commercial. SingStar! Mom chuckles at her kids singing