Off we go!

We decided to start our trip in the center of North America. It's an hour east of our home. =)
Note that we are in the Geographical center of North America... so essentially we are the furthest away from a "Coast" that we could be. They are obviously here to assist with the flooding, but made us think of Dad and gave us a giggle.

Heartbreaking.

This is a farmer's field.

We encountered closed roads along the way.

Guess what can happen after you take a perfectly respectful picture in front of the MN sign and you wander off to look at the flooding. Yep, the dorks take over the camera and fill your memory card with goofy poses.

Dorks.

Friends and a Fence

We got a fence on Tuesday - Woohoo! After being pent up with a puppy for six months - it's a welcome addition to our back yard.Our neighbor has been sending out his dog at the same time that we send out Mr. Samuel Adams. They are in love. There is no barking, just frolicking. Too cute.

Love watching his ears flap in the wind.

p.s. Note the SNOW! It's snowed 6 inches since Thursday.

Signs of Spring

Marshall and Lilly are checking out the Dakrat. Alex and his friends are collecting snakes.

Sam had his manhood stripped from him and Marshall is doing a little taunting.

A lil' bragging about the boy....

Alex got the highest reading score in the school on the ND state assessment. And how did I hear about it? A parent working the book fair at my school tonight told me that she heard about Alex's exciting achievement. We asked Alex if there was anything that he'd like to share with us and he said..."Oh, um, yeah..." He had to drag the folded award out of the bottom of his bookbag. Woop! Woop!

Spring Blizzard Hourly-ish

Ick.

She's Sweet + Sixteen

After dinner at Josh Duhamel's restaurant we had to stop Alicia from doing her homework to eat cake. Super Geek - the homework is in the picture!

I don't make them sit on the floor. Teenagers are weird.