Life is Beautiful: Spring is Here

I was going to write a couple posts already but somehow never got to it or felt like it. Our Spring came way early this year and it is so fun. We had about a week of really nice weather already and some days we had to pull out shorts and T shirts which is unheard of for us UP Here. :) Our snow usually doesn't melt until April/May and even if it does it can be cold enough for sweatshirts in June. So we were just thrilled with this weather and the kids love being outside. Since then it got a bit colder again but it is still above average, it's just always hard to go to colder weather and get those hats and mittens on after we wore T shirts for a week.

I just wanted to put some pictures on here from our nice weather and from Kade's first ever concert. A couple of weeks ago him and I went to Chris Tomlin concert with a group from our church and it was so good. Kade and I know a lot of his songs because we sing them at church a lot and I just love going to a concert where I actually know most of the songs. It was so fun to sing our lungs out and it was more like a big Praise and Worship concert than anything. Kade had a great time too and got quite into it during some of the songs. He's growing up so fast and is getting so independent. He has his little buddies at church and school and he wants to play sports with them all the time. If there is a Saturday or Sunday where we're just staying home he will keep asking us who's house can he go to or who can come over to our house to play with him. In a way I am a little thankful for not living right in town because I know I would never see him and he'd be going to see his friends all the time, inviting himself over like the kids in town do. :) This way, someone has to come to our house or we have to drive Kade to someone's house which doesn't happen too often and I like it that way. He will be gone before I know it so I like it that for now I know where he is and who he's playing with.

We didn't get home until almost midnight after the concert so I let Kade skip school the next day and instead we went to visit Ingrid in Grand Forks and had a blast with the cousins Clare and Sage. Kids played outside all day, went to the park, I was able to go on a wonderful run in the morning, it was just the best weather. Now I am wanting more of it as I look at the freezing rain outside. :) But I have to remind myself we were pretty spoiled by that so I can't complain now.

So I've been doing some Spring cleaning, mainly with the kids' clothes and organizing those now that Anika and Kason are out of their sizes. It's time to pass them down to someone and maybe sell some at the garage sale in a few weeks. I'm also trying to run more to get ready for that half marathon in May and that's going so-so. :) I'm really out of shape and my hips are giving me back ache so I hope that gets better. Other than that, it's adding more miles each week until May so I'll be able to run those 13 miles. We'll see what happens, I am just hoping for nice weather because it is typical for the race to either have some rain or strong winds which I don't like to run in either of those. :)