Some firsts!

Well we have been having some fun around here! And since it is the first of April I thought I would share a few of the firsts that we have enjoyed recently.

Nate and I enjoyed our first Roller Derby game! No, I am not pulling an April Fool's trick. It was a lot of fun! We were cheering on my sister-in-law's sister who is on the Atomic Bombshells.

Here is Jill and Lindsay with the Atomic Bombshell's mascot!

Another first was that for the half time intermission there was a polka band playing- so Nate danced his first polka dance!

(Note: other photos will be coming soon)

Another fun fact is that Nate and I actually managed to go on a date 2 weekends in a row! Our second date was an evening enjoying a MN Wild hockey game. In the state of MN (AKA the state of hockey) there is nothing so good as a fight on the ice and we got to witness a nice one and the Wild won, which of course was also a good thing.


This was Nate's first hockey game and both of us could use a refresher on the rules but it was a lot of fun.







I am the new owner of my own laptop! Yeah! Nate's old one is dying and since the monitor doesn't work anymore it really doesn't work well as a laptop- so that is one of my first for this post- my own computer. We got a good deal on the dell factory outlet on a refurbished machine. Nate isn't going to be too tempted by it since it is flamingo pink! I did have to load some games on it though so it can occasionally be used for gaming nights but that is a small burden to bear.

And what is the deal with it being April 1st and this is the view outside right now. A lot of snow.


It will be gone by the end of the week (a lot of it is already melting- so we need to be careful walking under the trees because when if falls it is really wet!) but I guess I should be used to snow at this time of year. There was often snow during General Conference weekend while we were living in Utah.

But this was the perfect time for Spencer to learn to use the snowblower. (It was his idea!) He did a great job although I had to help get started a few times at the end of the driveway- he didn't have enough weight and traction to get moving.

So here he is using the snowblower for the first and hopefully last time this month!

Yes, yes, I did realize that he is not wearing proper winter gear. No hat, no mittens etc. hey, at least he had boots on. I wasn't a great example I was out there helping him with no hat, no mittens and bare feet in my slip-on shoes. But it was about 30 degrees out there! We must be Minnesotans!

Other firsts that will be happening are Rick and Sherry will be here visiting us briefly next weekend. And Jenna is expected to pass up her dad in Karate- she should be on track to get her blue belt next week. She is really excited for both events!