Spring

As most of you know, today is the first day of spring. The weather has been trying to fake us out for a week or two now but today it is official. The tree in our backyard got a head start last week and gave us these beautiful blooms to wonder at. They are already gone but they were fun while they lasted.
The beautiful weather gave us lots of chances to explore Clay Center. We did our first of, what should be, many walks/bike rides through town.
With the coming of Daylight Savings Time, came a reprieve from Asher's overly bright breakfasts. He came up with a simple solution to the problem though so he should be fine when the sun rises that early again during the summer.
We are seeing more and more of Elias' climbing fascination. This was his conquest of one morning. He brought over Addilyn's booster because apparently the chair by itself just wasn't enough.Addilyn got this awesome outfit from our seminary friends as they came through (twice) over their spring break. Isn't it adorable? She's pretty excited.
We had loads of fun exploring both Clay Center and Manhattan with Adam, Jessa, and Alicia and can't wait to see them again (even if it means that we have to move back to Chicago to do so).
Finally, here is Elias enjoying some chocolate hummus. I made it for Asher but he won't even try it. Addilyn and Elias both love it though. Who wouldn 't, though? It basically tastes like really intense chocolate frosting. He was trying to figure out how to get all of it off the concave part of the spoon.