Minnesota Barlows

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Spring has Sprung 2021

Spring was beautiful and warm. We spent a lot of time outdoors, and even got to enjoy the lake in May! Here our some pictures of our spring adventures...

Quinn started gymnastics!

The kids did some science experiments!

Walking the trail in short sleeves in March!

Bode's first haircut!

Before and after!

We bought our first boat!

Jon and Brandon were able to take it out for a joy ride in April!

We enjoyed a day at Lark toys!

We got the slip n slide out in May! It was so gorgeous!

Track and field day may have been the highlight of the whole school year!

The kids had a blast, worked hard and won some awards!

We went up to the lake a couple of times in May,

It was a little chilly, but that didn't stop us!

We found this sweet, baby fawn in our yard!

We played at many different parks with our friends.

Quinn graduate from preschool.

She went to Rainbow school for the 2020-2021 year and start at RCLS for PreK in fall of 2021.

Kylie and Brooks finished 2nd and 4th grade!

Brooks wanted to dress himself for the last day of school.

He chose this pineapple shirt and I was loving it!

We had high hopes that winter 2021 would be more normal, but alas, it was not meant to be. We spent a lot of time at home together, and doing winter activities. We were able to sneak away to San Antonio for a week in February, but we ended up stuck in the middle of the biggest Texas snowstorm in over 100 years. We had frozen pipes and rolling black outs while we were there. Thankfully, we got to spend some extra time with our friends, the Hartzlers, because their school and work activities were cancelled for the whole week we were there! Lots of fun memories made!

Kylie played her first season of club volleyball. Kristen and I coached!

We skied and tubed!

We enjoyed a long weekend up north with the Camps and Yuans.

Happy Valentine's Day!

TEXAS!

The only place open during the storm was this indoor go cart place!

The kids played and baked. The dads worked! And the moms did TWO 1000 piece puzzles!

We finally go to visit the Alamo on the last day. The snow had melted and it warmed up to around 50 degrees. Balmy compared to our Minnesota winters. It was quite the adventure!