Friday, February 05, 2010

Winter Near Winter

We spent most of the last two weeks of January at our place in Wisconsin, which is not far from Winter, WI. Hence the title of this blog posting. In addition to finishing that puzzle, about which I posted last time, and feasting on fish, about which I posted two times ago, we also enjoyed a visit from our oldest son and his family.

Here is Anders with his mother shortly after donning his PJs for a good night's sleep shortly after arrival.

The next morning, Anders got in some "Josey time", although Josey was not always sure she wanted the attention. I know that Sandy posted a similar picture, but you can't have too many pictures of Anders, you know (and as you will see).

On Saturday, Grandma and I agreed to keep Anders entertained so that his parents could do some skiing. Here I am getting Anders ready for a sled ride out to the mailbox, which is about 0.4 miles from our house. Will and Sandy were departing for their skiing expedition just as we begin our walk. The truth is that Anders was asleep even before we got to the end of our driveway.


He recovered later, though. Here he is with his dad, vegging out on the couch.

It can be difficult to get Will to smile properly for the camera. You have to make him laugh. I think this is one of the better pictures I have taken of him and Sandy.

Anders loves his hat. (We all love Anders.)

I wish my mom and dad could have seen their great grandson sitting in their Amana rocker.

We made another sled ride outing on the lake the next day.

Although Anders mostly wanted to push the sled.

Later that afternoon, Kathie and I went cross-country skiing on a beautiful trail. The snow was different there than in the area of our cabin. Lots of the white stuff was hanging on the trees, and in the late afternoon sun, things had a distinct blue shade to them. Kathie looks good here, eh? (When you spend part of your time in Wisconsin, you have to learn to say "eh?" a lot.)


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