Fun weekend

Bruce and the kids spent this past weekend hanging out and having fun, while I meet up with some college friends in the Dells for a girls weekend. Bruce and the kids kept themselves busy by going to the Y to swim, checking out an ice fishing contest, building a fort (w/ tunnels) and sledding. They all had so much to tell me about when I got home on Sunday, it was fun to listen to the kids re-tell all their activities from the weekend.
Bruce took some video of Andrew going thru one of the tunnels in the snow fort that is really cute, so hopefully we can figure out how to get the video off his phone, and onto the here. He was pretending he was a rat (and a handsome one at that!).
This past weekend was the 1st time that the college group of girls has had everyone in the same place at the same time in 10 years! It was fun catching up with everyone, and we're hoping to be able to do it again next year. Here's a picture of every one from Saturday night:

After naps on Sunday, we headed outside to enjoy the warmer weather. The kids used their tubes on our little hill, and squealed and giggled every time we managed to make them bump into each other.

One, two, three, GO:

Bump:

Time to go again:

The tubes are really nice, since the kids (Jenna) can carry it back up themselves; plus they go a lot further. After sledding, and playing in the fort, they wanted to find the fire pit (we did!).

Here is a picture of the kids attempting to convince us we should have a bonfire:

We didn't have a bonfire, but at least now we know where the fire pit is, so at least it's a possibility!