Happy Birthday Maia!

Carrie and Brad's daughter Maia had her birthday party (3 years old) at Jungle Joe's Family Fun Center in Portage. Everyone got to play in the jump area:



Then there was cake and presents:

More sledding

When you've got 90" of snow, why not go sledding every weekend? Grandma and Grandpa Parks joined us.

Wrestling

Allison and Addie decided to wrestle inside our play tunnel:

Cookie Monsters

With a wind chill of -35º it was a good day to stay inside and bake a special version of our chocolate chip cookies:

Sledding

This afternoon we went sledding at Pigeon Creek Park:

Child Labor

Before we could leave the house today, Andrew and Allison had to help clean up:

2008 Balloons over Bavaria

This weekend we went to Frankenmuth, Michigan for Balloons over Bavaria. It's held in conjunction with the town's annual Snowfest, where there's lots of neat snow sculptures and ice carvings:


Grandma and Grandpa Pestun came along, and we all stayed at the Bavarian Inn Lodge where there's a water park, miniature golf, and lots of fun games:


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And of course we did some winter balloon flying:

(Selected photos courtesy of Bryan Evans, Derrick Jones, and John Gibbons)

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Christmas 2007, Part IV

Rice Family Christmas:

Christmas 2007, Part III

With Grandma and Grandpa Parks:

Christmas 2007, Part II

With Grandma and Grandpa Pestun:


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