At Easter dinner last Sunday Ethan and Carter finally performed for the camera...the "Nana Face". Carter tries really hard to match the look Ethan is giving (which is actually a great impression of a face Nana really does make) but it just comes off as a very mean look that you can't help but laugh at.

Carter + Cake = Happy Carter

I spent most of this winter in a horrible state of NO CAR DOOR HANDLE. Let me just say it really stinks. A lot. But.....

...I did coerce my brother into fixing it, but I had to talk him into it...while we tried out a couch my mother picked up at an estate sale. She took this photo before we could protest. It's rather entertaining to chill in the garage on a sunny morning. While it looks like relaxation, it was actually a negotiation for fixing the door handle...it cost me a forgiven debt, a lotto ticket and two coffees. Not bad for the amazing ability to open your car door.

Tony and I took a quick winter break up north in the end of February where we stopped through my parents cottage and then stayed in Traverse City. Always great sunrises up north...

And the sun going down...

A spot we stopped in Glen Haven...

Overlooking the creaky ice in Empire. It's really freakin' cold there at that time of year, but it was kinda cool being the only people for miles. If you stand really still, you can hear the motion and creaking of the ice - eerie, but kinda cool.