A taste of what is coming

Day Twelve

Maybe it reflects some impatience on my part.

Yesterday's 5 inches of slushy, sloppy snow was all I could take.  March is always a tease in Minnesota, but in the mix of shelter-in-place orders and a sudden 60 degree afternoon, I had all I could take.

The girls enjoyed some back and forth time with an old soccer ball.  Kris and I enjoyed a little fire.  Penny, well she enjoyed everything all at once.

The gloves had come off at this point.  I knew this could only add up to one thing.

Step one.

Step two.

And the rest just happened.

The family descended.

They ate.  They laughed.  They smiled.

They left.

And it was a beautiful day.

One to be repeated many times over in the days ahead.

All the better it will be with friends, once again.