February....Finally Something to Post!

This morning it was 23 degrees! Wow! Spring seems to be just around the bend. The birds are singing, sun is shining and we're under a winter storm watch! Oh, well...it IS Iowa! Actually, I'm thankful for the warmer temperatures and sunshine.
Tyler and Kathy along with several others went to Galena for a weekend of skiing. The boys have been with us all weekend. Unfortunately, they've been sick since they got here. Yesterday, they were having fevers of 103 and 101, so we just watched movies, read stories and took long naps. They seem much better today, although they're still not as perky as usual. I caught them sitting together in the recliner listening to Zach's music on his MP3 player. Zach got the MP3 player for Christmas, and loves it! I've filled it with songs twice since he's had it, and he and Wyatt are listening to the new songs we put in yesterday. I thought it was a sweet scene, seeing them sharing the music.
Dennis (Popo) was quite busy this past week. He is so glad Kyle was home and willing to help out. We had lots of graves to dig, and with Travis working the day shift it makes it late when they get started, so Dennis and Kyle went ahead of time to break out the frost. There is about 25" of frost now. In addition to all the gravedigging, Dennis and Kyle cut wood and backfilled the graves. It was a long and exhausting week for Dennis and he says he wouldn't have made it without Kyle's help. Today, he is "recovering" from the long, cold work of the past week. I "snooked" in to get a picture of him at rest. "Snooked" is what Wyatt says for sneak, past tense. LOL! Anyway, Popo most likely won't be thrilled having this picture posted for the world to see....hahaha! Dennis did get a break yesterday when he, Travis, Kyle and Kirk went to Macomb for the afternoon to a farm show thing. He said he had a really good time. Kyle took them to one of his favorite eating places in Macomb.
We're now playing school. Zach and Wyatt are pupils in Mrs. Jean's class. They are hard working students, and they are really into their assignments!
I (Mrs. Jean) must go grade some papers!