Papaw's winter visit

My Dad got to come up & spend a week with us at the end of January. It was really special for me because I have not had the opportunity to spend that much time with my Dad since before I graduated high school & I was still living at home. When the kids were at preschool Tuesday & Thursday that week, my Dad & I went on photo adventures. We had a blast.

I was a brave girl & I drove my Dad out on the lake WITHOUT hyperventilating this time!

Here is what my Dad looked like 90% of the the time he was here :-)

I took my Dad to Itasca State Park to walk across the Mississippi headwaters.

And...my Uncle Mike & his family were able to come up to join us the last weekend my Dad was here. They live in southern Minnesota & they made the 6 hour trip up to see us. It was so wonderful to see them all again!

Here is my Dad hand feeding some birds at Bemidji State Park.

Since my Dad's flight home got delayed for a day, he & Dawson got to spend another day playing in the snow together. If you look real close, you can see that that is Frosty in front of my Dad...bending WAY over!

I LOVE this image. Here are the boys enjoying their last bonus day together!