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the withers family four

the withers family four
....the withers family four...

Sunday, March 2, 2014

101 dalmatians...

livia performed in "101 dalmatians" for her third grade musical on thursday. She was "Penny", one of Pongo and Perdita's 15 puppies. Livia loved every minute of the play, and afterwards she said, "I am sad that it is all over!" I can't believe our little Livia is a third grader!
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thursday afternoon performance




 thursday cast (there are so many third graders, the music teachers split the grade into 2 performances) 



 one of livia's "speaking" parts 

 livia is going in for the bite on jasper's leg...
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thursday evening peformance 

 livia with her teacher, mrs. macemon 
 waiting for the fun to begin!
 class picture

 a little celebration afterwards with cake and flowers!
a star is born...

Thursday, February 20, 2014

2 harbors 4 us...

happy valentine's day and president's day! bobby surprised the family with a weekend trip to "superior shores" outside of two harbors. 

 amore...
 sophia keeping busy on our LONG trip up north by posing for the camera

 look who has the camera now!

 the girls' room in our cabin 


 our bedroom loft (the girls' room and bathroom were up the stairs)

 our view of lake superior 

 lounging in the hot tub/personal swimming pool for the girls 
 the next morning we caught a visitor outside our window 



 taking a dip in the indoor pool
 a trip to grandma's restaurant in duluth


 nothing better than a steak and cheese sandwich with a corona on vacation!


 a quick stop off at the rocky mountain chocolate factory

it is hard to tell but sophia became ill right about the time this picture was taken...we spent the remainder of the weekend indoors in our cabin.
the trip and the ride home was definitely memorable...
here's hoping for better weather and healthier family members soon-
THINK SPRING!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

family, fish, food, and fun...

raise your hand if you are glad that it is february? Can you see my hand raised to the ceiling? February means birthdays, Valentine's Day, and spontaneous family fun on the weekends. Here are some of our FAMILY, FISH, FOOD, and FUN pictures from the past two weeks.
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FAMILY
celebrating grandma nancy's birthday
look at all those cute little faces? (grandma nancy, caleb, eli, livia, trevor, bobby, nolan, and sophia)

here's to 71 more birthdays, grandma nancy!
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FISH
lately the woods household has been "all abuzz" over the birth of a baby molly fish...
livia and grandpa cannot get enough of that little thing! 
 can you see it?
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FOOD
the last 3 years i have taken bobby on a surprise valentine's getaway for just the two of us. this year he and i tried stillwater's "foodies on foot". basically you walk around the lovely town of stillwater, learning about the history, while stopping in at the local eateries for some delicious delectables and libations. i would highly recommend it! 
this salt lick was expensive...can you read the fine print? it is over 200 million years old!
 bobby can't believe it either! 
 at the green room
 this was a shot of all the people in our tour...4 couples and then us. they were a hoot!
 at reve for red velvet cake
 one final stop at candyland...love ya linus!
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FUN
with the weather being FRIGID, we decided to take matters into our own hands and stopped off at the local indoor pool. the girls had a great time!

 my camera kept fogging up, since it came from -30 degrees outside to 80 degrees inside...cool shot, anyways!
i sure hope we can do some more swimming soon...outdoors maybe?