Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Evan Walking!

We had dinner outside with our neighbors over the weekend...complete with juicy drippy popsicles! Fun in the summertime!
Evan finally started walking the day after Brian left... this video is for you honey. (If you get this in email form, you may have to click to link up above to be able to watch the video.)



Tuesday, June 22, 2010

We love you Daddy!

So it's actually been two months to the day since I last posted but let me tell you all the reasons. (I planned to do it in pictures but we've had some computer trouble the last several weeks so I couldn't access any pics and well, now it frankly would just take too much time!)

SO here's what we've been up to: Brian finished up classes, graduated from Penn State, was commissioned as a 2LT, had lots of parties surrounding that, he and I went on a great 3 night trip to DC (sans kids-thanks Dad, Mom and Kath), we went on a lot of picnics and day trips as a family, Brian packed up everything and left for KY for his Armor training for the next lot of months and we're still here hanging out in PA.

See, we've been just a little busy! :)

And now, pictures for Daddy of the last couple weeks--with captions 100% from Natalie!
I am being silly.
I like to put my eyeballs up.
I like to say "I love you"

Blake is riding a pony.
We are feeding the birds at the zoo.
(Me here: we went to NJ to see my family and went to a great zoo for kids one day.)

That's me!

Blake is feeding the birds.

Blake smiling on the train.

Evy is on the chair at the beach. We went with Natalie and Blake and Grandma and Mommy. I like the water when we were standing close to the waves with Grandma.

This is Father's Day cake with Grandpa. And Happy Father's Day to you too Daddy!

Blakey is in his bathing suit playing at the pool at Grandma's and he likes to play in the water. That's all.

Blakey likes crackers and he's sitting on Mommy's lap.

Natalie is outside by the pool. That's all.

This is when we were eating on the back patio. I don't know... if you want to say something else Mom, you can.

(Me: We made Turkish food for dinner one night and I thought this pic turned out really pretty looking so I had to put in on. It was good! :)

Evy doesn't have his bathing suit on or even a daiper. That's so silly and you would laugh at it if you saw it!
I love you Daddy. I miss you and I'll see you in a couple weeks. That's all.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Grandparents, Easter and more!

The kids and I headed to my parents for a weekend when Brian was away. Lots of fun as always. Not sure why it's so blurry but we went to IHOP for breakfast one morning... Kids Eat Free!

Splashing in Grandma's bubble bath!



Coloring Easter Eggs


Aunt Katherine and Grandpa helped make some beautiful eggs.


Egg Hunt in the basement.
(somehow i'm missing a few more pics of the weekend but it's a pain to add them back in... just move on to our MOPS Easter Egg Hunt... :)



Exploring their loot.

The kids had SO much fun playing with our plastic eggs and Easter things... see everything in the window? Hours of fun!

Easter!

Trying for a pic of all of them after church... not so great.


Brian's Dad and sister came over for the afternoon.

Yummy Easter Meal.

We walked/rode bikes on a walk and to the playground.



Aunt Bethany and Evan

Poppa helping Blake
We got to meet my mom for lunch at McDonald's one day as she was driving through PA.

We love Grandma.


City Serve

Every spring, our church cancels all it's services for the weekend and encourages everyone to go out and "be the church" by volunteering to help in a variety of service projects around the community. Our LifeGroup chose to mulch (well, wood chip) a playground for a church's dayschool. It was a lot of fun and great to get the kids involved in serving too. Loading up the wheelbarrows...
...and dumping them out...

... for the kids to help spread. The kids had little shovels and rakes and did a great job!

Except for the fact that it was freezing out!
We went in the building for a little bit to warm up and have a snack. I felt like I was teaching pre-school again. :)
Melinda and Alayna

Natalie especially impressed us... she worked hard!

The pile's almost gone!

Way to Go everyone... it looks great. I know it will be a blessing to the church and the school.