Yesterday I walked 20 steps and ate breakfast here. This morning I had to turn my heat on.
In other words, we’re back from a glorious vacation in Hawaii and it’s raining here in Utah.
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Yesterday I walked 20 steps and ate breakfast here. This morning I had to turn my heat on.
In other words, we’re back from a glorious vacation in Hawaii and it’s raining here in Utah.
Almost four and full of spice, this little one packs a whole lot of personality into one teeny body. We love you Lucy!
Are you sick of looking at pictures of me and my family yet? You might be after this post.
After mentioning to my friend, Jessica that I didn’t have any pictures with Kate, she offered to come take some of us with our newest addition. How lucky am I? I have always loved looking back at pictures of my mom with each of us as we were growing up and I hope my children will cherish these pictures as I do in years to come. They are of us, in our home, with little preparation or fan-fare, doing what we do.
Can you tell we’re all more than a little smitten with our baby girl?
Today marks three months since Kate was born. Last week I turned thirty-one years old. There are so many years between us, but most of the time it feels like we’ve know each other forever. With yesterday being Mother’s Day, I had some time to reflect on the three who make me a mother. I am so grateful to have them in my care. It’s such an awesome responsibility to love and teach children and I often times fall short. I’m so lucky to have a mother who is one of my best friends who taught me from the very beginning how to mother, and continues to do so to this day.
Thank you to my friend Jessica Kettle, who came and took some pictures of our family and Kate and I. What a gift to have a tangible memory of us, as we are, right now. Family pictures to come.
Enjoying some much needed sunshine over here.
Amanda requested a trip to Thanksgiving Point for pictures. I had never gone there before for pictures so it was all new to me. Some things you should know about Thanksgiving Point are: 1. They don’t joke around with photography over there, you must carry a pass at all times and you will be one of a million people taking pictures. 2. When you go during “Tulip Festival” you might think, as they imply, that there are fields of tulips. There aren’t. This is a myth. 3. When you are in a massive hurry and decide to employ the services of a golf cart tour, they may drive for ten minutes, drop you off in a small patch of tulips and leave. And then you will have to walk all the way back.
BUT, if you’re hanging out with Amanda and Josh during all of this, it won’t phase you because they laugh a lot, are madly in love, and occasionally do inappropriate things. I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in June.
In the alfalfa field across from our house after a lovely church meeting that reminded us what Easter really is about.
Dying eggs with daddy.
Me showing the kids how to “marbleize” them. My fingernails are still stained.
Geoff and I’s favorite Chocolate Truffle Torte. I also made Bunny Buns which were pretty dang cute if I do say so myself.
And then a drive down the road to have Easter dinner with grandma and grandpa and some aunts and uncles.
Lucy in the kitchen helping Grandma.
Kate with her legs up on her cousin who will be making her entrance any day now!
Kate getting some loves from her Auntie Megan.
The Easter egg hunt begins! Both the kids were a blur.
Isaac and Lucy. Lucy decided to stay in her cute Easter outfit, while Isaac put on the shirt our neighbors brought back for him from Zions which he refuses to take off. Oh well.
On Saturday we became farmers. We’ve been talking about raising chickens for some time now and decided to surprise the kids the day before Easter with some. We found a lady on Craigslist who was selling several different varieties, so we packed up the kids and headed over there and let them pick out five.
They named them:
Sunny
Rusty
Jasmine
Peep
Chip
Isaac was hilarious on the way home. We were explaining to him that when the chicks started laying eggs, they wouldn’t be turning into chickens because they weren’t going to be sat on (we kind of side-stepped the mating talk). Very seriously he said, “I’ll sit on them.” I told him that if he sat on them that the egg would break. He then told me that he would “just put on some of dad’s big comfy pants and sit on them.”
Introducing Kate to the chickies.
She’s excited about them.
Geoff’s almost done with the coop, though the chickens will be in our basement under a heat lamp for a couple more weeks. Come on over and meet them!
Today Isaac made me a dandelion necklace. There were only two dandelions on it, and it was more of a choker, but my six-year-old made me a necklace. I asked him to take a picture of me wearing it so I can look back in ten years when he’s most likely giving me trouble and remember what a sweet boy he is. The only picture that turned out in focus (my camera is heavy!) I happened to be looking at Lucy making funny faces at me. I hope I’ll remember that too when I look back on this picture: the two kids making me smile behind the camera that day.
