Happy Birthday, T!

While RL and I were on our little weekend road trip, the girls were at home busily mixing, baking, and decorating a birthday cake for T! They made a yellow cake from scratch and then decorated it with colorful homemade frosting...it was even more delicious than it was beautiful! T came home from work for lunch that Monday so we could celebrate with him...we are so thankful for him!

Project with PopPop

A few weeks ago I was planning to go "home" for a friend's baby shower and was planning to spend a night with my parents the night before. PopPop suggested that I bring RL along so they could work on some projects, and RL had a great time helping our while Gran and I went to the party. Among other things, he got lots of hammering practice by helping put together a picket fence. He loved it!

AG Turns 11

April 2 marked 11 years since AG arrived on the scene, beginning for us this wonderful and wild experience of parenthood. I remember bringing her into our house in her carseat and sort of wondering just what to do next! Definitely a unique experience as I look back on it! She has, since that day, grown into a lovely, bright, fun girl who brings so many valuable qualities to our household. She is a beloved big sister and has gained levels of creativity, thoughtfulness, and independence that bless us daily. We are all so thankful for this sweet, precious gift of a girl! We celebrated with her grandparents and Uncle D the Saturday after her birthday with lunch and then all had a ball going bowling. What fun! I, for one, was thankful for the guard rails:). Then later in the week her sisters accompanied us to get her ears pierced! She did great...before and after pictures are below.

Spring Arrives!

The azaleas peaked here around the end of March, just a week before Easter. I've learned over the years that they come and go surprisingly quickly, so we got some pictures of the kids with them while we could! And in capturing these background blossoms, the timing allowed us to also record evidence of a (thankfully) brief event for LL, her (barely) broken arm! After three weeks in a cast she was healed up nicely:).

Boys!

They are so much fun and so busy! Here are a few views of them this spring: IS in tub and with phone (saying, "'Lo!"), SA in a favorite set of pjs with his "bear an noah" and in a typical self-selected outfit, and RL with the bunny train and wild hair!

Holidays and Winter

Time waits for no blogger, and though I have lots of recent celebrations and pics to post, I will post a few from the holidays and other winter festivities: Boys at Thanksgiving, IS on scooter, Christmas stockings, mustaches with PopPop, Christmas at Grandpa and Nana's, T and girls, IS sliding (before and after!), Mardi Gras parade, and SJ's 1/2 b'day date.