First Easter

We had such a great Easter weekend!  We headed down to Clarkston with Shane, Crystal and Keegan (in the new rig!) and spent the whole weekend with family in the sunshine.  We got a healthy does of vitamin D - it was amazing!  Apart from Easter lunch, when he became super tired and not so much into having his photo taken, Ronan had a great trip.  He even cooperated through church - we appreciated the chance to remember and celebrate Christ's death and resurrection.  I can't wait to celebrate Easter with Ronan when he is old enough to recognize the significance of the holiday. 


Still a jumper :)

 

Mildly amused by my antics

I love this picture! Ronan is intently checking out Keegan and Keegan is reaching over to Ronan.

Somebody was so sleepy

Great Grandma

 

Great Grandpa



5 Months!

Ok, I'm quite behind on these. Here are a sampling of 5 month photos. 

 

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Monkey Love



Easter Eggs and Snow Storms

Patrick woke me up this morning so I could see the beautiful sunshine, blue skies and...snow. What?  Today's weather was crazy and typical for spring around here.  Unfortunately the blues skies faded to grey pretty quickly and the whole day was yuck.  We brightened our spirits by hanging out with friends and stuffing Easter eggs.  We were bribed with a great lunch and time with friends :)  Unfortunately, my camera battery was low and most pictures turned out somewhat blurry. Oh well.

We stuffed a couple hundred of these for the big hunt on Saturday.

Beautiful Jenn.

I think Miss Harper is going to have those same big beautiful eyes as brother Wyatt

Rockin' our new hat from auntie Ali

Kelley brought over her new kitty and Wyatt was enthralled

Both boys have that glazed eyes-ready for a nap on the ride home-look. No such luck though.

Last week was a busy and fun week.  I have been horrible about staying on top of this blog, so that's one of my new goals. I hate playing catch up.  Saturday I met my mom and some friends for Mom's Weekend down at WSU. It was a fun, relaxing day (sans Ronan) and even pretty sunny :)  Ronan and Patrick did awesome on their own.  Here, Ronan is sucking his thumb and one of my hair bands :)

Sunday, Ronan and I went to visit Keegan.  Don't let this picture fool you - Keegan is one big boy! He has already outgrown his newborn clothes and is in 3 month outfits at 2 weeks!  I love his thick, crazy red hair. I need to get a better picture of it, but it's great.

Monday was a trip to the dentist (for me) and then we had friends over for a great visit. Tuesday we had more friends over then Bible Study, Wednesday worked at the Refugee Center for our church then a marriage class (and our first endeavor into leaving Ronan in a child care nursery setting-kind of wild), Thursday visited friends (let me just pause and say we are blessed by great friends!) and Friday caught up on housework. Whew. I love that I have the flexibility to do these things. I want to be intentional about the great relationships in my life and not let myself get into a rut stuck at home.

Ali with Baby Harper



Mid roll!

  With all of the fun having and appointments of the last 2 weeks, I do manage to keep up on housework.  With one exception. Laundry.  Laundry is my absolute lowest priority.  It probably shouldn't be, but I will always choose quiet time with Lord, family, friends, excercise, cleaning and creating over laundry (pretty much in that order).  I'm okay with this. The laundry gets cleaned, but tends to remain in this basket.  Even when I start to dig in, I get distracted by cuteness ;)

Who wouldn't be distracted by that sweet smile?

Buds

Anytime we leave our cat for an extended period of time, he gets mad. And when he's mad, he gets annoying. Actually, that's ANNOYING. I cannot stand his yelling at us. Most people find Sneaks to be a sweet, snuggly cat - which he is - but they do not have to endure his pleas for love. He seems to be especially needy at about 4am.  For months now, Ronan has been sleeping through the night; however, our cat continues to wake us up. Aargh.  Luckily, he has found a new friend in Ronan, who seems to love Sneaks' soft fur, pointy ears and whiskers.  Sneaks is endlessly patient, another testament to his dire need for pets. He just purrrrrrs. (Please don't think we never pet this cat. Because we do. All the time) These pictures were taken the Monday after we got home from the Tri Cities.

Psst...Come 'ere. I have to tell you something

That's right, real close

Actually I just wanted to give you a giant kiss and bite your ear

Sneaks is in heaven

Ok. enough is enough


Sneaks is moving on and Ronan is happy!