tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67131047146372628272024-03-13T18:43:35.255-07:00The KeysersThis is our little blog to let anyone who may wonder what we are up to. We are busily enjoying life, love, marriage, and babies. Stay tuned. There is always something exciting in the works over here! Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.comBlogger985125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-55512015885835814742022-12-01T10:26:00.000-08:002022-12-01T10:26:13.644-08:0016 Years<p> Way back in July we hit 16 years of marriage! It is actually pretty unbelievable to think that we have already been married that long. It just blows my mind that we aren't those young newlywed kids anymore or that we now have 6 kids and some are becoming quite close to being teenagers! Daily we are working towards and dreaming about building that legacy for future generations. </p><p>This was an interesting year of marriage. We added Leeland to the family in a whirlwind labor and NICU stay during a pandemic. We faced many, many more challenges than a typical year and in the busyness of raising 6 children, we had very little time to devote to our relationship. And yet, we are okay. It's hard to explain but I am sure someone out there knows what I mean. Life did not give us the time to devote a lot of attention to our relationship. At many times we were under very high levels of stress and just pure exhaustion from a baby who still doesn't sleep through the night and the daily energy required for this family and work. And yet, we've had each other through it all. Even if we didn't have time, we have been side by side, working together and supporting one another and that has gone really far during this season. Looking back, we've grown a lot this last year! </p><p>These hard times have brought us so much closer together. In true crisis, we bonded more than we have through anything else! While I long for more time together to have fun and date and enjoy life, I am grateful that even through our worst of days we have each other and know how to love each other through it! I am glad for what we have learned and become through 16 year and I look forward to the future years we still have because I know through thick and thin, we have this life together! </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-59571747266844926682022-08-25T13:02:00.000-07:002022-08-25T13:02:24.188-07:00LB turns 8!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids just keep growing, and LB is no exception! Her 8th Birthday came upon us super fast and she is really starting to grow into a sweet older girl. She has changed so much lately and is growing a lot! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She requested cinnamon rolls for the big breakfast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJ8TB9tPJOUhaJSWcjROB7YNcqUHQC4p0jLPn4UuNDchhZiDKIETmPBRnvVKJkxdBTOWBE0GQ5zcQOwKMZjW9n0saOXHL-xpE6G5hKESWvQvO6uxijsqjr8noSBgOnz89EMIPNG9hW73tQdjus6NVmCMSXa0MZRJltmXjhsbehCx_HdepV1IWa9Nokg/s4032/IMG_3043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJ8TB9tPJOUhaJSWcjROB7YNcqUHQC4p0jLPn4UuNDchhZiDKIETmPBRnvVKJkxdBTOWBE0GQ5zcQOwKMZjW9n0saOXHL-xpE6G5hKESWvQvO6uxijsqjr8noSBgOnz89EMIPNG9hW73tQdjus6NVmCMSXa0MZRJltmXjhsbehCx_HdepV1IWa9Nokg/s320/IMG_3043.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then really wanted to go and play games with us. She is really good at Mario Kart! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGp9nW41SQUUcN14vfgGfggE89Pn9MyFAuT8eDA50BJ5waRXse6_sIGkqcKEa-kli-lrUUB9YwVSVFv2rSQROFBMJhOPfiKFAc2U1vmQebKMZqWGlvUDCPGedtH0Hc9X9O5tHPvbE1seYcLZJSs3E6i-aS4EC4bZkFoFGo7DzoGI_SMsOAMAmED0HFRw/s4032/IMG_3058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGp9nW41SQUUcN14vfgGfggE89Pn9MyFAuT8eDA50BJ5waRXse6_sIGkqcKEa-kli-lrUUB9YwVSVFv2rSQROFBMJhOPfiKFAc2U1vmQebKMZqWGlvUDCPGedtH0Hc9X9O5tHPvbE1seYcLZJSs3E6i-aS4EC4bZkFoFGo7DzoGI_SMsOAMAmED0HFRw/s320/IMG_3058.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lRg7AeMzzRG-0SWrmRK4I0QMw-9oNBXkzq4VeJe1jTxUMWD287__FN-y-8oqxRPxReB57nsz0SDHZ566dD95FejAIanFEw9dszgwWt_o1bzeTuHpz7zAqaZIqmuXt5qGwoIZkoAC7w2xzJwK1TQaC27WNqw4IO9YmxwLEgKDZ9ZCpk8KWVHJ-cxX0w/s4032/IMG_3060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lRg7AeMzzRG-0SWrmRK4I0QMw-9oNBXkzq4VeJe1jTxUMWD287__FN-y-8oqxRPxReB57nsz0SDHZ566dD95FejAIanFEw9dszgwWt_o1bzeTuHpz7zAqaZIqmuXt5qGwoIZkoAC7w2xzJwK1TQaC27WNqw4IO9YmxwLEgKDZ9ZCpk8KWVHJ-cxX0w/s320/IMG_3060.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Bl_oQscKPlUNh4rep95HMuX9CHs5D1-FGDyrUGgLRynuFm3swkesBOt9fvDctIvDRbApx_i0Q4BcllXFPXeK9uP0MZXkbiecD_8z_t_z7oZKnaxJwV3EyV-6JL7OUoIfqYW-X0eXLxDAwynoDZI97IQwiFdfxzH0kxF5Dq6bAl8mICUalrXKC1CJ1w/s4032/IMG_3064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Bl_oQscKPlUNh4rep95HMuX9CHs5D1-FGDyrUGgLRynuFm3swkesBOt9fvDctIvDRbApx_i0Q4BcllXFPXeK9uP0MZXkbiecD_8z_t_z7oZKnaxJwV3EyV-6JL7OUoIfqYW-X0eXLxDAwynoDZI97IQwiFdfxzH0kxF5Dq6bAl8mICUalrXKC1CJ1w/s320/IMG_3064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />We took her to lunch and got her some ice cream and did a little shopping! And then she had her big ole candy themed birthday party! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GlpfQJy9cSw7bkhN5LuozThvSwvvGUNqrbvSko6sAlcQYnY_huR4k-m0lQ-rnekBmX9RFni-r6UCdMZVPs7rsMS6aj-a7Dg8Gyx5GhwXepj59yv3CQnDe-Qewep06RWkbe1Qpau_t-WTilZwcRoAghN9IhaY0GV_OI4_rGGhWutSzZRtT5sB2tvC3w/s3295/IMG_3125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3295" data-original-width="2393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GlpfQJy9cSw7bkhN5LuozThvSwvvGUNqrbvSko6sAlcQYnY_huR4k-m0lQ-rnekBmX9RFni-r6UCdMZVPs7rsMS6aj-a7Dg8Gyx5GhwXepj59yv3CQnDe-Qewep06RWkbe1Qpau_t-WTilZwcRoAghN9IhaY0GV_OI4_rGGhWutSzZRtT5sB2tvC3w/s320/IMG_3125.JPG" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>LB, It has been amazing to watch you grow this last year! 8 is when I feel like all you kids really start to grow into a big kid and I see it happening with you too! You are funny and sweet and kind and typically willing to try new things! I love that you do everything with a big smile on your face! People often comment on your beautiful smile and it personifies who you are as a person! You are a little ray of sunshine and we can't wait to continue to watch you grow up! We love you so much! </i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GIhdGNrfhMK6-Ji04MLFH16EHgOaisGLEI4q1hzGchficDhKS6ZfeOHnGQeeoH4MMWZqEVhOJ4E9sO-IwqncErm0Q_8hRyUD6kvAB_7GtQ3tcSs3pKbfLUQKK7TmLsWkVIZzdDj3x66cDo5YOx7SLmdy8fSRr4LNbUCWkxmcBBcISTu3fmOpPluTQA/s3715/IMG_3011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3715" data-original-width="2621" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GIhdGNrfhMK6-Ji04MLFH16EHgOaisGLEI4q1hzGchficDhKS6ZfeOHnGQeeoH4MMWZqEVhOJ4E9sO-IwqncErm0Q_8hRyUD6kvAB_7GtQ3tcSs3pKbfLUQKK7TmLsWkVIZzdDj3x66cDo5YOx7SLmdy8fSRr4LNbUCWkxmcBBcISTu3fmOpPluTQA/s320/IMG_3011.JPG" width="226" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-9256218044381681702022-08-13T11:04:00.002-07:002022-08-13T11:04:16.328-07:009 Months<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6O9vVURz0Ms94aWI89xAUz20v_wkfLkt9n7Hh34JvXLLmki79qjJsCOmsB3HmL6Yi1F2yx6YbyfheAhDgPg5Igzjg3IRPbJsHnBqiX2SzVAxKIUEY4QlrCTMACjljq02j5xh8ctkwZlXlh24MRBcywGVFpdUkQ0t6_Y7LwYvSUMkGGsLQ06QZqg6Vg/s4032/IMG_2873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6O9vVURz0Ms94aWI89xAUz20v_wkfLkt9n7Hh34JvXLLmki79qjJsCOmsB3HmL6Yi1F2yx6YbyfheAhDgPg5Igzjg3IRPbJsHnBqiX2SzVAxKIUEY4QlrCTMACjljq02j5xh8ctkwZlXlh24MRBcywGVFpdUkQ0t6_Y7LwYvSUMkGGsLQ06QZqg6Vg/s320/IMG_2873.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This first year is just flying by. I should have been prepared for it, but I never am! We are having so much fun with our little guy and his unique personality is really starting to shine. Overall he is so easy going and full of smiles and giggles. He is definitely in a Mama and Dada stage and we are his favorite people and we are kind of okay with that! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He cracks us up because he feels like an endless pit and will eat all the time! It's nice now that he can pick up food and feed himself though. He doesn't seem too picky at all, he loves nursing (around the clock), bottles of milk, pouches of baby food, finger foods. I think the only things I am seeing that he doesn't like are bananas. But he has loved fresh berry season with all the raspberries and blueberries! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's still a pretty little guy even with all the eating he does! Under the 40% in both height and weight but I think we might have caught him right before a growth spurt! Sleep is slowly improving and he finally gave us a couple full nights of sleep during his growth spurt. He is on a regular 2 nap a day schedule and will at least go down easily at night and at a decent time! He typically has been waking 1-2 times a night but that is better than the phase where he was still waking up every 2 hours not too long ago. Improvement is improvement but I am definitely looking forward to the time when we will sleep all night again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's still off to the races and learning so much! He is cruising everywhere and crawling fast. He just needs to gain some confidence and he would take off walking, but no rush! He's a super busy guy already! But so much fun! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Leeland Dale, We are having so much fun being your parents and want you to know how much we love you! You are a special little blessing in our lives and it feels like you complete our family so well! Your adorable little smile and giggles melt our hearts and bring so much joy into our home! This year of your life is going so fast but it has been our delight to get to watch you grow before our eyes!</i> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYaiSxp9t7xe06twlhOrJ3Yc68Xn9NazTlNfbCYk34A8wducKzGd4ES9OKn8OrOOzsb4iXwAk0sSKhc9wK30CBncWChe1UPHA3XncWGCBVkx1ojE-QWhAywGdQoZ95hVW8ss6DDhnEglu9c9n8Op1G2jKxmsB2w_f09WjTGVU1OIuEdE22suL3uRYEQ/s4032/IMG_2875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYaiSxp9t7xe06twlhOrJ3Yc68Xn9NazTlNfbCYk34A8wducKzGd4ES9OKn8OrOOzsb4iXwAk0sSKhc9wK30CBncWChe1UPHA3XncWGCBVkx1ojE-QWhAywGdQoZ95hVW8ss6DDhnEglu9c9n8Op1G2jKxmsB2w_f09WjTGVU1OIuEdE22suL3uRYEQ/s320/IMG_2875.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-37475226714131749002022-07-20T14:41:00.005-07:002022-07-20T14:41:55.313-07:00June Recap<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June was also a busy month that flew by, but it was at least a lot more fun than all the sickness we had in May!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2syJ1DJocdErb7HdmQ3X_8LU8nRNwcGy0B3taIqBJucebo_JHhWbVMtKkR0vsK1euBrH5R-nCqDkRFLgwXJy-DRIrbSP6H2VGdrF6kgUpn_8Q-umtmzPzmZBQNvvOlf3F5WYIfyMJ31lmFYnR2KncG8ox-_3VSVmK-RFTwrbE_3jFWxXsQeGsndc4dg/s4032/IMG_1465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2syJ1DJocdErb7HdmQ3X_8LU8nRNwcGy0B3taIqBJucebo_JHhWbVMtKkR0vsK1euBrH5R-nCqDkRFLgwXJy-DRIrbSP6H2VGdrF6kgUpn_8Q-umtmzPzmZBQNvvOlf3F5WYIfyMJ31lmFYnR2KncG8ox-_3VSVmK-RFTwrbE_3jFWxXsQeGsndc4dg/s320/IMG_1465.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgfNYAcBFwnpkYnrK_sTtPxs6zy76UGapxGHUCfj1AISjiNN4Gx5CuIrG1tjALDeXq5GaElEe2ckKvr0cunvLSpwNs0uDsbJCL8RI8XbZJ3iKnIiYC5qQfm0q2QpQgustjV10s0LOex4GzCMz6Iv4T2FjF0vpRVmCxgPbeCuVRB3eVNKdZkF_FODKaQ/s4032/IMG_1467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgfNYAcBFwnpkYnrK_sTtPxs6zy76UGapxGHUCfj1AISjiNN4Gx5CuIrG1tjALDeXq5GaElEe2ckKvr0cunvLSpwNs0uDsbJCL8RI8XbZJ3iKnIiYC5qQfm0q2QpQgustjV10s0LOex4GzCMz6Iv4T2FjF0vpRVmCxgPbeCuVRB3eVNKdZkF_FODKaQ/s320/IMG_1467.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvXsXAPcJANdsP3d3lyIUXBAXZUzKU7s3reOA7jgwzN9t3EJgACw-elVynVwW2HuIR50Az3Rzq_U2YVmyhOCpl7wXiv4oaRJ-BFjKDMXe5kW_VGMRggyDL41YCxBYHKElKcifaLx1oMcSgtnvguvjuGmuHoKTWQf22R0AZgPDAIta5tA92vddWcyo6A/s4032/IMG_1471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvXsXAPcJANdsP3d3lyIUXBAXZUzKU7s3reOA7jgwzN9t3EJgACw-elVynVwW2HuIR50Az3Rzq_U2YVmyhOCpl7wXiv4oaRJ-BFjKDMXe5kW_VGMRggyDL41YCxBYHKElKcifaLx1oMcSgtnvguvjuGmuHoKTWQf22R0AZgPDAIta5tA92vddWcyo6A/s320/IMG_1471.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No sooner did we get back from the water part trip, and then the boys were off to Alaska with their grandparents. They had an amazing time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPHSd5kL45WQV_5C_WBq2APqczZvd_AekE0BMv6jqdwsIG_lY_xTtwVevGIS57CY1QK9wfd0SkGC0ONzEEL1eQtm8ijJVkhqbqkA68GZLGDtUnwmwgPGPTSiP1OjxJ2bK1jkB6ZagUcp7yalj1hiyG0-MkWfixjKnNZMgyUBqfVKw9Eck_7wL4dnuyQ/s4032/IMG_5015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPHSd5kL45WQV_5C_WBq2APqczZvd_AekE0BMv6jqdwsIG_lY_xTtwVevGIS57CY1QK9wfd0SkGC0ONzEEL1eQtm8ijJVkhqbqkA68GZLGDtUnwmwgPGPTSiP1OjxJ2bK1jkB6ZagUcp7yalj1hiyG0-MkWfixjKnNZMgyUBqfVKw9Eck_7wL4dnuyQ/s320/IMG_5015.JPG" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPHSd5kL45WQV_5C_WBq2APqczZvd_AekE0BMv6jqdwsIG_lY_xTtwVevGIS57CY1QK9wfd0SkGC0ONzEEL1eQtm8ijJVkhqbqkA68GZLGDtUnwmwgPGPTSiP1OjxJ2bK1jkB6ZagUcp7yalj1hiyG0-MkWfixjKnNZMgyUBqfVKw9Eck_7wL4dnuyQ/s4032/IMG_5015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peter took Sabrina on a fun little date! She loved it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaQL_LOBhEdztuuwElWcsfRg5ZUBoKG03CE_8GdvGHxuP8bpZ-iAaY-FnpzYbhwX0PIONfETWyOKJ1oZNHyQXOV7MA_BWQOBsl_wgsM9qBJLiiTISqPxsw3WiWKgcS_CcUEhXCPkFGuObLyZFpOn6Hb0eIhdFEy-usS5lMPYDHFS9Bm6mqNYZBLg8cw/s4032/IMG_2318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaQL_LOBhEdztuuwElWcsfRg5ZUBoKG03CE_8GdvGHxuP8bpZ-iAaY-FnpzYbhwX0PIONfETWyOKJ1oZNHyQXOV7MA_BWQOBsl_wgsM9qBJLiiTISqPxsw3WiWKgcS_CcUEhXCPkFGuObLyZFpOn6Hb0eIhdFEy-usS5lMPYDHFS9Bm6mqNYZBLg8cw/s320/IMG_2318.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaJtTKO2-vl4kPIYzGCUlOjnHs24wTbcLWI57e1WRJ9CGShF6vpfxG2pcAwAhtKnTTnzGfd0HIBpyb_KXqy5hLUE49O68I9R-pT7aTlYti97kBTe_vn5EDKEBD1AkNYgCj5QOGQGGrKIinfDkND7n2qQQo7obS0bmvrTSIxyJsuG6ALBB9A0_xBw9bw/s4032/IMG_2320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaJtTKO2-vl4kPIYzGCUlOjnHs24wTbcLWI57e1WRJ9CGShF6vpfxG2pcAwAhtKnTTnzGfd0HIBpyb_KXqy5hLUE49O68I9R-pT7aTlYti97kBTe_vn5EDKEBD1AkNYgCj5QOGQGGrKIinfDkND7n2qQQo7obS0bmvrTSIxyJsuG6ALBB9A0_xBw9bw/s320/IMG_2320.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-70481396790689036562022-07-18T12:23:00.003-07:002022-07-18T12:23:34.781-07:00May Recap <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May was a SUPER busy and hard month! We spent a large portion of the month deep into taking kids to their sports and also doing the final push for school. It is the time of year that the kids are just over it and I am just over it and we needed to get it done! Leeland was sleeping terrible, the toddler was full of attitude and I honestly felt maxed out on life. Peter had to go away on a little business trip and even with the help from my parents it was very hard and overwhelming. As soon as he got back, Covid finally caught up with us! Malachi and Sabrina went down at the same time, a day later Eli and LB went down, then Me and Ayla the next, and Peter and Leeland on the 4th day. I am so grateful that the big kids were almost through it before Peter and I went down. It was soooo hard trying to take care of 6 sick kids while feeling sick and exhausted ourselves. We were not getting any opportunity to recover ourselves and I feel like it took us a solid 3 weeks to get past the brain fog and fatigue and get back to "normal". So while May wasn't the best of months, we still had some good times and memories!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leeland got more and more active </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuaw_-vglm4LT44p-O8Zhpe8e6CjeZVtkBPHt4Du-9vB08LazymLJjqMUvWT1PJcfnO5DiAvxaaa1y7Q9n8C9SSlcARuVPUyTvTtSOp8FFH7c716AWckeZezRUnIFjrsDcldws7wE-hgTPIWVaByxgp8SAVbU9DkveFp_GYvoHM6c_4mbdg9kR_r97w/s4032/IMG_1390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuaw_-vglm4LT44p-O8Zhpe8e6CjeZVtkBPHt4Du-9vB08LazymLJjqMUvWT1PJcfnO5DiAvxaaa1y7Q9n8C9SSlcARuVPUyTvTtSOp8FFH7c716AWckeZezRUnIFjrsDcldws7wE-hgTPIWVaByxgp8SAVbU9DkveFp_GYvoHM6c_4mbdg9kR_r97w/s320/IMG_1390.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5OI_x-rYKjUqBrGsvCK_7mQea8ASThEekFZlGbHmshwUCZ44iBBnjFQzFRvz55cFhFIFxvkZBRJ-c4AeZ9uVju2apo1XHRhgtxHU4Od918gtb8T66JdmFpmVnX8LNlaXyYLyYnn0uTCPUoOkaLoyRkxtaJdiqeVbsIaMbdTyDHwHZPqyXq-v47UKhA/s4032/IMG_1334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5OI_x-rYKjUqBrGsvCK_7mQea8ASThEekFZlGbHmshwUCZ44iBBnjFQzFRvz55cFhFIFxvkZBRJ-c4AeZ9uVju2apo1XHRhgtxHU4Od918gtb8T66JdmFpmVnX8LNlaXyYLyYnn0uTCPUoOkaLoyRkxtaJdiqeVbsIaMbdTyDHwHZPqyXq-v47UKhA/s320/IMG_1334.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I worked more and more on my sourdough techniques </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBO42Pjd8Od4sUyp5fIecqmGZQi2JBtwvSyTj4SgrgoouAXwSNWzKpaxhdUub7OcmFd_zKnktQa6pmeIvBsfOCmKSR4VTAdTUBihCCatb67NsFn-C64JyKPOCNnCP72iTtVjhEtSdr4KO2NOY6orqUx12LSRG8HEBka3eoehOGMD9c7_ruy-hvw88ulw/s4032/IMG_0622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBO42Pjd8Od4sUyp5fIecqmGZQi2JBtwvSyTj4SgrgoouAXwSNWzKpaxhdUub7OcmFd_zKnktQa6pmeIvBsfOCmKSR4VTAdTUBihCCatb67NsFn-C64JyKPOCNnCP72iTtVjhEtSdr4KO2NOY6orqUx12LSRG8HEBka3eoehOGMD9c7_ruy-hvw88ulw/s320/IMG_0622.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of time spent on the soccer field</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivI27cpDdrfEiGFhp5BMLOY8Qt2zlB94N4CoIK1s1lIGT67P56_MjYH-kB0RNWhLAPJXj_SchD0xeb-00M-yxm9bwQCPfLclIE_qewTwfiHfecJUFol1Jcq0CzoZHdjxp8zcU641cLF11hJeTOby0m9j61gcZhqjKkhNS7QU3dzhqy3F6edduMXbIC4w/s4032/IMG_0640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivI27cpDdrfEiGFhp5BMLOY8Qt2zlB94N4CoIK1s1lIGT67P56_MjYH-kB0RNWhLAPJXj_SchD0xeb-00M-yxm9bwQCPfLclIE_qewTwfiHfecJUFol1Jcq0CzoZHdjxp8zcU641cLF11hJeTOby0m9j61gcZhqjKkhNS7QU3dzhqy3F6edduMXbIC4w/s320/IMG_0640.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFiCltgi96PdYnM7y7rmCjgWLTjbvTitL6s_FrYqdIZAPpHyY_AaLqh8CLVyjk9RI26LciEM84VwCUhY_ELJI5YuiZM2IBOnfm0sO46P7_Awi9uWia16BpRTbIWPXJ_Ei-cRbVvtFqsrUdpxUA_ewg0uULV_LTBOxtdbS2RUW2I-m01AcbHPpiodN-g/s4032/IMG_0648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFiCltgi96PdYnM7y7rmCjgWLTjbvTitL6s_FrYqdIZAPpHyY_AaLqh8CLVyjk9RI26LciEM84VwCUhY_ELJI5YuiZM2IBOnfm0sO46P7_Awi9uWia16BpRTbIWPXJ_Ei-cRbVvtFqsrUdpxUA_ewg0uULV_LTBOxtdbS2RUW2I-m01AcbHPpiodN-g/s320/IMG_0648.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Malachi made an improbable bet that the Beavers would win every game (5) they played against the Ducks (our rival) this year. We were happy to have to pay this bet out to him!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwV6_STZbqPyDkxWhDXwhFo7PlqAtPPJwd6bgNg9Un4RlTz5oBT4hH857U2pleRWd8drHXftBELFR6ZniIx1lcLjvGZtXSLa7EGo7CQexJnpUP3WzlzH3KPWootD3MA0YSaNlKATTyycNWSLfO8fyUXIHL0t8el7N_F9Vf29YVLcy1tGiERQJTpA8CuA/s4032/IMG_0810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwV6_STZbqPyDkxWhDXwhFo7PlqAtPPJwd6bgNg9Un4RlTz5oBT4hH857U2pleRWd8drHXftBELFR6ZniIx1lcLjvGZtXSLa7EGo7CQexJnpUP3WzlzH3KPWootD3MA0YSaNlKATTyycNWSLfO8fyUXIHL0t8el7N_F9Vf29YVLcy1tGiERQJTpA8CuA/s320/IMG_0810.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0Lm6B7_3imNLEFTHSnxFWvZUWdZ8AQEqglC-gXQ9MPE9GqYMYNDgPafiPCsAxb8K2LVrLyD-34Dxb2oVcOFmAVTDc6h6aCJ-dhO6C_IhHH0hhUiES7zM6iMISS49h7_PE-p1QxSUtVtKxV0oRBzrbxePiGb1IgIySsX-hraKVZBdb7IgPoZK9iWRCw/s4032/IMG_0877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A lot of popsicles and soup were consumed and a lot of trips up and down the stairs to deliver food and drinks to kids in bed by tired ole mom and dad!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyhRm8L5rOc3erE4XC-pkwN1-hmK4UQDcpBGcpJraLS_m-SGfoZ3qhO8DNrif43TTiPfHZzRGct7xAI2S0bjc-F8R1HPul0ADmtNMgkgbW18WOjqHqWnSgITmnyU2Znosvr3sOi_jJv9JD8LVhdNtv2lELDRK1927gPHQSHKUypW9SzwZBt4qtGaj-w/s4032/IMG_1396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyhRm8L5rOc3erE4XC-pkwN1-hmK4UQDcpBGcpJraLS_m-SGfoZ3qhO8DNrif43TTiPfHZzRGct7xAI2S0bjc-F8R1HPul0ADmtNMgkgbW18WOjqHqWnSgITmnyU2Znosvr3sOi_jJv9JD8LVhdNtv2lELDRK1927gPHQSHKUypW9SzwZBt4qtGaj-w/s320/IMG_1396.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ayla did help me do a lot of planting!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdrFTDafDknyg6szQmHyL9FgcnEDZR8eFf8xh8IhOwFxP7nY-X6lnrHuLsIHYlu2KMxKTXvZmAlDQ0VCDIMoYJb0NAMlLzvKcaRgYRMUEMBF1rfJ2Zf34BfODvDR2_emkncIr3ASsNmzqkQ-boi2Pw62kCO11gIKes2A_a9LwfSkhXYceNw910mLCeA/s4032/IMG_1090_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdrFTDafDknyg6szQmHyL9FgcnEDZR8eFf8xh8IhOwFxP7nY-X6lnrHuLsIHYlu2KMxKTXvZmAlDQ0VCDIMoYJb0NAMlLzvKcaRgYRMUEMBF1rfJ2Zf34BfODvDR2_emkncIr3ASsNmzqkQ-boi2Pw62kCO11gIKes2A_a9LwfSkhXYceNw910mLCeA/s320/IMG_1090_jpg.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Poor sick baby boo, but I am thankful we held off on catching this until his body was big and strong enough to fight it off well! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1dSDkf9lGjcFVSvjWXqWfSBUPG7j1kahiaR7dLFjX1wk67w1v16oyInxN9KYBI4fnas1E1647ppGMsKJAKXCMSJvvzv5JVZGDus-2oD8DO4Joo3NJA-VJOKQVOhN7CJSqt7YFTipily0LzIn4MLe5D1rbUJxOXJ7xC_Zm6swelF_YMyQvzjU2PJPcg/s4032/IMG_1415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1dSDkf9lGjcFVSvjWXqWfSBUPG7j1kahiaR7dLFjX1wk67w1v16oyInxN9KYBI4fnas1E1647ppGMsKJAKXCMSJvvzv5JVZGDus-2oD8DO4Joo3NJA-VJOKQVOhN7CJSqt7YFTipily0LzIn4MLe5D1rbUJxOXJ7xC_Zm6swelF_YMyQvzjU2PJPcg/s320/IMG_1415.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg521FXpxEWm0Vla1rGpennOZv7i46d2ZRwxRb0_C-pWx_-rrtrYsXr6W8B7xblM_YRhZr7GeMjR1hIB_rPTunZ_7gL0_87d9-ibyc2WpfZ35to6R5af-abQ9v8xGGBoAa_MUMhBPKVul5FKYdTcI8i3-Ol5obZn_rMZSTcLkc4a10UtzIvJDI9zQp2ng/s4032/IMG_1109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have worked so hard on getting our lawn to grow, it was sooo bad and I was pretty darn proud of myself for finally getting it to grow where the old pool was! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fF3Xd2nMEwoDB40ADT9RwdCDAnz7NxvjIouHkK8QGxdniJ3FaE8s0A5wL7Rux4EnlDUIwB_wY9E-fdYNzEi0UaXXYOa7yJGDbf6gIXF0QoCb831JDF7valT3BjZJx9BsT1HHZeq4iJsq4GqWoNIC67wCfzmAn8uqbSSHLcLNYNlk2Ux6-P9wfrrPtQ/s4032/IMG_1429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fF3Xd2nMEwoDB40ADT9RwdCDAnz7NxvjIouHkK8QGxdniJ3FaE8s0A5wL7Rux4EnlDUIwB_wY9E-fdYNzEi0UaXXYOa7yJGDbf6gIXF0QoCb831JDF7valT3BjZJx9BsT1HHZeq4iJsq4GqWoNIC67wCfzmAn8uqbSSHLcLNYNlk2Ux6-P9wfrrPtQ/s320/IMG_1429.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">And that was another month in the books. They just keep flying by faster than I can even blog them :) </div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-59006474758973879712022-07-17T13:03:00.001-07:002022-07-17T13:03:18.887-07:00April Recap <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I fell a bit behind on the monthly recaps but trying to get back to it now with the little moments, like family movie nights!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfybSnetAYjIhzRorie2WRl7jzTy3FtZClpOvKlNwGU3mhM9vc8VqNuuXjfEGHLqiHDBEv8kbSRjjV4Py4YtLGBVE6aA0Z6ErY1WZG-mKdhvW0S9s0k6Ir7cR89J8h4SvbgLFAqGOk3lCI62abHgxfq4AOW5fqAUmNeQdoDGXQWo20FqijSrMiKeRjw/s4032/IMG_0005_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfybSnetAYjIhzRorie2WRl7jzTy3FtZClpOvKlNwGU3mhM9vc8VqNuuXjfEGHLqiHDBEv8kbSRjjV4Py4YtLGBVE6aA0Z6ErY1WZG-mKdhvW0S9s0k6Ir7cR89J8h4SvbgLFAqGOk3lCI62abHgxfq4AOW5fqAUmNeQdoDGXQWo20FqijSrMiKeRjw/s320/IMG_0005_jpg.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Took in a couple more little furry foster puppies </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKE7II6dc9NAMx-bKA5hjhYe_icqaEtwdAtxBtwJg_qqnNXDMHQ6jgMyE7nQdG-0FaWuEloJWxqKgwWBPH8ABDmFm29MwD8Ds1rHUk0XU_8NBllDPAQpYToR8F9AHk5NArDlQfe5ekuCFxzcKC_u_orEtsqMWLXzjIrCMtyWd8UJJaF3sZ8XXyYJV3VA/s4032/IMG_0065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKE7II6dc9NAMx-bKA5hjhYe_icqaEtwdAtxBtwJg_qqnNXDMHQ6jgMyE7nQdG-0FaWuEloJWxqKgwWBPH8ABDmFm29MwD8Ds1rHUk0XU_8NBllDPAQpYToR8F9AHk5NArDlQfe5ekuCFxzcKC_u_orEtsqMWLXzjIrCMtyWd8UJJaF3sZ8XXyYJV3VA/s320/IMG_0065.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peter's parents visited for the April birthdays and Easter</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLHFQ2t_1NGl8LK_BBJ9VlUdyuxZffv9rhRDUBAms6ixwE3-fvmkN0kMKAFetg5rrwwjqlpLgfOMZLtW7j_tsA6wjWgfrsAaYobBUcrue2-yPckUatr6zcBfIAiIgHLpi4VaVPbJSvCPh559QyRLUTH3QxkYnGjC9RoGPC3CxPPCpe2ZkMNdEx71OOA/s4032/IMG_0203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLHFQ2t_1NGl8LK_BBJ9VlUdyuxZffv9rhRDUBAms6ixwE3-fvmkN0kMKAFetg5rrwwjqlpLgfOMZLtW7j_tsA6wjWgfrsAaYobBUcrue2-yPckUatr6zcBfIAiIgHLpi4VaVPbJSvCPh559QyRLUTH3QxkYnGjC9RoGPC3CxPPCpe2ZkMNdEx71OOA/s320/IMG_0203.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leeland started trying real foods </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little man just got busier and busier </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHX0nsPtaBPy1uVLno2LQDF7Aw2dIEnuC93YxeTVcw8HQRkPMqL-VDJxOBmYiEjjrEJaLemulEUgc4qpmnjPjWs3K7FCtodsnakPEILfcqTv6qqMmMdlaBuEuoZjB0yJCX8316oOOBRwPu9ZRucGHD-hWun0sKffZOP4VBTQGFO3VXEsM5J8YTeBV_gA/s3192/IMG_0559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3192" data-original-width="2143" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHX0nsPtaBPy1uVLno2LQDF7Aw2dIEnuC93YxeTVcw8HQRkPMqL-VDJxOBmYiEjjrEJaLemulEUgc4qpmnjPjWs3K7FCtodsnakPEILfcqTv6qqMmMdlaBuEuoZjB0yJCX8316oOOBRwPu9ZRucGHD-hWun0sKffZOP4VBTQGFO3VXEsM5J8YTeBV_gA/s320/IMG_0559.JPG" width="215" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViFv4IW2XdvdC_DMOnqFJvYMVabVcxTI9hybySsuRzzUB7tRETd6ZwohOpxglK5GV4DjBliZR9aJqdb4pAn4CHuLRvjL6QDkwYM2JRYxJqBZ05Uu9NuA49lq93u5zXq5zee_lrIQYGGrp7ErCrK0gBxYQxbqvnN1ArYTUEHfyo9vI00Z_fzifHqoEhA/s4032/IMG_0563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love having the kids in the kitchen with me!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal7Zx-B7TV-Q9HghqGnNiTYproS_y24fVCaoIpeVk4MColdPswPMO5cC66PjfFThhSFvJF_XUZi5el7Couh_FouXBPlXJAdeIrPcjHbLeOAyb9C1nfhCilrfNLoyeujD2A0ekjqtT6oNy7gUEqk0Ga_pA-LAeWKgskp_u27sxhrRKatNB5KbBDK4XSQ/s4032/IMG_9732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal7Zx-B7TV-Q9HghqGnNiTYproS_y24fVCaoIpeVk4MColdPswPMO5cC66PjfFThhSFvJF_XUZi5el7Couh_FouXBPlXJAdeIrPcjHbLeOAyb9C1nfhCilrfNLoyeujD2A0ekjqtT6oNy7gUEqk0Ga_pA-LAeWKgskp_u27sxhrRKatNB5KbBDK4XSQ/s320/IMG_9732.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsCiR03XU1p0LzGy7b8hITcRXKZLREwdBe68Y54oLEIlHXpVD_DG2P_N1om7Be3HKzqy1dBKRJ7Ghu0jU4JMEZG4vl47p6edQkqkXyrxuHnh19Qx1xvULwTPiGzAx9kXkY9depStjom-uH1wWah37g9gI2TuRc4y1Edv1D057bBhE8jdEc3EcAG3PAg/s4032/IMG_9740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had record cold days and the most rainfall we have ever had in April. So it wasn't quite the spring we were hoping for (although the summer weather has been about perfect - not as hot as years past have been!) The kids pretended and didn't mind eating out in the rain! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn_2bnrYDbulGtsbn9FCd75Dd-8s-Yy8KxoofDn7clr47v7XEPF02u6U1I56-uhRwJ9BHKIW9bgTjSdSV7-xv1p3fa_V91lhRNP9WcXtBO2Zg91c9d5AtPi4Mnd5HqWhVzC-5s8j-7wSwqXHAn1D2PDsAbw1SIl1NUY2mS1uMazHJqlv-aLVi1qwpfg/s4032/IMG_9792.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn_2bnrYDbulGtsbn9FCd75Dd-8s-Yy8KxoofDn7clr47v7XEPF02u6U1I56-uhRwJ9BHKIW9bgTjSdSV7-xv1p3fa_V91lhRNP9WcXtBO2Zg91c9d5AtPi4Mnd5HqWhVzC-5s8j-7wSwqXHAn1D2PDsAbw1SIl1NUY2mS1uMazHJqlv-aLVi1qwpfg/s320/IMG_9792.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ROCKED March Madness and got to pick the vacation spot for next year! Picked 3 of the final 4 AND the correct winner! I have no skill, it's just luck! 13 days in Hawaii are already on the calendar :) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgJGxeMG8zlEaf4zp2JLFEgTMwWFe8MiKNaDtSeg5I5geH-sBQU4ZMOY7RKnJqEsK32o9PQKvLFfnbYRtRYSWc8eDHgUNX-DYtPsUEsbRqYTTlzanjmhUpNi7mef1tkBODiFM-mMpPyDGk1roHrnk9RPo3HS01jONFPptJLDfICfROa9gYlSIgOMntg/s3946/IMG_9814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1977" data-original-width="3946" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgJGxeMG8zlEaf4zp2JLFEgTMwWFe8MiKNaDtSeg5I5geH-sBQU4ZMOY7RKnJqEsK32o9PQKvLFfnbYRtRYSWc8eDHgUNX-DYtPsUEsbRqYTTlzanjmhUpNi7mef1tkBODiFM-mMpPyDGk1roHrnk9RPo3HS01jONFPptJLDfICfROa9gYlSIgOMntg/s320/IMG_9814.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sd1_GLGlQKH5hj47XTZN3QCDmDOgbsj9XU1d-ma9vhq47ZQi70a2PnFkSwgvwBqQIdcuB7ovHvKIl9-d9NRruU28Qa_ScrAFw94elv86DGXlMtBfRV8qNzNCNGjK9de87mg7Etaqq8rk17yWlXKMfpJ0VyOkwnCg-FFyziunvCfFQ_YLojGlUS4nQA/s4032/IMG_9825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids attended their very first concert</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqn3olhm7QTmOplkzbnadxs90YbWT3E1G3I-bAfUIGEainKI8fbaBlFA-h_4Wr9JGoQk-G7SEt6q_PvsNmMJG-f_rOJZVFBirm8wXN1ia5-IyZtOlD_-RcbRYv46baJZt-xER4n1mAoFHNdxQkYvpBnoOaHtmORH7Et7GSnmTbQaJoq-zjKvV2gljkbA/s4032/IMG_9899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqn3olhm7QTmOplkzbnadxs90YbWT3E1G3I-bAfUIGEainKI8fbaBlFA-h_4Wr9JGoQk-G7SEt6q_PvsNmMJG-f_rOJZVFBirm8wXN1ia5-IyZtOlD_-RcbRYv46baJZt-xER4n1mAoFHNdxQkYvpBnoOaHtmORH7Et7GSnmTbQaJoq-zjKvV2gljkbA/s320/IMG_9899.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQcA3Q6JObUz8HxaqpapiHTuh1v1VVv2upky7mi0l09ZGFLu5Ho-dZkuO8t7O4oo6qV3LCMGutZw0HOtwCW_fs6fDtBR8TwgdDt5X8O6aC1gVX7VlioHFqkfb4b5hp2FTMByfExDhgkbKTLAYSXyu4LYSLZ0zQUlOWC0LeerX_0RykcmWAhbLs28c4w/s4032/IMG_9997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was yet another thing that I figured we wouldn't be able to do until the kids got older. I had a friend who back in January started talking about being a puppy raiser for service dogs. She actually talked about how great the need was for raisers and so I started looking into it. We still had a 3 month old who wasn't sleeping great and were still in the stage of really trying to adjust to kids, so beyond submitting an initial application, it kind of went on the back burner. Then around March, when our friend got her placement we began to look into it more. At that point in time we decided it would make more sense for Peter to apply to be the primary puppy raiser and I would help out as I could since my plate is more full with the kids needs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So Peter went through all the orientation and training classes and then we awaited our placement! We knew he would be traveling at the end of June to get our puppy! We knew we would be getting a puppy from the "Hawaii litter" but we anxiously waited for the email to tell us exactly who would be coming to live with us for the next 10 months! Finally it arrived and we discovered that a little girl named Maui would be joining the family! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So off Peter traveled to Colorado to do a final training session and bring her home! It was a whirlwind trip and quite the journey. She is 4 months old and while she was bred for this and has been through all of her initial training, our job is to socialize her and help her grow through her puppy phase! The socialization started right away as Peter had to put her right in the car, on a little train, and through the airport and airplane and then home to our big ole family waiting for her! It was quite the journey and overwhelming for both Peter and Maui as they had just met and were getting to know each other. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortunately the journey is going pretty well so far. She is settling into the family routines and is doing great with her training. She is still a puppy so that was something we had to adjust to. She still has a lot of playfulness and energy but is way more obedient and well behaved than our foster puppies that we are used to :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First introduction, she was ready!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nF0NAk8V3b_j990ycpxZDRSio7VBLnn3HUQwOQjatvoTRbt5bTzPY-INeIQuJj87TinAMH6p4MzYq6_aF4Xwsjb1fH7gSTQY7X7rQsEQdb0lSh_T9zCsokwewW-8BdlHX5tsOoM7PHYAUxKXIxXTNRa2fS5cln4S5Wu-11sQzaJh11d09IajWWQ1mQ/s4032/IMG_2278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nF0NAk8V3b_j990ycpxZDRSio7VBLnn3HUQwOQjatvoTRbt5bTzPY-INeIQuJj87TinAMH6p4MzYq6_aF4Xwsjb1fH7gSTQY7X7rQsEQdb0lSh_T9zCsokwewW-8BdlHX5tsOoM7PHYAUxKXIxXTNRa2fS5cln4S5Wu-11sQzaJh11d09IajWWQ1mQ/s320/IMG_2278.JPG" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTl0DJcLG0-HWJDE_IC53m3X-Yi3FunJF8wMW2hSqovpjRWjJHSY_W-YxZFkKf5cBULT8Au1C0dBxCprmm1Hd4n_riqphwZjoVumQDNQPEzXQ_APsz-lqCjKQgM3qF-hnLWOtzm6pC5Mc0Dw2if9e2IWw1yK0c88Und5kGNKx7Fo0NXIDijB8YRMuJA/s4032/IMG_2281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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After she leaves our home, she will enter her formal training for several months! We are so hopeful that she will get to change someone's life someday! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMilkOG6NyObbvSqYgRA0WN1HfqTMznFCDqUN_-IdmlDrgFyyExOyqaHuCWE7yQDSxjU0yVLTZpV5vQTBwrO2pfREIuN-Kox_jnDNZumb80mmD88TKaIMH06GXhni0vx1JtDx_6ojqXg5oSLDpw8bkHb2Zr-5RFtf-puIcqtkHKsSjN-umQVbvG9QYWg/s4032/IMG_2500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMilkOG6NyObbvSqYgRA0WN1HfqTMznFCDqUN_-IdmlDrgFyyExOyqaHuCWE7yQDSxjU0yVLTZpV5vQTBwrO2pfREIuN-Kox_jnDNZumb80mmD88TKaIMH06GXhni0vx1JtDx_6ojqXg5oSLDpw8bkHb2Zr-5RFtf-puIcqtkHKsSjN-umQVbvG9QYWg/s320/IMG_2500.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-7442469760506416682022-07-13T12:20:00.002-07:002022-07-13T12:20:50.617-07:00Boys Trip <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year it was the boys turn for a trip with Mom and Dad! They were very gracious in letting us take Ayla too. She has a really hard time without us still so it was nice that she could come! This trip we decided to head to Great Wolf Lodge for a few days of waterpark and magic quest fun! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First stop, the store to stock up on all their favorite snacks!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ngrVbrurVnNHMypCW3-WD2iQA2j14wBS5aVUIKvkJzp7Xw87uc9uII9NoYHuPH4tdloEIqvDOhrhkRY3RDmTh2oLi58fen5s4c_7yQL7SwbQumyyeUupHu5mykpMe10Kf9wWKBOWOlcSybzB5Dyfo4ntL-7Eiy56sT_7pd0SKCj5I5QPcZCcYHY0XQ/s4032/IMG_1495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ngrVbrurVnNHMypCW3-WD2iQA2j14wBS5aVUIKvkJzp7Xw87uc9uII9NoYHuPH4tdloEIqvDOhrhkRY3RDmTh2oLi58fen5s4c_7yQL7SwbQumyyeUupHu5mykpMe10Kf9wWKBOWOlcSybzB5Dyfo4ntL-7Eiy56sT_7pd0SKCj5I5QPcZCcYHY0XQ/s320/IMG_1495.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boo was a trooper and tagged along great as the kids ran around and explored the place! We were surprised with how much there was to keep the kids entertained. Between the water park (which I didn't take my phone into to take pictures) and the various quests the kids could do, they were able to keep quite busy running around and having lots of fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithXJGEN5-I_3g6gEqKtzsgCCpkKyoUrH_CPL3_wba11EBt8brWyeNIhQGgwFE6pLBdbtsWsuqz70NkLLVNeAkICDBjGtsBI9Xy-yHzxsLSsODB_T3cTPipuGxwfWlyz7H7igk_zOs8HfXvesgz3cGmkB1Wu62mKMm5cnMqsDuTOG-lYXi45hm9t3QDg/s4032/67616505258__07802822-5B92-48F9-AA08-06EE83DA328E.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithXJGEN5-I_3g6gEqKtzsgCCpkKyoUrH_CPL3_wba11EBt8brWyeNIhQGgwFE6pLBdbtsWsuqz70NkLLVNeAkICDBjGtsBI9Xy-yHzxsLSsODB_T3cTPipuGxwfWlyz7H7igk_zOs8HfXvesgz3cGmkB1Wu62mKMm5cnMqsDuTOG-lYXi45hm9t3QDg/s320/67616505258__07802822-5B92-48F9-AA08-06EE83DA328E.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think it had great offerings to keep Ayla as a toddler entertained and also the boys busy! But I do think it fit the boys ages perfectly. They could run off and do all the slides without needing us and they were all over that place doing quests when they weren't in the water park. If Mal was a year older we could have set his band up with food purchases too and we probably would have never seen them :) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8lDjiaaX6A9k_us4fi4IQwyUKPIPdWgBAB6ChPHtr7ZMmjvJGT5h1KyskI9OM5UG8xMd6XStTjjyYoqptZwu3vXFF7uZARJ6pcOOzps5yfHqtEgF3Q9eaPMlzQ9KmiGyOkwkG6f5uaMIKVV7kRsw-igQSpNgPZcXakjkAJFqQ7XR40HFCAkNkML5fw/s4032/IMG_1502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8lDjiaaX6A9k_us4fi4IQwyUKPIPdWgBAB6ChPHtr7ZMmjvJGT5h1KyskI9OM5UG8xMd6XStTjjyYoqptZwu3vXFF7uZARJ6pcOOzps5yfHqtEgF3Q9eaPMlzQ9KmiGyOkwkG6f5uaMIKVV7kRsw-igQSpNgPZcXakjkAJFqQ7XR40HFCAkNkML5fw/s320/IMG_1502.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kPbxYmFAqeyXxZua1h5cicZRP_UXj0lHQGNoUtfuVQ-2Ow8LUy0TJ8vD1W09l--FeUE0gberB4iadkASufLc5bI1JP7xfgvpEtGTdT7bL_LrmPZyLoQdmnF_9o29kDj0QrHm4xoBqWuqJYEU_95muP9L62BWF0JyQN_b_yt2BEr6VNp2xD7b_hgDJQ/s4032/IMG_1507%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is definitely a place they want to return to so I feel like it was a great option for them! It was a place that took us a long time to finally visit but definitely a spot we want to return to soon! I also appreciate that they have lots of rooms to accommodate big families. This 2 bedroom was great for the 6 of us who went but they also have rooms that would work well for all 8 of us in the future! </div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-12774172162045021222022-07-09T14:44:00.000-07:002022-07-09T14:44:14.490-07:008 Months <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mr Leeland is 8 months now! He continues to be really fun and sweet! His personality seems to be pretty chill. He loves his siblings and makes adorable noises and sounds to try and get their attention. He is for sure a Mama's boy, at least for now! And my favorite thing about him is his adorable giggle! I wish I could bottle it up forever! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZEH8ma-HcEVGxlpyz6RuDyhuBqNK8_LDjkvMQ4aUt1Xuv8HljzXI7jmn1VXVQnzJNg3KyV33HAi8ORBIswOrUr8yWfEfaFl2jFbJbw60Flt_eISZERHCPkfOsWtAR4tp46J9ysLd_d75C0xFlqsBlZ93Vd_0Iv0LrLtgxbCNehAeWpR0-VB0tBvBIg/s4032/IMG_1868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZEH8ma-HcEVGxlpyz6RuDyhuBqNK8_LDjkvMQ4aUt1Xuv8HljzXI7jmn1VXVQnzJNg3KyV33HAi8ORBIswOrUr8yWfEfaFl2jFbJbw60Flt_eISZERHCPkfOsWtAR4tp46J9ysLd_d75C0xFlqsBlZ93Vd_0Iv0LrLtgxbCNehAeWpR0-VB0tBvBIg/s320/IMG_1868.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliFXXEVGnnnWU2ldk7QF1zpSyxzTMCZQYY2G4KQlfM-8i_OVYEKUntgxlBn0Gm2WtSeyhogQZGSj3eIQ_uCYwQ2fjLth7ZwS4XfhAXbXDFQhzu6nV-4ubqVDEUqBv_xTERJwZqit_DWgFKO-_-o6gUbtBWy6f9xEINboWVr2e7THkP1rON4z5FvP8zQ/s3692/IMG_1869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3692" data-original-width="2523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliFXXEVGnnnWU2ldk7QF1zpSyxzTMCZQYY2G4KQlfM-8i_OVYEKUntgxlBn0Gm2WtSeyhogQZGSj3eIQ_uCYwQ2fjLth7ZwS4XfhAXbXDFQhzu6nV-4ubqVDEUqBv_xTERJwZqit_DWgFKO-_-o6gUbtBWy6f9xEINboWVr2e7THkP1rON4z5FvP8zQ/s320/IMG_1869.JPG" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He now weighs around 18 lbs and is a great crawler and pulls up on everything. He is pretty steady on his feet. I don't think he will be walking too soon but as soon as he figures out how to take some steps I am sure it won't be long! He's a very busy boy! He is still nursing but also eating lots of new foods. He still loves butternut squash and sweet potatoes. But he is also enjoying his fair share of berry season with blueberries and raspberries. He doesn't seem too picky but still prefers milk to anything else. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This feels like it has been a long month of sickness for him, starting with that darn C word and ending with a cold. I guess it is time to pay for all the health we have enjoyed these last couple years. But I hope he is building a nice, strong immune system! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sleep is still very interesting, granted we have had sickness and growth spurts and developmental milestones galore that just seem to keep things off balance. He is up anywhere from 1 to 4 times a night. He has no steady bedtime and can go to bed anywhere from 8 at night to midnight. He naps anywhere from 2-3 times a day so once we get that fully knocked down to 2 naps a day I am sure he will go down earlier every night. All in all, it feels long and exhausting but slowly we are seeing improvements every month! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Baby Leeland, you are such a delight! Everyone adores you and it feels like you just complete this family perfectly! You are so sweet and snuggly and generally happy and such a blessing! It is fun watching you grow and it seems like you are growing so very fast! I just snuggle you and thank God for the incredible blessing you are to us! 4 more months before that first birthday doesn't seem long enough but I promise to enjoy you every step of the way! </i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo3OPKKSxrMRmG9HrPrPwwMk7sv4fAFbbysFki9xH7dgOgHBTDzEwrRY9M-YUx0AVqxhEi0XtfPVWbyEIRKnYFEuImUidv50FTAlIVzrsj14t66YmuROPdcAYmf2kQprx9sQ4oNHGSXHAspJfXugmQF1AYXrQ0jQw7ePaycGOXEucUmOj4uKZG8VlkQ/s4032/IMG_1872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo3OPKKSxrMRmG9HrPrPwwMk7sv4fAFbbysFki9xH7dgOgHBTDzEwrRY9M-YUx0AVqxhEi0XtfPVWbyEIRKnYFEuImUidv50FTAlIVzrsj14t66YmuROPdcAYmf2kQprx9sQ4oNHGSXHAspJfXugmQF1AYXrQ0jQw7ePaycGOXEucUmOj4uKZG8VlkQ/s320/IMG_1872.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-18022672851863526492022-05-18T08:36:00.002-07:002022-05-18T08:36:12.522-07:00Malachi's 6th Grade Year<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_KQ2PAAo5Ckuf4BVC-YAhzsMETKl4WkUIgRJQcMQ5LOBHs6hIxEwrDIqOZh76m3lwqnX521qOeO7uwvqL_dEeECe_tn4BKekqg_0XZAMQAqGBL-9eHJ1Ln6bNSRVflSDoVowz4G1DTbN4kE6yzzsDw4s4H0DLQbtcu7-ANiMoQy8eghj9L7dwBj1oA/s4032/IMG_0966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_KQ2PAAo5Ckuf4BVC-YAhzsMETKl4WkUIgRJQcMQ5LOBHs6hIxEwrDIqOZh76m3lwqnX521qOeO7uwvqL_dEeECe_tn4BKekqg_0XZAMQAqGBL-9eHJ1Ln6bNSRVflSDoVowz4G1DTbN4kE6yzzsDw4s4H0DLQbtcu7-ANiMoQy8eghj9L7dwBj1oA/s320/IMG_0966.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Malachi wrapped up 6th grade this year. I was so worried about homeschooling in the older grades but I have to say it is honestly easier so far than Elementary was. The big kids know the expectations and can take initiative to get stuff done themselves. Malachi did a great job this year and he is like a sponge and remembers so much! Next year he will have a huge increase in work load but I have full confidence he will do a great job! Bring on 7th Grade!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Nicknames: Mal, Mally Wally </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">How old are you?12</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite color? Yellow </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite animal? Lion </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite book? Left Behind Kids </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite TV show? Doubling Down with the Derricos </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite movie? Remember the Titans</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite song? Way Less Sad</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite food? Spaghetti</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite drink? Mt Dew</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite breakfast food? Bacon</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite snack? Goldfish</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite outfit? Skinny Jeans and a shirt that says something on it </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite game? Madden</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite toy? Teeny Mates</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Who is your best friend? Eli</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do? Play outside </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do outside? Basektball/baseball/soccer </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What do you like to take to bed with you? Elmo </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Where is your favorite place to go? The Store</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite restaurant? Chik Fil A or Five Guys </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">Favorite Subject? History </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">Least Favorite Subject? Science</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Where do you want to go on vacation? Hawaii </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">What do you want to be when you grow up? Sports Commentator</span></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-72110230965377282432022-05-16T12:54:00.002-07:002022-05-16T12:54:29.030-07:00Sabrina's 4th Grade Year <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Cgy9TMEUHGLlZhaRkOKTZJwHqHoqwiB7aDDBFPR5SQQk_gZLZRAwUN1-UtTeLnDcIDu0mx0qgtADKTBu4tNBnpjLeD4Rfz8846ImVCucti178prSV2sCKL1kaTyudcbldQw4eDSjaEH9FmaQNPp3wvejGlipMzNifqgOTti9hdxo3jUjtAh00K9k9w/s4032/IMG_0964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Cgy9TMEUHGLlZhaRkOKTZJwHqHoqwiB7aDDBFPR5SQQk_gZLZRAwUN1-UtTeLnDcIDu0mx0qgtADKTBu4tNBnpjLeD4Rfz8846ImVCucti178prSV2sCKL1kaTyudcbldQw4eDSjaEH9FmaQNPp3wvejGlipMzNifqgOTti9hdxo3jUjtAh00K9k9w/s320/IMG_0964.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sabrina wrapped up 4th grade this year! She is always an easy student who works diligently and tries her best. One of the best things she learned this year is the power of note taking and once she started taking notes she rocked all of her tests. I am so proud of her and how much she learned this year and how hard she pressed on when she struggled in subjects. She is a very easy student to teach! She is very excited to move into 5th grade so she can start going to church Bible study and run track next spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Nicknames: Beans, Bina, Bina Baby </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">How old are you? 10</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite color? Teal </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite animal? Dogs and Bunnies </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite book? Babysitters Club </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite TV show? Bringing up Bates</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite movie? Sonic 2</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite song? Anything Rend Collective</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite food? Mac and Cheese</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite drink? Rootbeer</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite breakfast food? Cereal</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite snack? pretzels</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite outfit? dresses </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite game? Kirby</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite toy? American Girl Dolls</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Who is your best friend? Ella Grey, Brooke, Esther, Natalee</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do? Ride my scooter </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do outside? Ride my scooter</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite holiday? Christmas</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What do you like to take to bed with you? Poodle </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Where is your favorite place to go? Chik Fil a</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite restaurant? Benihana </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">Favorite Subject? Science or Health </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">Least Favorite Subject? I don't really have one</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Where do you want to go on vacation? Maui </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">What do you want to be when you grow up? Hair Stylist </span></div></div></div><p><br /> </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-11528882117883161812022-05-15T15:40:00.009-07:002022-05-15T15:40:42.213-07:00LB's School Year!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkC22qxKjSFnzgpX7aPt9oaTVqkTLHabsgKzY9ZkXgTJf93a2r4yNM4BVemDtcTDBz1Fibot-cXfgrqbRGs1aLrNMJrSbJPQDwKePLrdB1_uykK2ag4tNAbScpPRD4e0Ocx6ENjCVX3fXjOpyFaoEDVGRRBh9NAaod36vL1pRGg3xvr0GFC_4mV_1BQ/s4032/IMG_0967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkC22qxKjSFnzgpX7aPt9oaTVqkTLHabsgKzY9ZkXgTJf93a2r4yNM4BVemDtcTDBz1Fibot-cXfgrqbRGs1aLrNMJrSbJPQDwKePLrdB1_uykK2ag4tNAbScpPRD4e0Ocx6ENjCVX3fXjOpyFaoEDVGRRBh9NAaod36vL1pRGg3xvr0GFC_4mV_1BQ/s320/IMG_0967.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Miss LB finished up her school year too! This year was a huge stretch for her, as we kind of knew it would be and she did so good! She learned so many new things and really solidified a lot of concepts. We were so borderline trying to decide if we should move her into 3rd grade or repeat 2nd grade this coming year as she is a summer baby. We ultimately decided that we think another year in 2nd will really help propel her forward into the later elementary grades and I have full confidence that she is going to rock 2nd grade this coming year! Good job LB!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Nicknames: LB </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">How old are you? 7</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite color? Orange </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite animal? Horses </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite book? Horse books </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite TV show? Bluey </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite movie? Toy Story</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite song? My Girl</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite food? Spaghetti</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite drink? Strawberry Lemonade</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite breakfast food? Eggs, toast, and bacon</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite snack? Carrots</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite outfit? A dress </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite game? Slapsy</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite toy? My Kitchen</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Who is your best friend? Selah</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do? Play with my kitchen </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do outside? Swing </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite holiday? Christmas</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What do you like to take to bed with you? My Big Pink Blanket </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Where is your favorite place to go? The Park</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite restaurant? Chik Fil A </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">Favorite Subject? Health </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">Least Favorite Subject? Math</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Where do you want to go on vacation? Disneyland </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">What do you want to be when you grow up? A Doctor </span></div></div><p><br /> </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-74911133698467080182022-05-13T10:22:00.001-07:002022-05-13T10:22:12.367-07:00Eli's 5th Grade Year <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pUlmN-l16BW525lDEEEjqt2XnNBG1qS-qzUhbFKqf-pHtu8m7My9hG56aJb2undkc8aOum2ODwuMozguQ914_K0iHfUY_Ntb8CfW1MwFCG_8O8uP4qrPRYOgftjGp18-2IxZHiIoTBjSGrN5sC3DFu9MpfTa4pHbStGUdIrb2E6K-vmef18LGsbWoQ/s2877/IMG_0938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2877" data-original-width="1990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pUlmN-l16BW525lDEEEjqt2XnNBG1qS-qzUhbFKqf-pHtu8m7My9hG56aJb2undkc8aOum2ODwuMozguQ914_K0iHfUY_Ntb8CfW1MwFCG_8O8uP4qrPRYOgftjGp18-2IxZHiIoTBjSGrN5sC3DFu9MpfTa4pHbStGUdIrb2E6K-vmef18LGsbWoQ/s320/IMG_0938.JPG" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have made it to the end of the school year! Whew, this has felt like a long year between really hitting it hard before the baby was born, then a long break and then pushing really hard from January until now to get it done! I am always thankful and relieved when we make it to the end of the year and realize how far we've come! Eli was the first one done this year and he had a pretty great 5th grade year. He would still rather be doing pretty much anything over school, but he puts in the work when he needs to and is very smart! We will do a little celebration for him soon as he "graduates" elementary school and moves on to middle school! I can't believe I now have 2 middle schoolers. I worked with middle schoolers for years and years at church and it is just hard to believe I have kids in that age group now! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Nicknames: Eli and E</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">How old are you? 11</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite color? Blue </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite animal? You're still asking these questions? Um, a dog maybe </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite book? Big Nate books </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite TV show? All That or Draining the Ocean </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite movie? Star Wars, doesn't matter which one</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite song? The Wellerman</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite food? Grilled Chicken</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite drink? Water or Strawberry Hi-C</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite breakfast food? French Toast</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite snack? Pretzels</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite outfit? Sweatpants and a t shirt </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite game? Clash of Clans</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite toy? Meaples </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Who is your best friend? Malachi or Sammy</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do? Play with meaples and legos, I'm building a kingdom right now </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play Soccer </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite holiday? My Birthday</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What do you like to take to bed with you? The Tiredness I want every night </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Where is your favorite place to go? Bowling </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What is your favorite restaurant? Five Guys </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Favorite Subject? Math </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Least Favorite Subject? Language</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Where do you want to go on vacation? Hawaii </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #292927; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">What do you want to be when you grow up? A Construction Worker </span></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-36856669965224426132022-05-12T12:38:00.002-07:002022-05-12T12:38:22.411-07:00Leeland 6 Months <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6 Months have passed way too fast, that is all I am going to say about that! But we have loved having Leeland join our family and he feels perfect in every way to us! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56yemVL5ZcPxzDgWlhZcKC7_tm6c-cx1XqNNCi0y62uvIefK6cEzkkUcYt8LbYG56PAGRqGby94BcfIv97ZfUfn6Zz3i1OBzt7bbLoerP7hRM4XEJFxIifnWoohcEXUrEcvDHELtNu2kGf9rXjtDbsDkex_2G6DBQIcGhiKnLzNYK3OTZ2tHTUigkXw/s4032/IMG_0345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56yemVL5ZcPxzDgWlhZcKC7_tm6c-cx1XqNNCi0y62uvIefK6cEzkkUcYt8LbYG56PAGRqGby94BcfIv97ZfUfn6Zz3i1OBzt7bbLoerP7hRM4XEJFxIifnWoohcEXUrEcvDHELtNu2kGf9rXjtDbsDkex_2G6DBQIcGhiKnLzNYK3OTZ2tHTUigkXw/s320/IMG_0345.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Leeland now weighs about 17 lbs. Putting him around the 40% for height and weight. He is fascinating us with all his new tricks and we couldn't believe how early he started crawling. He also sits up now! So he loves to explore. He is trying more and more new foods. We've started adding some baby led weaning foods (toast, steamed apples, eggs) into his routine of purees. He really likes the real food! He still eats around the clock which is a bit of a bummer because we are TIRED parents. We cannot figure out how to get this boy out of the sleep rut but we keep trying! I am not a huge fan of crying it out and even the few times we have tried to, he never relents so it doesn't really work anyway. He's strong willed like the rest of us in this house! </p><p><br /></p><p>All that to say he has a very sweet personality, loves his siblings and is generally happy and loves to explore. He really only gets upset when he is hungry or tired so he's pretty easy going. He is already getting quite clingy to mama which feels really early. Honestly everything he's doing feels really early! We love him so much and are enjoying him so much! He's as sweet as sugar! </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmjbtotD4kIy-6VnBX5IIf7kbALROJxsMWGu1J7wzDq4H-fKGJ0WzjDc-REysTjePiC2NznTh1WtRqXHokuaxAQ5MI3kyUACBwmbYksTLemDUGdJ_UDIRDniMGkUVB_dBr3QqhyRX6GFjNlu40Yh37CdKOm0LvV79QZ-wpghDL0IRqXBbdYgPDFB9zA/s4032/IMG_0346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmjbtotD4kIy-6VnBX5IIf7kbALROJxsMWGu1J7wzDq4H-fKGJ0WzjDc-REysTjePiC2NznTh1WtRqXHokuaxAQ5MI3kyUACBwmbYksTLemDUGdJ_UDIRDniMGkUVB_dBr3QqhyRX6GFjNlu40Yh37CdKOm0LvV79QZ-wpghDL0IRqXBbdYgPDFB9zA/s320/IMG_0346.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-239410264242751802022-05-11T13:27:00.000-07:002022-05-11T13:27:03.658-07:00Sabrina's 10th Birthday <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They all continue to grow too fast! It is unbelievable to me that my precious little happy baby Sabrina is growing into this incredible young lady right before my eyes! I adored her as a baby and I adore her as a big kid too! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJk4lhWdvB9QNiIm0oHWa5UuRGCboiSMHtZv84bpy6OH5rWCC394C5-k6-ykSaEwRJ2eVLZeFTduPnHsmZxGsSOtt0bj8g_TlQHoMbsZ6o5xPAASaq7r-CBQ57i-icGejF_F3fqaSzTrgLM2KzYTRpRrnUn4MZOZoDsuEE7VjbML4lic-QJFO7KRcdA/s4032/IMG_0289.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJk4lhWdvB9QNiIm0oHWa5UuRGCboiSMHtZv84bpy6OH5rWCC394C5-k6-ykSaEwRJ2eVLZeFTduPnHsmZxGsSOtt0bj8g_TlQHoMbsZ6o5xPAASaq7r-CBQ57i-icGejF_F3fqaSzTrgLM2KzYTRpRrnUn4MZOZoDsuEE7VjbML4lic-QJFO7KRcdA/s320/IMG_0289.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her 10th Birthday was a VERY big deal to her and it is to me too, double digits! She wanted to go someplace nice and new for her birthday lunch!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFRhGRBv6Na-DJfVfyJISaSoNiTSmdqfXTaWZ6bAqsqF4iz2u34ABY0vzwmpjB0mSPinsfA_QICCIhU1QeZ7dV1uAjEbGd_4FxGBYbKZrbqkq55N8A7V8ddfA96zV2xBYmMSIhz4M77Fk86on1Umk6NwdQV7k6h9j9wkeTnQoAUX7Dc4xLyWooRhc8w/s4032/IMG_0293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFRhGRBv6Na-DJfVfyJISaSoNiTSmdqfXTaWZ6bAqsqF4iz2u34ABY0vzwmpjB0mSPinsfA_QICCIhU1QeZ7dV1uAjEbGd_4FxGBYbKZrbqkq55N8A7V8ddfA96zV2xBYmMSIhz4M77Fk86on1Umk6NwdQV7k6h9j9wkeTnQoAUX7Dc4xLyWooRhc8w/s320/IMG_0293.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were both mesmerized!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uYzmcK1CVPNiCtp6i_P0pFQgbaZB6JSHyU7wieGZdUEObhqPpTSyuEMaq4PWzot0uuEiywVrbmXAw_B54Cjyg76NjugHi4z2DiNoIbai0kObR4uEDAB85St9M8Wzg0TjxE-DUsbFSBO8Q51Oa56F7DEN9K6E4-LXXB8JLdP9hW2nhq9aaJvveq-3RA/s3088/IMG_0296.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uYzmcK1CVPNiCtp6i_P0pFQgbaZB6JSHyU7wieGZdUEObhqPpTSyuEMaq4PWzot0uuEiywVrbmXAw_B54Cjyg76NjugHi4z2DiNoIbai0kObR4uEDAB85St9M8Wzg0TjxE-DUsbFSBO8Q51Oa56F7DEN9K6E4-LXXB8JLdP9hW2nhq9aaJvveq-3RA/s320/IMG_0296.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then off to one of her favorite places to play games. This girl is pretty dang good at getting stuffed animals, balls, candy out of these machines!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf60PSB1HciLRIvwoHAnM1VUtZEuTEYEeT_xgCecGDpO8YpeJQ0Vbj6de_iT4DFRher7ARaplQaaQ4vQ66Gt6KST_HN83jTYaHpW9AUgSLL7M-uDmBN9mAt0ksj7Ee2Q8vdiiatDyrcIoI15e-u4E7v0pjIJqZCR7iCwXr4Vz9ldKuVU51Ml8NuHa3tA/s4032/IMG_0300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf60PSB1HciLRIvwoHAnM1VUtZEuTEYEeT_xgCecGDpO8YpeJQ0Vbj6de_iT4DFRher7ARaplQaaQ4vQ66Gt6KST_HN83jTYaHpW9AUgSLL7M-uDmBN9mAt0ksj7Ee2Q8vdiiatDyrcIoI15e-u4E7v0pjIJqZCR7iCwXr4Vz9ldKuVU51Ml8NuHa3tA/s320/IMG_0300.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmlWCSZZ9-TdFb7nuACXmEfaXLffMkQyGBTkbTu5Gr13yzg7VAnkTHA_B0xT-dqK0qzIFlTMx3kPJw9tcq4GNU7GGOMxwoRNQ22xMpkqFEk8FMrcT9SmqV7xT00pu9vOJPwHI5cpo3zmIiztF0lXfhnZ7MuaDpS0KloadXKHR0r7cbNHVt466GZdXeQ/s4032/IMG_0303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmlWCSZZ9-TdFb7nuACXmEfaXLffMkQyGBTkbTu5Gr13yzg7VAnkTHA_B0xT-dqK0qzIFlTMx3kPJw9tcq4GNU7GGOMxwoRNQ22xMpkqFEk8FMrcT9SmqV7xT00pu9vOJPwHI5cpo3zmIiztF0lXfhnZ7MuaDpS0KloadXKHR0r7cbNHVt466GZdXeQ/s320/IMG_0303.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we had a little party to celebrate our ballerina! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRFXwque5BGwufonev43NNfYd6xRKSRMs7XeiNHCKehwhf156uJP7pm-yjHmMV7Q8peCgzRukkSj_QhaBPmWzLvOKO-XwzabeW9c1CLUhNXiHZ2_enfJJ1ujnqW9JzHJtx1CNX2KyrJtIWelMN-DQPNMWyucABJhMhnlV6SlejkYaO54SZi_WvFt_Qw/s4032/IMG_0401.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRFXwque5BGwufonev43NNfYd6xRKSRMs7XeiNHCKehwhf156uJP7pm-yjHmMV7Q8peCgzRukkSj_QhaBPmWzLvOKO-XwzabeW9c1CLUhNXiHZ2_enfJJ1ujnqW9JzHJtx1CNX2KyrJtIWelMN-DQPNMWyucABJhMhnlV6SlejkYaO54SZi_WvFt_Qw/s320/IMG_0401.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All she really wanted for her birthday was an electric scooter and she was thrilled when she opened it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jR-4VPIM8pgvvnnE-a5eNll41jpsA6XqJ2uBg3fhXI6C6FBl7u9cE7zlew952fHT0IyLLLXOnzeaJn2EJMb9GNs-2wt2P-fRlaTVxKwPs20KWhL0GU31CLpjqQN4rboYofgq4TPTj2tz3RTYGcGSEeCY5h3trWXhC8GCFel-pjUXaUxW-XLg3Cz4bA/s4032/IMG_0409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jR-4VPIM8pgvvnnE-a5eNll41jpsA6XqJ2uBg3fhXI6C6FBl7u9cE7zlew952fHT0IyLLLXOnzeaJn2EJMb9GNs-2wt2P-fRlaTVxKwPs20KWhL0GU31CLpjqQN4rboYofgq4TPTj2tz3RTYGcGSEeCY5h3trWXhC8GCFel-pjUXaUxW-XLg3Cz4bA/s320/IMG_0409.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8c-6jNRSY17t-s31Ss1E1Cg__rd-kZthYX374MBLeZU3ChYQSSgfMlwLhVf9aBxxVSYlqVNB7H8H8YtHOTEktntqxrei85400PBHzYWNXKqcZrL1-HkROFUvfM5nJf2fcpBSqziNjlDdI5pacA91YK2R3rttc3hrSeBERM8_ZAIVlJo5XZdvHA691Q/s4032/IMG_0411.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8c-6jNRSY17t-s31Ss1E1Cg__rd-kZthYX374MBLeZU3ChYQSSgfMlwLhVf9aBxxVSYlqVNB7H8H8YtHOTEktntqxrei85400PBHzYWNXKqcZrL1-HkROFUvfM5nJf2fcpBSqziNjlDdI5pacA91YK2R3rttc3hrSeBERM8_ZAIVlJo5XZdvHA691Q/s320/IMG_0411.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjMq2fXXe49Irob4dy-NEEl4H-6SMuuZZcTFCuUY3jD0fvxINsTUWDrBHCEe3YtUnPz56YwaZtwXAzWTDwD2CZKP08HS0oSXl_-PbEwpxeHLP4oJH_jQ9UXdp6JW7WWPOuZ8E25z5wu5r_OGCxR21EZjfLWsoDEKPvufAA0WYDASnFV8P3CxgQ2Oy8w/s4032/IMG_0417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjMq2fXXe49Irob4dy-NEEl4H-6SMuuZZcTFCuUY3jD0fvxINsTUWDrBHCEe3YtUnPz56YwaZtwXAzWTDwD2CZKP08HS0oSXl_-PbEwpxeHLP4oJH_jQ9UXdp6JW7WWPOuZ8E25z5wu5r_OGCxR21EZjfLWsoDEKPvufAA0WYDASnFV8P3CxgQ2Oy8w/s320/IMG_0417.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Happy Birthday Sweet Sabrina! It has been a joy and privilege to watch you grow up over these last 10 years. You are growing into quite an amazing young lady. It is so fun to talk to you and spend time with you as you get older. I love how you talk a mile a minute. I love that you are silly and fun. I love seeing you grow into all God wants you to be. You are smart and tenderhearted. You love animals. You are up to try any new experience and have so many hopes and dreams for your future. I can't wait to see all the amazing things you will do in your life! </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr5dGX3jyj8IgtTqDJlf54oM3IWj2hfPgEFzM8eij4kdvAHDh60ZvKqec-hCtsenIeoSQou-bwxfRDRIKeiTXjbHPnbFCfKaGzamaDHqf4fpVb8fdtnewhYY5RPDKKZw3Zk2ACcs0fSQF7xaQ7FCv855wLasQ-_1eBFHUnlbsNSTE8jOdlTklPQh34g/s3473/IMG_0075.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3473" data-original-width="2534" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr5dGX3jyj8IgtTqDJlf54oM3IWj2hfPgEFzM8eij4kdvAHDh60ZvKqec-hCtsenIeoSQou-bwxfRDRIKeiTXjbHPnbFCfKaGzamaDHqf4fpVb8fdtnewhYY5RPDKKZw3Zk2ACcs0fSQF7xaQ7FCv855wLasQ-_1eBFHUnlbsNSTE8jOdlTklPQh34g/s320/IMG_0075.JPG" width="233" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-58957384058596579222022-05-07T22:49:00.003-07:002022-05-07T22:49:47.457-07:00When I First Saw You <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my first Mother's Day as a mother to 6. Wow, I have 6 little ones who call me Mom, what an honor. I know I take this privilege for granted at times but I am truly so thankful and so blessed to be a Mom. It is the most ordinary, extraordinary thing title I will carry in this life! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Malachi, the first time I laid eyes on you, my heart was beating a thousand beats per minute. I had been picturing this moment for months upon months. We flew half a world away, waited what felt like forever for the van to arrive to go and get you. I will never forget when they called us to go into the baby house, walked up those stairs and saw you for the very first time! You were facing away from me and all I could see what this chunky little boy with a head full of hair sticking straight up, sitting in a bumbo. I didn't even think, instantly I just knew I needed you in my arms! You didn't cry, you just stared and took us in! It felt like time stood still! You were a dream come true and finally in my arms! I couldn't wait to get to know you! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAr1uOK3rs4MlBwiZ_dQrxbAiQeMZy5H7XF5n4Y2gnAwysXPPIay3MLMk_LoWO_bhXXadPO-X9Ob7n-NjNaDRhBu48f08kFm8pSG4rGSWB3oM_BojxIsBgLDec-9mb-fyuJRvflUlYXMrGx438lRHoJXbmBasyccepSW3_bnkPsoBkKa9CWOvuDpKkA/s4272/IMG_4003%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="4272" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAr1uOK3rs4MlBwiZ_dQrxbAiQeMZy5H7XF5n4Y2gnAwysXPPIay3MLMk_LoWO_bhXXadPO-X9Ob7n-NjNaDRhBu48f08kFm8pSG4rGSWB3oM_BojxIsBgLDec-9mb-fyuJRvflUlYXMrGx438lRHoJXbmBasyccepSW3_bnkPsoBkKa9CWOvuDpKkA/s320/IMG_4003%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eli, the night you were born was something! The second I saw you I was scared for you. I will never forget the look in your Dad's eyes when I told him my water just broke. The scared drive to the hospital because I really had to do this! The fairly smooth labor, it honestly felt too easy for a first labor! Seeing you born, you were so tiny and you were fighting to breathe. It was the scariest moment of my life and I couldn't believe you had to leave me in an ambulance. I cried and cried in that empty hospital room after you left. I will never forget walking into the NICU the next day and seeing the cords and wires keeping you alive. I wasn't prepared but we both stayed strong and you were finally put in my arms, right where you belonged! It was exactly what we both needed! I never wanted to put you down!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9Kc-ImziNe55X5H9hQ4UUg6oHXkdROsfcNsztJ1S9G8gIcuznMfIGehLkTU4w-UmYbMotdkl4lO9iYPCW3NF_8IS4gX7iq46xGsazu_fG9qcdgJmsc51UH3jzU2CWTSSkc9NY_o0RnuMqcMOYXN6bZYzB8RzDq70k2DYv-a53bnM_YUCSZ5xoCpmaw/s3072/DSC06451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9Kc-ImziNe55X5H9hQ4UUg6oHXkdROsfcNsztJ1S9G8gIcuznMfIGehLkTU4w-UmYbMotdkl4lO9iYPCW3NF_8IS4gX7iq46xGsazu_fG9qcdgJmsc51UH3jzU2CWTSSkc9NY_o0RnuMqcMOYXN6bZYzB8RzDq70k2DYv-a53bnM_YUCSZ5xoCpmaw/s320/DSC06451.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Sabrina Fair, the day I held you was pure bliss! The perfect, redeeming moment I needed! Your labor was a dream come true, quick and fairly easy. Before I even knew it, you were in my arms and the world stood still again. You were the perfect little dream girl and I snuggled you for so long and just soaked in the time with you. There was no rush, no hustle and bustle, the room emptied and it was just you and I (and Daddy). I couldn't even believe I had a daughter! You were amazing and easy and precious and just everything we needed! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgI1VMv2zrX1UUiYYLd-xy1cOlDicXJuNN580VKsz554AAFPTbkyH15r4eEyxTepTQo9tLVDvOXxHFjiX7DlwXQLa_t8qygFWdV0qyN-cYDaMw47cFYdAR3DNtaBl3uJJ6NdApxxwI_dP5hXbQHVLBbbuj2CT5iEq852F5MnVXgeTWWMt85m2YIVfhw/s4272/IMG_0490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="4272" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgI1VMv2zrX1UUiYYLd-xy1cOlDicXJuNN580VKsz554AAFPTbkyH15r4eEyxTepTQo9tLVDvOXxHFjiX7DlwXQLa_t8qygFWdV0qyN-cYDaMw47cFYdAR3DNtaBl3uJJ6NdApxxwI_dP5hXbQHVLBbbuj2CT5iEq852F5MnVXgeTWWMt85m2YIVfhw/s320/IMG_0490.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our precious LB, you were another whirlwind. I was a ball of nerves as we traveled to be there for your arrival. The wait for word on your induction. The call that we were to meet your birth mom at the hospital. We learned so much in that short time with her. Going to lunch and giving her some time to rest. Arriving back to find we had just missed your arrival (you arrived much faster than they anticipated). I will never forget standing next to your birth mom as she introduced you to us! You weren't even that old, but that sacred moment where she handed you to me - wow! We went into a separate room and while the time was stressful your Dad and I soaked you in. You were so tiny and cute and just everything - our second daughter! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TzBf6zv1AAW1wwON00OT6GlmkkKoclKsx0jTrpKAHTMcEiBP3gen0e0OAzhqrt-k2m0WQXv6uSJl1zO08j1oA_AJZqvgewIVLNg6R3l-pE3dDimAWi1W-VVqERil5c2XtXpKuu9i8WZKd6i6cCytvyGD6sd0hA7HElnQvKC-UzyrvFniYNNdWQ8FUA/s2592/IMG_2472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TzBf6zv1AAW1wwON00OT6GlmkkKoclKsx0jTrpKAHTMcEiBP3gen0e0OAzhqrt-k2m0WQXv6uSJl1zO08j1oA_AJZqvgewIVLNg6R3l-pE3dDimAWi1W-VVqERil5c2XtXpKuu9i8WZKd6i6cCytvyGD6sd0hA7HElnQvKC-UzyrvFniYNNdWQ8FUA/s320/IMG_2472.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then our Ayla! You my dear, we waited years for you to join the family and you took your sweet time arriving on the scene. I had never experienced a labor like yours. It was a long day in the hospital and quite painful as we approached pushing time, but you finally decided to join us. I will never forget coming face to face with you - hearing we had another daughter and seeing your sweet face for the first time! Another baby I got to soak in the moment with for as long as they'd let us. You gave us an earful about joining the party but I just marveled at your perfect little cheeks and how alert you were! You seemed perfect in every way! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pknz_SIJjqUOgNKUo-9vge5aVV7XpR2AfNHNx7uGDPAp1-auvGnsglMrIdk3SlLvbMJSRm7Y7MW3P6LwaZbR_fetfVaquNisZnRMgHl6c7Ky4sGmMllyJeB7WWSQwSOjtLmTciEQq2u07R5aXIkVRAA3H0lhXL5rLOdJstmxD_U7Gs55N2iJHbKmSw/s4032/IMG_9954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pknz_SIJjqUOgNKUo-9vge5aVV7XpR2AfNHNx7uGDPAp1-auvGnsglMrIdk3SlLvbMJSRm7Y7MW3P6LwaZbR_fetfVaquNisZnRMgHl6c7Ky4sGmMllyJeB7WWSQwSOjtLmTciEQq2u07R5aXIkVRAA3H0lhXL5rLOdJstmxD_U7Gs55N2iJHbKmSw/s320/IMG_9954.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then our Baby Leeland. You just continue to surprise us in every way. Your arrival was full of twists and turns. I will never forget waking up to labor pains, a very painful drive to a different hospital than we were planning, with different doctors and contraction after contraction. You were in a hurry and not waiting for anything. It was the most intense thing I have ever experienced and I was just full of relief as I reached for you and brought you to into my arms. I was the first one to notice we had another precious boy after 10 years! I am so glad we had that hour of snuggles because things went downhill from there in a blur of hard days! I couldn't even really process that you would also be leaving me in an ambulance. There is still a mix of emotions surrounding your birth but I am just so thankful you are okay and the perfect little addition! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_bhKjz_FOKwH6NyUxKDcTUY_cetDLrdDjakxfqDyn7lQR-ED0pKxlfc03dRbqN6UdzB_KAtmb5V9uh4eUIZxNpaj0NmzuSb4RFN-0dqTFYQK-_3Jy9m1NuCwFGzbVGG87Bs0TjAPN-qILdJ4a7MqLXQNAjXIA-KTawwO5vS6exWuZ0MrlPKw4xwNPQ/s4032/IMG_5105%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_bhKjz_FOKwH6NyUxKDcTUY_cetDLrdDjakxfqDyn7lQR-ED0pKxlfc03dRbqN6UdzB_KAtmb5V9uh4eUIZxNpaj0NmzuSb4RFN-0dqTFYQK-_3Jy9m1NuCwFGzbVGG87Bs0TjAPN-qILdJ4a7MqLXQNAjXIA-KTawwO5vS6exWuZ0MrlPKw4xwNPQ/s320/IMG_5105%201.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>What a blessed Mama I am to have these sweet babies. The journey's were all so different but the feelings of meeting each of them was the same! They were mine and so loved. I owe Mother's Day to them, they made my dreams come true by just existing! </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-57582946591521211812022-05-02T19:17:00.000-07:002022-05-02T19:17:00.114-07:00Easter<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Easter was a blur, sandwiched in the day between 2 birthday's in our house. So we knew this was going to be an incredibly busy, but fun weekend! The morning started early with the kids hunting for their baskets!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis32UJVSTw8mXKUIxho98cM8M6jYUJ-6oIbbn-rwqEbp197FOBHxXOzHspbor-CL_nLKEz8erDY3o_Lv6qFECxcZfwQiL1L8tr5vbWRSwlQGWvB9AJaPahNZ_yNWZCG_qbJg3wxH2Wst6ne5zQf4bdGJFYLg3OeGhn_Oa4NjlhWF-PP4EyKgMqpNnaUg/s4032/IMG_0148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis32UJVSTw8mXKUIxho98cM8M6jYUJ-6oIbbn-rwqEbp197FOBHxXOzHspbor-CL_nLKEz8erDY3o_Lv6qFECxcZfwQiL1L8tr5vbWRSwlQGWvB9AJaPahNZ_yNWZCG_qbJg3wxH2Wst6ne5zQf4bdGJFYLg3OeGhn_Oa4NjlhWF-PP4EyKgMqpNnaUg/s320/IMG_0148.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we headed outside for the kids to hunt eggs. This was a tradition that Peter's parents started and they just so happened to be in town for the holiday so they were able to do the work of the big egg hunt! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year was Ayla's year as she really got the hang of the egg hunt! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdxxA565Zncf9qyeJiAuvwzl0Efv2zBr3T6zBUZs9MAQG0IGxdc3gLW7E-cb_dmZA2Vqo3CuDLWj12ZC_eOMwZ1EteJ7PqyUK9HtSxmAQKErAU0cAHjV0E4pd0NCgWJk97G9fCckoQdOLnur0miQficWrn4bjL2Z1ztbnKliTX_Wb8bT1iYYTgwicfA/s4032/IMG_0155.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdxxA565Zncf9qyeJiAuvwzl0Efv2zBr3T6zBUZs9MAQG0IGxdc3gLW7E-cb_dmZA2Vqo3CuDLWj12ZC_eOMwZ1EteJ7PqyUK9HtSxmAQKErAU0cAHjV0E4pd0NCgWJk97G9fCckoQdOLnur0miQficWrn4bjL2Z1ztbnKliTX_Wb8bT1iYYTgwicfA/s320/IMG_0155.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little man was full on observing so he will be ready to hunt next year! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1Ch-gzFFx4nawVJHRtm0OE40lwktrKtDkmXt99eXt9Ot4DwCg3T8i5G_CExcPABsNkWKTF-rSPSb5RKNvg-hftg1DDeQ48n1oaHasc-oX6U5I9EQpm1FFNE8CcHZFfqd_ii7ioNJJgvm7Su48tUbrLyTiijRiTjVlhHdtgzRfh7-p4em4jrcyK7iLg/s4032/IMG_0171.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1Ch-gzFFx4nawVJHRtm0OE40lwktrKtDkmXt99eXt9Ot4DwCg3T8i5G_CExcPABsNkWKTF-rSPSb5RKNvg-hftg1DDeQ48n1oaHasc-oX6U5I9EQpm1FFNE8CcHZFfqd_ii7ioNJJgvm7Su48tUbrLyTiijRiTjVlhHdtgzRfh7-p4em4jrcyK7iLg/s320/IMG_0171.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLVL4BeIqEa8Xxbyi-Evn6329rl0tB8oso3iBi3MoF_rM9SDRmMmaT1sjSz03yu3lYRVVnl7D3hIGWnzEssVo4mZHPpptyAsTO8g2Pxy1Njuz15l4dIsgnTkF2YQeyjjr0ZR0FVHkUbdoJLKKOpmTlVKrc4P6TMXbyChL9YMr97Wh0HfemoiXOg3umA/s4032/IMG_0174.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLVL4BeIqEa8Xxbyi-Evn6329rl0tB8oso3iBi3MoF_rM9SDRmMmaT1sjSz03yu3lYRVVnl7D3hIGWnzEssVo4mZHPpptyAsTO8g2Pxy1Njuz15l4dIsgnTkF2YQeyjjr0ZR0FVHkUbdoJLKKOpmTlVKrc4P6TMXbyChL9YMr97Wh0HfemoiXOg3umA/s320/IMG_0174.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ayla is always thinking</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt_35ejfeeDiynFTID5DocnCgryFNm3HXh3wZKSd1KB0MY9gWUncYCjnwXxtKKF_KJ82aOGE6N8v9eitBI0ORtVGVFwRNBzR7txzN0noppiZgpFSaJDRhUo0D8e1jRSCtAmB_K8oVJaXUud5bo87Xrj47JcrHUK6mL4mFdTpAZeo9tnEbFn5ATuyhAQ/s4032/IMG_0183.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt_35ejfeeDiynFTID5DocnCgryFNm3HXh3wZKSd1KB0MY9gWUncYCjnwXxtKKF_KJ82aOGE6N8v9eitBI0ORtVGVFwRNBzR7txzN0noppiZgpFSaJDRhUo0D8e1jRSCtAmB_K8oVJaXUud5bo87Xrj47JcrHUK6mL4mFdTpAZeo9tnEbFn5ATuyhAQ/s320/IMG_0183.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the egg hunt we hung out and had lunch with Peter's parents before heading over to my Grandma's house for what has been a tradition my entire childhood and now passed down with my kids. The big kids often hide the eggs for the younger kids, who in this case were LB and Ayla! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmr03mecm3WY_GkvHOg1g-kdyg_nClPEOSW-Efo42xeMipOvB2CCRWX4vITdtQ47RJdzvNQUWD_pje8lNLfxvQKHNTVIsUILiQvXatsMDATNre-nTI4yvnosL8O_JV9KNWR7_2-cD2c_N-ElnFrnDw8L1lgDSA93UO3plzfo8WVI-x6KPqXSKFNYbtvA/s4032/IMG_0240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmr03mecm3WY_GkvHOg1g-kdyg_nClPEOSW-Efo42xeMipOvB2CCRWX4vITdtQ47RJdzvNQUWD_pje8lNLfxvQKHNTVIsUILiQvXatsMDATNre-nTI4yvnosL8O_JV9KNWR7_2-cD2c_N-ElnFrnDw8L1lgDSA93UO3plzfo8WVI-x6KPqXSKFNYbtvA/s320/IMG_0240.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEut9YoKUJLb8TS8DD7aShjY6W6Shbx_3w2U6v09RPFjuP_2unNPfk3wDI58P-8uS3R8KxKGVJNlDtXvrGmcm8dWQW5FVJX5rV3WNYH_n_RXbvvvCON_hCcZj9N6IAFf9LpsJa8tyS2DfSIpKZPo451nAYSS3jtqAsIVoqTkqg5CcxthkKTSvGFUkbA/s4032/IMG_0263.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEut9YoKUJLb8TS8DD7aShjY6W6Shbx_3w2U6v09RPFjuP_2unNPfk3wDI58P-8uS3R8KxKGVJNlDtXvrGmcm8dWQW5FVJX5rV3WNYH_n_RXbvvvCON_hCcZj9N6IAFf9LpsJa8tyS2DfSIpKZPo451nAYSS3jtqAsIVoqTkqg5CcxthkKTSvGFUkbA/s320/IMG_0263.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplwUnWuJ783J-hcGUFNKLSQngniPiqj3dlD6-O-9NrlCsqpH5yE6W9WPJreixwkQDXPmxrHppf5JayQgtMD-VTtooSDEGlmGShsBXXezOIkNXzzeFj8dxogpoj24tPD3l8cRg-v3Gn5nPDRA6I7qJ73QRWgT7-i2A70aiKCdhKQqpEll3Hh4wDRtNuw/s4032/IMG_0275.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplwUnWuJ783J-hcGUFNKLSQngniPiqj3dlD6-O-9NrlCsqpH5yE6W9WPJreixwkQDXPmxrHppf5JayQgtMD-VTtooSDEGlmGShsBXXezOIkNXzzeFj8dxogpoj24tPD3l8cRg-v3Gn5nPDRA6I7qJ73QRWgT7-i2A70aiKCdhKQqpEll3Hh4wDRtNuw/s320/IMG_0275.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXazv5-fqSGPU75Mz3bX2OVUiIJlS52xsN698chIMLGWcqHvX0yVJK9VGNrX1GIEB2fNl_6veTZrmVrKGoSoPcRU_eq_9fppPIl1oypq476Ct-KqkoJ6zVRJ9UaxEtTrGI31hl3kLIPHjHpZP0jjNiYKWt7ktvjKCPSR0WYwbuI6435cfMFzbEDwTy7A/s4032/IMG_0277.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXazv5-fqSGPU75Mz3bX2OVUiIJlS52xsN698chIMLGWcqHvX0yVJK9VGNrX1GIEB2fNl_6veTZrmVrKGoSoPcRU_eq_9fppPIl1oypq476Ct-KqkoJ6zVRJ9UaxEtTrGI31hl3kLIPHjHpZP0jjNiYKWt7ktvjKCPSR0WYwbuI6435cfMFzbEDwTy7A/s320/IMG_0277.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1J9I615RVPCL6rVl0rzOyLeAkfXftp8IlrHKdHvP7_wIZj_6hLsLSxWJ1NclKyhiyY5v14yd-rsU3Nnbv2_mUzBIXat9GnFHzpwDEkHX8qJJjSs3l16BiOiNEH7EGLbEH88K_61E7XAtQBFxZlOmlKAzz2lkeqPtC741YEwZEg72hS-nQhyU4di__Q/s4032/IMG_0279.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1J9I615RVPCL6rVl0rzOyLeAkfXftp8IlrHKdHvP7_wIZj_6hLsLSxWJ1NclKyhiyY5v14yd-rsU3Nnbv2_mUzBIXat9GnFHzpwDEkHX8qJJjSs3l16BiOiNEH7EGLbEH88K_61E7XAtQBFxZlOmlKAzz2lkeqPtC741YEwZEg72hS-nQhyU4di__Q/s320/IMG_0279.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a great day and we had way more dessert than we could ever need, especially with all the birthday fun too! We jumped straight from an exhausting Easter into birthday gear for the next big birthday in the house! </div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-72843241022932999472022-04-26T11:35:00.002-07:002022-04-26T11:35:32.632-07:00Malachi's 12th Birthday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somehow we are moving right along into the next phases of parenting, leading us all the way up to having a 12 year old. I officially feel old and like I have a big kid with a couple more joining him on the horizon! I have to say, I am enjoying this phase a lot more than I ever thought I would. Big kids are so much fun! They're sarcastic and funny, I see their independence and responsibility growing! We have great conversations, we find more things we have in common and I love exploring their differences and all the things they're into. I am actually really looking forward to these teenage years with them! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So back to Malachi's birthday! First stop with him was to look for some new video games.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EDyMm2IjRDOUEV3pNsoNagE-xL4EAirvjFTb5KXeBrbgQPuC0IAvB2gWoIkWpQn-z_KfIjGM8TKCyXx5awxKLcIMI-jt2lO7cN2E42Bd4MDcp9Vv2MwkFnFydBPGVjAbYmF1pziBzrDkgA6f8xcVqSU5CNTGmNXamP0i1JZxCG0Ab-AnFVly-xVYZg/s4032/IMG_0099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EDyMm2IjRDOUEV3pNsoNagE-xL4EAirvjFTb5KXeBrbgQPuC0IAvB2gWoIkWpQn-z_KfIjGM8TKCyXx5awxKLcIMI-jt2lO7cN2E42Bd4MDcp9Vv2MwkFnFydBPGVjAbYmF1pziBzrDkgA6f8xcVqSU5CNTGmNXamP0i1JZxCG0Ab-AnFVly-xVYZg/s320/IMG_0099.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second stop was a big ole steak lunch!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Got some new gear for his favorite teams!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZn5nHl61bjj2Pv7tuzG9wIcaFJQUMie9-WJyDkgS8IoIk0IcwdXqqiq_DYSnb-6nj_1sb8gX_973XW6Rmb7JZ3QjgzwIoxA4z3IRjigD560xqT9hHAyCs-Ia3h1MdxHQUnX_vPHIwEZmDEA_rp7M5aeqCS2sHDxzR_GKFkiofScNGtyI-vKfgh-HZA/s4032/IMG_0117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZn5nHl61bjj2Pv7tuzG9wIcaFJQUMie9-WJyDkgS8IoIk0IcwdXqqiq_DYSnb-6nj_1sb8gX_973XW6Rmb7JZ3QjgzwIoxA4z3IRjigD560xqT9hHAyCs-Ia3h1MdxHQUnX_vPHIwEZmDEA_rp7M5aeqCS2sHDxzR_GKFkiofScNGtyI-vKfgh-HZA/s320/IMG_0117.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then a few games</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjiPboV3nZ9Iggcvauknp9jgSufmHqKOWiW1L1PGVXJ8eveluoaN7aZKN4tXyxbv4OP0gt-rjhoWv1RzpRt0jm25J8AcgCHwtIMrSNplz8KcEZCMBhumXVH-bAwWID1KKd2S8RkX6wVrfvmmw09WmBwCHsQBM1PBjfvNMpWmE3pwwtBS563pYZdgXyA/s4032/IMG_0121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjiPboV3nZ9Iggcvauknp9jgSufmHqKOWiW1L1PGVXJ8eveluoaN7aZKN4tXyxbv4OP0gt-rjhoWv1RzpRt0jm25J8AcgCHwtIMrSNplz8KcEZCMBhumXVH-bAwWID1KKd2S8RkX6wVrfvmmw09WmBwCHsQBM1PBjfvNMpWmE3pwwtBS563pYZdgXyA/s320/IMG_0121.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And fun presents</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>Malachi, you are growing into quite the amazing young man. I have so much fun with you and love chatting and hanging out with you. You're teaching me more than I ever thought I needed to know about sports but it is fun to have someone else in the house to watch games with! You are the most loyal fan to all of your teams and I hope someday they will be good and win it all for you! It is fun watching you grow in your hobbies and also grow in responsibility. You are still the kindest human I know and you seem to know anybody and everybody and everybody loves you because they see how amazing you are! I cannot believe how fast 12 years have gone but we want to soak up these next few years with you before you start stretching those wings out to fly more and more! You are so loved and such a blessing! Happy 12th Birthday! </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju0jGQCpUOAx3IY6BsDbieehqvAIF0vfuy1_lFAwdT85gofGq1J_wzgk6lrtxsHc0BVYmRPEjeA4a8o2uq-lZnlLoOqiYSD5tLSLREU-aoWXE6nDqkyVEIzsp8Kn41vKK3DU3T39Hc6yP9OPN5c9G6ghFT8etfcSY77IznrKk6C0LK6y6ADXSQTEgcQg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju0jGQCpUOAx3IY6BsDbieehqvAIF0vfuy1_lFAwdT85gofGq1J_wzgk6lrtxsHc0BVYmRPEjeA4a8o2uq-lZnlLoOqiYSD5tLSLREU-aoWXE6nDqkyVEIzsp8Kn41vKK3DU3T39Hc6yP9OPN5c9G6ghFT8etfcSY77IznrKk6C0LK6y6ADXSQTEgcQg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-9541806586703731092022-04-07T14:36:00.001-07:002022-04-07T14:36:57.388-07:00How is it REALLY having 6 kids?<p> I always wanted a big family. I was the kids who loved all the babies and helped out with babies anytime I could. I was the teenager with the full babysitting schedule. I LOVED watching my nieces every second I could or helping out with my cousins twins. I helped a lady with an at home daycare. I watched kids at church every week while the moms were in Bible study. I eventually babysat every morning for a family I adored! I loved kids and knew that I wanted a whole bunch of them!</p><p>We got married young and figured we were on about a 3-5 year plan before having kids. Peter still had 2 years of school and we knew I was going to stay at home after having them so we wanted to be as financially stable as we could. What I didn't account for is how soon after the wedding I wanted to be a mom. It instantly felt like the next natural step to me even though I knew we had to wait. I REALLY struggled during those years with having patience around kids. Now I look back and think how special those days were where it was just the two of us. If I knew then that we would have at least 30 years of children in the home to come, I probably would have appreciated that nice quiet, little home a bit more! </p><p>About the time Peter graduated from college (2 years of marriage) and started working, I think I wore him down with my impatience and we decided we could find a way to make having a baby work into the plans and budget. I was so excited to make my dream of being a mom come true! I will never forget how optimistic I was that it would happen right away and how shocked I was when it didn't. The thought never even crossed my mind that we would struggle to conceive. I just knew I was meant to be a mom, so it didn't make sense to me. A year later, still no baby. We were at a crossroads deciding between fertility medications or adoption. I just did not have peace about seeking fertility meds and since adoption was already part of our plan we jumped right into that process. A year later (4 years of marriage) we added Malachi to our family and 6 months later Eli! My dream had come true in a big way! I loved having these two little boys! I was so happy! </p><p> It wasn't long at all before I found out we would be adding Sabrina to the family. I cried, so taking care of the boys must have been a lot of work. I was so grateful but shocked! I remember taking the test, seeing it was positive, and then coming down and looking at 2 little boys in high chairs eating their breakfast and wondering how I was going to handle 3 so close together! Peter and I both do not have a lot of memories from when we had 3 little ones in the house. It truly was an exhausting blur. I had 2 toddlers who were sooooo busy and a tiny baby. I wish I could go back and spend more time with those 3 little ones, soaking it all in because it went so fast!</p><p>For whatever reason, about the time Sabrina was 18 months, we were really feeling like we should adopt again. I don't even know how we though we were ready back then but it just felt right, and it was. By the next summer we were going to meet our LB! What a whirlwind and for the first time I felt maxed out and like maybe 4 kids was enough. Peter was very adamant at this point that 4 kids was all we were going to have and I felt similar, but wasn't ready to shut the door. We agreed to not make a permanent decision either way until the other person felt the same way.</p><p>A couple more years passed and we were pretty content with 4 kids. At times it felt like the perfect number. But I still had this nagging feeling like someone was missing. Peter was aware of this, but I never pushed him to see things my way. We would talk about whether or not we would have more kids but it was never a pushy discussion and I was pretty confident I wasn't going to convince Peter to add anymore kids. I remember on my 30th birthday he told me that he was open to having one more baby! I was so excited! Neither one of us was ready to make the jump to 5 kids quite yet but my brain was swirling with plans. I don't remember the exact timelines but we had to wait through Zika risk after our 10th anniversary and then I was a match for bone marrow donation and had to see that process through which took us all the way to almost 2 more years of waiting. I once again, wrongfully assumed it wouldn't take very long at all to get pregnant after Eli and Sabrina being surprises. Again, totally shocked when it didn't happen right away. 15 months later and I gave up. I had started obsessing about this and felt like for my mental health I needed to just let it go and be content with the 4 kids God had blessed us with. </p><p>I honestly don't even know why God chose the moment I let the dream go to bless us with Ayla, but that is how it worked out. It had beenover 5 years since we had a baby in the house and the anticipation and the joy from the older kids throughout the whole pregnancy and having a baby was everything I could ever hope for. We were very convinced that this would be our last baby.... Until I was post partum. I remember one night in particular where I was rocking her in her bedroom and just crying because I had told Peter she was the last one but I had this nagging feeling that she needed a little sibling and wasn't the last one after all. There was a sizeable gap between her and LB and I felt like she needed a close buddy too. I was prepared for Peter to totally shut down the idea but apparently his heart has changed over the years too and he wasn't opposed to more kids. So we decided we would wait and see how we were feeling around the time Ayla was 2.</p><p>God had his own timeline again and Leeland joined us sooner than we were thinking but what I have learned through the timeline of having all of our babies - I wouldn't change a thing! I say all this because I want to make it clear that I know each of these babies is a huge blessing. They all have their own stories that led them to us and their own timelines for how that happened. My plan would have looked completely different but I'm glad it worked out the way it did. Full of trials, waiting, surprises, joy!</p><p>So how do I feel as a mom to 6? Honestly it is every bit as exhausting as you would think. Most days I feel completely wiped by the time I get to bed. There is rarely a break with 6 kids, especially with our decision to homeschool 4 of them. I forgot how hard it is to have a toddler and a baby at the same time because it has been 7 years since we had that combo. The sleepless nights that continue on and on require a lot of dedication to accomplish any tasks during the day and keep up on life. Then we have big kids who are constantly running to and from activities in between their school schedule. There are days that I want to burst into tears at how hard and exhausting this is. There are many days where I feel like the most blessed woman alive to be surrounded by all these little ones or guilty that I might be failing them. I don't feel like I can think a thought without a child approaching me needing my help with school, or a toddler asking for juice or a trip to the potty. Or a baby needing to be fed or waking up from a nap. Some days Peter and I are laughing at the chaos and joking about more kids. Other days we sit down in silence with nothing left in the tank, dreaming of the day we have more to give to each other. It's a balancing act for sure, and one that we have not perfected and probably never will! <br /><br />The biggest thing for me is I just want to savor and enjoy the moments. I am learning just how much fun every age group is. I love seeing my big kids and their interests and all they enjoy going and doing. I love conversing with them and listening to what they share with me. I love our crazy, busy toddler and watch her explore and learn about the world and life. She's a sponge! She makes all of us laugh a hundred times a day! I love baby snuggles and kisses and watching Leeland start to learn new things. There are challenges, but there is so much good! Parenting feels all encompassing right now and as in everything, that is the season we are in right now and I can constantly feel it in my heart - I am going to miss this! As hard as it is, these days are so rich and everything I could have ever wanted. We have so many fun milestones coming in the years ahead. I know when I am an old woman surrounded by lots of grandkids and great grandkids that the momentary challenges we are facing right now will be so minor. We are building a legacy and I hope the kids will look back and not see our many imperfections but see that we loved them with all of our hearts and did everything we could to help them follow their dreams. 6 kids is a lot of kids, but boy what a blessing they are! </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-17163606862511463062022-04-01T14:17:00.000-07:002022-04-01T14:17:13.857-07:00March Recap<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">March was a month! We had some stressful, hard moments but lots of exciting moments too. And just as I suspected, the month FLEW by! I cannot believe we are already 1/4 of the way through this year! For the first time in 2 years life feels completely back to normal! Between the weather getting nicer and getting back to all the activities the kids love, it has just been really nice! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We sold Peter's little hybrid commuter car this month and upgraded it in a really big way! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjmCLjDBMFzRI3oeBpyqiDICkg4yprf3XIRkuErPlJ3x28IeVcHErjGXGgUoE7Ox8JOPBskBD22s20hxl4XLL9GWVM_lYh_sHTRWyl-BIYnm9SXT6VY9tJzOaXz6O2uRQnrytjz5kPgVZ6rIgEKsed4vP3JG40UUSI3aBpUiedrB37CGVpBcUSryhDQ/s3098/IMG_1917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2168" data-original-width="3098" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjmCLjDBMFzRI3oeBpyqiDICkg4yprf3XIRkuErPlJ3x28IeVcHErjGXGgUoE7Ox8JOPBskBD22s20hxl4XLL9GWVM_lYh_sHTRWyl-BIYnm9SXT6VY9tJzOaXz6O2uRQnrytjz5kPgVZ6rIgEKsed4vP3JG40UUSI3aBpUiedrB37CGVpBcUSryhDQ/s320/IMG_1917.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was down for days with a bad infection and Peter really had to step up and run the house while trying to work. I had a couple days where I was barely out of bed so I got some baby snuggles and let Leeland nap with me. I also laugh because I just was not feeling life and Ayla took full advantage. Here she is, in the afternoon, still wearing (Christmas) jammies and hiding in the cupboard eating chocolate chips. She's a smart one! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9K0vpKWf7tlZ3-d6heHpftuLmK18-_ElcYPwOc3MlPgHi0filxq0oRBDZ5iST2yakkUdtxzGSoy96VY83_xiEgCPtK2mL0TviKG2X4CYjAQ_5nOyUvrEFQtAZIVNGqB1p4oAIqPtd3vIceKPw8pRMtNZQn_OymPiLx6nhIkkKLG-Ni_-90JR0JDAwg/s3088/IMG_9055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9K0vpKWf7tlZ3-d6heHpftuLmK18-_ElcYPwOc3MlPgHi0filxq0oRBDZ5iST2yakkUdtxzGSoy96VY83_xiEgCPtK2mL0TviKG2X4CYjAQ_5nOyUvrEFQtAZIVNGqB1p4oAIqPtd3vIceKPw8pRMtNZQn_OymPiLx6nhIkkKLG-Ni_-90JR0JDAwg/s320/IMG_9055.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tEXaBhRpsNO-jNoYT5kfJHEWWGV-pEfZnCEb5iE7AYZeIiW3o0x6SZG17mT7ezO_S161aaTw-l54EpLnvaP-x2DH-ouanhXZRHK4d03zMOGEZ5E7Z21l1yNtrxc5DkgJdXl9V0VYLF4pwhMEJBMtVWHRAVQ3-ooIS8968FGAGdRkYSEPkblcV4cpEw/s4032/IMG_9117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tEXaBhRpsNO-jNoYT5kfJHEWWGV-pEfZnCEb5iE7AYZeIiW3o0x6SZG17mT7ezO_S161aaTw-l54EpLnvaP-x2DH-ouanhXZRHK4d03zMOGEZ5E7Z21l1yNtrxc5DkgJdXl9V0VYLF4pwhMEJBMtVWHRAVQ3-ooIS8968FGAGdRkYSEPkblcV4cpEw/s320/IMG_9117.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love spring when the trees start to bloom and daffodils and tulips come up! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxX6ec4xQDWnBwP7IqIuE5Ti6313ofvXObHCT5fGxM8cesn_qn1TMvzI5oOevXa0YfqV1R4qEQDEgp8ji3OXpsitgIHahzxny8j52AxPw2Tgvoi5pALpw5BqC6FNk-_HxInMVKYtQCqbg5-OOzGTzqstXtpuWfm-8M0xu4oAfSS9UEo1gGQuwkgCV0Jg/s1800/9B563F75-CC0C-4044-9131-B6CA4D177733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxX6ec4xQDWnBwP7IqIuE5Ti6313ofvXObHCT5fGxM8cesn_qn1TMvzI5oOevXa0YfqV1R4qEQDEgp8ji3OXpsitgIHahzxny8j52AxPw2Tgvoi5pALpw5BqC6FNk-_HxInMVKYtQCqbg5-OOzGTzqstXtpuWfm-8M0xu4oAfSS9UEo1gGQuwkgCV0Jg/s320/9B563F75-CC0C-4044-9131-B6CA4D177733.JPG" width="256" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoPyHaHNo36urulTnyk-q85ZnBySvj59xA-k3-lg1DqAavDNLL2W2TLqDyzqJTx3iGztPlk3t6ZuaTWQV8YEOhalMSMI2bFvEkxrmFbhrPBWvlFFEtxpetfEWjHD6BIEE5Zi3Siy7SXZB-7ZOAGPyxbYlG_nbnP67T7o0OYpLSbHREq-pywLB8QGUgA/s3761/IMG_1954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="2649" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoPyHaHNo36urulTnyk-q85ZnBySvj59xA-k3-lg1DqAavDNLL2W2TLqDyzqJTx3iGztPlk3t6ZuaTWQV8YEOhalMSMI2bFvEkxrmFbhrPBWvlFFEtxpetfEWjHD6BIEE5Zi3Siy7SXZB-7ZOAGPyxbYlG_nbnP67T7o0OYpLSbHREq-pywLB8QGUgA/s320/IMG_1954.JPG" width="225" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6Ls2yz7NH3KdoCAP6m5xxw-xT3vMUWwdzjEmzH9a1LPCA5RrjwjQxYJgH0aqdS5LIN3jX7-SzY_tLE_k_03QbpoN30wmjLsjPk9wL9VFluJE3jvcT9hMKEN23PrDKgxCwL-3MEn9BukobIpqDQjDvq9C3POQ29eChewFexldmJ8AmIIDQRVWuMhOcQ/s4032/IMG_1962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6Ls2yz7NH3KdoCAP6m5xxw-xT3vMUWwdzjEmzH9a1LPCA5RrjwjQxYJgH0aqdS5LIN3jX7-SzY_tLE_k_03QbpoN30wmjLsjPk9wL9VFluJE3jvcT9hMKEN23PrDKgxCwL-3MEn9BukobIpqDQjDvq9C3POQ29eChewFexldmJ8AmIIDQRVWuMhOcQ/s320/IMG_1962.JPG" width="240" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eli cut his finger pretty darn good and had to get it glued up. He also had to wear a splint for 10 days so he didn't rip it back open if he bent his finger. I'll spare the internet from the gory pictures! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fhHWYDzpxHYrXYGqd7Q_IMWLYz-viknpdejnjys7rxVi5AC6QBhEo6epVXwQK6PNK1Sz5Ij1YhQ7_aOp3lLYAwMpD4F9QXREKpeorgYJWRylVas31PPfe0BFJ0gFnbj_lvg0HvUchm0ggBgLTl3XqwtClGbK-3s4AmutbiPwijqNwn3muo9haZiR7g/s4032/IMG_1981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fhHWYDzpxHYrXYGqd7Q_IMWLYz-viknpdejnjys7rxVi5AC6QBhEo6epVXwQK6PNK1Sz5Ij1YhQ7_aOp3lLYAwMpD4F9QXREKpeorgYJWRylVas31PPfe0BFJ0gFnbj_lvg0HvUchm0ggBgLTl3XqwtClGbK-3s4AmutbiPwijqNwn3muo9haZiR7g/s320/IMG_1981.JPG" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjur0SShdeSfVB5jvfqqAVYoPURcq6c5GpzTVjfPZX0-9W-vmZt9Qs7WIMWr-SiRcWtEAIf5uYpn4oigPz2EyneB3dtdp8nh5zncjTUyH5kO5P881I8zCpxgcrJD5DEddoUhYgRQZY-68M2y1Vro2W_CXduu71wmFerVVAiU4q0218-saf79nDmwEjefQ/s3072/IMG_9349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="1979" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjur0SShdeSfVB5jvfqqAVYoPURcq6c5GpzTVjfPZX0-9W-vmZt9Qs7WIMWr-SiRcWtEAIf5uYpn4oigPz2EyneB3dtdp8nh5zncjTUyH5kO5P881I8zCpxgcrJD5DEddoUhYgRQZY-68M2y1Vro2W_CXduu71wmFerVVAiU4q0218-saf79nDmwEjefQ/s320/IMG_9349.JPG" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We celebrated St Patrick's Day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja40UzchpFL9r0krZLbYzhYKtk2_oGvtAhiz6VmBUzFwtRTHegmI-AY6I5PKcnj_Tu0924egZhlpuEfTPzVESGzihy-EIBh1jZv0MB1XlIxebh_RE0XkHyi9CP81tEwDibRhQBep8uw8JA1uaFs3QLjBTkuQ0wZ5iT30-GgYzk5G_KJISs81tTmEajlA/s4032/IMG_9317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja40UzchpFL9r0krZLbYzhYKtk2_oGvtAhiz6VmBUzFwtRTHegmI-AY6I5PKcnj_Tu0924egZhlpuEfTPzVESGzihy-EIBh1jZv0MB1XlIxebh_RE0XkHyi9CP81tEwDibRhQBep8uw8JA1uaFs3QLjBTkuQ0wZ5iT30-GgYzk5G_KJISs81tTmEajlA/s320/IMG_9317.jpg" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qdr73ha0RW2S2S4nPUreN4SkzD21GtVbCBhMq_RL5wY-REfcL09ERxOgUiH35Sqw_qzz6kXEfJejtg7WX4Sanr12vnyd_UJ4JQWhQSRoRq5yb5o_JIRYjVowWyPYIvsefjrHNlawg5VRUMqaW34elp1K8jsnXT_YgTBTWcc_lmAnNVOlpYSsMtLU7Q/s3890/IMG_9329_jpg%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3890" data-original-width="2584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qdr73ha0RW2S2S4nPUreN4SkzD21GtVbCBhMq_RL5wY-REfcL09ERxOgUiH35Sqw_qzz6kXEfJejtg7WX4Sanr12vnyd_UJ4JQWhQSRoRq5yb5o_JIRYjVowWyPYIvsefjrHNlawg5VRUMqaW34elp1K8jsnXT_YgTBTWcc_lmAnNVOlpYSsMtLU7Q/s320/IMG_9329_jpg%20(1).JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I celebrated my 36th Birthday! It was the first one in a long time that either the world was opened up or I didn't have morning sickness and actually wanted to go out and celebrate. We have really been enjoying Beaver baseball as a family so Peter found us tickets to a game! We had a great time and returned home for the kids to demolish the strawberries off the cake my mom made me! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WGs-cBTeifQonCUxZWb747gLYoo89sYrTpC70cNTbb_dJ4gIofoL9-ddEjCZ_b_DSlclk9LHZKL2u-Ft7_XqbG8jg7SkS5JUORaCUS_E2icPMIy-Gb4k7MRV0arg2JsxZcVRRqRSdM8bsG16aJd_EPtX9eDrljZxcxMlg8sbcoH546dDkaZnLuEFoA/s4032/IMG_1990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WGs-cBTeifQonCUxZWb747gLYoo89sYrTpC70cNTbb_dJ4gIofoL9-ddEjCZ_b_DSlclk9LHZKL2u-Ft7_XqbG8jg7SkS5JUORaCUS_E2icPMIy-Gb4k7MRV0arg2JsxZcVRRqRSdM8bsG16aJd_EPtX9eDrljZxcxMlg8sbcoH546dDkaZnLuEFoA/s320/IMG_1990.jpg" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7AUvO1pkwZK4B2LZRc2nun8zMermseoU2KAv7AtxHdb8ZcEqQhEIIp8Cn3JOBpbjJ4T4aQSqX03PMXixud_cecwhyfavyjyq7_Di-Tg8Kk51Zqjtr6BVmRLIru0X6fUR3MxsAs_Re50ycYsvpzHoIrr3YGlqK1HdbrOm2Y1c5YmxMHt63vyeQh8gcA/s3088/IMG_9409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7AUvO1pkwZK4B2LZRc2nun8zMermseoU2KAv7AtxHdb8ZcEqQhEIIp8Cn3JOBpbjJ4T4aQSqX03PMXixud_cecwhyfavyjyq7_Di-Tg8Kk51Zqjtr6BVmRLIru0X6fUR3MxsAs_Re50ycYsvpzHoIrr3YGlqK1HdbrOm2Y1c5YmxMHt63vyeQh8gcA/s320/IMG_9409.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggA5_6GFTPA-qv6xdQvWQG_FK-xcfKhvJSe91DYdYfFGiwdI0fxbSx4ZueqLzRG9YUk6ZRvVgZEi9JrS-KXzL_ZtTooibPBR-0OLSx-3eFawtTdLuA_pc5LyVPSy_Ga79EO0QjNgAVG5Jsf2Xmv2ICpJsoFJROCKgzusaphREOb8oVdKhWT5HyRDdg3w/s4032/IMG_9416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggA5_6GFTPA-qv6xdQvWQG_FK-xcfKhvJSe91DYdYfFGiwdI0fxbSx4ZueqLzRG9YUk6ZRvVgZEi9JrS-KXzL_ZtTooibPBR-0OLSx-3eFawtTdLuA_pc5LyVPSy_Ga79EO0QjNgAVG5Jsf2Xmv2ICpJsoFJROCKgzusaphREOb8oVdKhWT5HyRDdg3w/s320/IMG_9416.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sabrina LOVES dogs and has begged us to get back into fostering puppies this year. So she had a fun week with this little girl! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7g4_wMDG4CkCoDbblpe8_UrpXbLvLOa9EAdzRvdRvF5BnZVUwlKasyUVeqaqzhcxawldp4cx7sReXUYLsfxnZc2S6KCOq5wtcqA8T8DZbyxZcBDmqrPyJwO5DdQAQWlqUK1zFyKs01Aw8Md3n7P8HEd69lD2DniLzVk9CUZ_ozxbuHHkvAuYkYxfAA/s3780/1D8232B3-87CC-41E7-9F44-499BFE06C2FE.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7g4_wMDG4CkCoDbblpe8_UrpXbLvLOa9EAdzRvdRvF5BnZVUwlKasyUVeqaqzhcxawldp4cx7sReXUYLsfxnZc2S6KCOq5wtcqA8T8DZbyxZcBDmqrPyJwO5DdQAQWlqUK1zFyKs01Aw8Md3n7P8HEd69lD2DniLzVk9CUZ_ozxbuHHkvAuYkYxfAA/s320/1D8232B3-87CC-41E7-9F44-499BFE06C2FE.JPG" width="256" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLbQIGckseOWwJZv_v86K20YJVwgS8u4acNyLN0yi3fByYi8yObKnRLHa4T4QByDb2vLkn95f7u4MBhsp7iK6ufuQy8hHxTTivd3brC8T-4wXfJQ3XOsKDst_luln1NjZYfyoJadrqQmK5tCE3KhJ_YC2ONrzvUawdpyxkLwGOItLzfQig5STbS50YQ/s4032/IMG_9268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLbQIGckseOWwJZv_v86K20YJVwgS8u4acNyLN0yi3fByYi8yObKnRLHa4T4QByDb2vLkn95f7u4MBhsp7iK6ufuQy8hHxTTivd3brC8T-4wXfJQ3XOsKDst_luln1NjZYfyoJadrqQmK5tCE3KhJ_YC2ONrzvUawdpyxkLwGOItLzfQig5STbS50YQ/s320/IMG_9268.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Groot celebrated his 4th Birthday!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fr7euCVYfvH5ZUtoz0zpDnntTc9ksuezJ_vT7wYtpe7VftteVAX8Jjp766mtpHvB9JNW9NdTmtPFssArR7OPegkj5U4UOvokzZQH2Mpfrqyr7e_Mpbso0LJiQSokOvXdoEpk9txa8CIyFLvzNq1RG7ruQpU5E6c5wZisFCUe0f2FHfoXQgXJA2L05Q/s2048/68728C03-96CC-4E4B-8E02-357649D8C441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fr7euCVYfvH5ZUtoz0zpDnntTc9ksuezJ_vT7wYtpe7VftteVAX8Jjp766mtpHvB9JNW9NdTmtPFssArR7OPegkj5U4UOvokzZQH2Mpfrqyr7e_Mpbso0LJiQSokOvXdoEpk9txa8CIyFLvzNq1RG7ruQpU5E6c5wZisFCUe0f2FHfoXQgXJA2L05Q/s320/68728C03-96CC-4E4B-8E02-357649D8C441.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leeland is scooting and rolling all over the place now. It won't be long at all before he is crawling!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTP8Wx1JPm2ldfctu5tYhZKctPxqZmav8S8LAA-P3UyLNdAlJU0hL6TsWHVhutWPU4aRq2N8HVpK-oKcMKslUvmikyG2gwes9nYHe4q-28WE4gYkCEdErLS5PPbjNxoVOHKtfVPYmK0oFUN11J2Rrmw-ll1x4qxRakieRpDeIeyzHidi12lKqPtcBpg/s1800/CB126F64-259D-4997-BDFC-AC21182CD023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTP8Wx1JPm2ldfctu5tYhZKctPxqZmav8S8LAA-P3UyLNdAlJU0hL6TsWHVhutWPU4aRq2N8HVpK-oKcMKslUvmikyG2gwes9nYHe4q-28WE4gYkCEdErLS5PPbjNxoVOHKtfVPYmK0oFUN11J2Rrmw-ll1x4qxRakieRpDeIeyzHidi12lKqPtcBpg/s320/CB126F64-259D-4997-BDFC-AC21182CD023.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ayla and LB helped me get the garden planted! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQCbd4n9N-zgKyVyJGwE49kIoRHAJonLswiTlWzu00wI-QXh6MTdXSka1cMWOP_7AhjFd97WqhvkTRgKu_0ezzhYpL9gkYxqzcVEeXTr8cdyAUuuBTIpHGacxQlmTM2cTCK3Z44Dq80IRBv1am0NKIwtoMX-IwzEUeaTCFj4tiHYIc_Z5bvgIjls8BA/s3042/IMG_9293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="3042" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQCbd4n9N-zgKyVyJGwE49kIoRHAJonLswiTlWzu00wI-QXh6MTdXSka1cMWOP_7AhjFd97WqhvkTRgKu_0ezzhYpL9gkYxqzcVEeXTr8cdyAUuuBTIpHGacxQlmTM2cTCK3Z44Dq80IRBv1am0NKIwtoMX-IwzEUeaTCFj4tiHYIc_Z5bvgIjls8BA/s320/IMG_9293.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq4l8fS1GsrU40V2-hZR1wmF61ub7Ml0CvzsMeSQnQdBqljI-vdJlsOcIZ4qKGwf-DfyCkR8vH0MhfznCIeCkTj9ITvTMNlQuCvj_JsG5BLCySFRbso799EWMK0Zwuy_piEH66iR5SLiILx2Fr_L9l6M0l3FOAvvmhCxCMm1PjWp0Lcp14_-v-ia8ag/s3577/IMG_9299_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3577" data-original-width="2529" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq4l8fS1GsrU40V2-hZR1wmF61ub7Ml0CvzsMeSQnQdBqljI-vdJlsOcIZ4qKGwf-DfyCkR8vH0MhfznCIeCkTj9ITvTMNlQuCvj_JsG5BLCySFRbso799EWMK0Zwuy_piEH66iR5SLiILx2Fr_L9l6M0l3FOAvvmhCxCMm1PjWp0Lcp14_-v-ia8ag/s320/IMG_9299_jpg.JPG" width="226" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RrMue13iMGo6stTDO-FgOfr_dig1Nt6CnRY6QSkmL5XPUYDDv39y5JBEFjZXdLv1JFfOVTixKXUTN6NrKeOAvHSSBeZNh7yNm8I_k_iuUzWvPcSDFDKCf8R0jIBVWDKZalVDO9MpRxCBXYOBeb-kt72g1k5hAexr1Hq1RE7vMWgK_gV0p-o58cZ40Q/s4032/IMG_9311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RrMue13iMGo6stTDO-FgOfr_dig1Nt6CnRY6QSkmL5XPUYDDv39y5JBEFjZXdLv1JFfOVTixKXUTN6NrKeOAvHSSBeZNh7yNm8I_k_iuUzWvPcSDFDKCf8R0jIBVWDKZalVDO9MpRxCBXYOBeb-kt72g1k5hAexr1Hq1RE7vMWgK_gV0p-o58cZ40Q/s320/IMG_9311.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGjQEZfC3nuApjF0hELZ6TI8Ir9pGLwLNrtsW0zlrAZ846RSmf7zsmEAey98OhMwx6M992yGsJK5WXqpx9AmjwcjM5pp1kf6tAP4xzyQN_tWBHWlPigoo594DDx2KYZIva9_pOdzex4nbzQ2PVWctNthtTctSY96jaUGgvwQ4n5k-U3qeefkO-AJ_ag/s4032/IMG_9392_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGjQEZfC3nuApjF0hELZ6TI8Ir9pGLwLNrtsW0zlrAZ846RSmf7zsmEAey98OhMwx6M992yGsJK5WXqpx9AmjwcjM5pp1kf6tAP4xzyQN_tWBHWlPigoo594DDx2KYZIva9_pOdzex4nbzQ2PVWctNthtTctSY96jaUGgvwQ4n5k-U3qeefkO-AJ_ag/s320/IMG_9392_jpg.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual, Peter had his hands full with projects. Our stair system we ordered finally came in so we were able to get started! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg9Xs_QcIDut2c2rnyFCQKuN9gHRUfYlal4T9tS4ej-0YneH_W5-p1Pkea7fP5LoXhy7oEDmJum2q7c4M473y5O4gF1RZ9mtt3gum7qRb0tYTJsssLDYw4V5FAQ277j-WUglKafu7QpwmmVn7L0CHVlB8KyUoxT4AbXRm9DE8IVVIb8KeAO681KWcjQ/s4032/IMG_9427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg9Xs_QcIDut2c2rnyFCQKuN9gHRUfYlal4T9tS4ej-0YneH_W5-p1Pkea7fP5LoXhy7oEDmJum2q7c4M473y5O4gF1RZ9mtt3gum7qRb0tYTJsssLDYw4V5FAQ277j-WUglKafu7QpwmmVn7L0CHVlB8KyUoxT4AbXRm9DE8IVVIb8KeAO681KWcjQ/s320/IMG_9427.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the midst of all that, the gas company also discovered a gas leak on our property which made Peter have to drop everything and get the gas leak fixed so that we weren't without hot water or a stove for too long. Peter is pretty darn impressive and had located, and fixed the 2 leaks on the property within 24 hours of them shutting it off! Of course now he has the work of fixing the concrete and slate where the leak was. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpWWgRpvRTxVhKN8yCGuVbmfPaDc-Bree4iQ7a2Wzac0TK1fSfVX_mFgBGhrtQyc-adr5lwt8myeBrwJ4KdgQbEmGgk2pLa0GdyKo3wObCRbn8zVLqnZHSTyTAGihzYbZ6DAzQNbYHoTXCnGoHrT8s2FJOi793JIpGQ63XTJD9Gg2uzHoOaLeuFUS0g/s4032/IMG_9472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpWWgRpvRTxVhKN8yCGuVbmfPaDc-Bree4iQ7a2Wzac0TK1fSfVX_mFgBGhrtQyc-adr5lwt8myeBrwJ4KdgQbEmGgk2pLa0GdyKo3wObCRbn8zVLqnZHSTyTAGihzYbZ6DAzQNbYHoTXCnGoHrT8s2FJOi793JIpGQ63XTJD9Gg2uzHoOaLeuFUS0g/s320/IMG_9472.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6uqjJBszUEVF1I0gFNPi6oJCPnjdvXX_Qc04Q8l2QyU_BA_WIlpjiGq8RuG4jDzvVkFvhWlQISKEFkKZd0MFrYTtpRc-dPeLlmDzFKIqSFYvkh5GulWY5YsPI3h2WqUvYGL9gyK4sGKCy6zIYrL16ZUI0CZexeUii_-2h5q3oZ_TbXeclc8vaWK9gQ/s4032/IMG_9480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6uqjJBszUEVF1I0gFNPi6oJCPnjdvXX_Qc04Q8l2QyU_BA_WIlpjiGq8RuG4jDzvVkFvhWlQISKEFkKZd0MFrYTtpRc-dPeLlmDzFKIqSFYvkh5GulWY5YsPI3h2WqUvYGL9gyK4sGKCy6zIYrL16ZUI0CZexeUii_-2h5q3oZ_TbXeclc8vaWK9gQ/s320/IMG_9480.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ayla has been something! She's sweet, spicy, and learning so much! She loves being outside and exploring. She has also learned her colors, shapes (I love how she says "rectangle" "octagon" "triangle" big words for a little girl!) and even has started naming her numbers. She is so funny and entertaining and opinionated and a sponge! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0rE6R9LVMeQJ8ijOe66-lwXeOk45xFy7VlT0TrI2nYm104jj7YpWwAB8GOHqYAVBCxmCSUWCdY3o-h8cFv6okmslO5vlsrnQnhlx8uwmkdLijMWOFs80FbS5jth_46dX2HWnAV4uFaQiLjc_UI7ozPH2BICQc0eEZg-eQUoUBMYVXaTxL8Qh5BVUvA/s4032/IMG_9502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0rE6R9LVMeQJ8ijOe66-lwXeOk45xFy7VlT0TrI2nYm104jj7YpWwAB8GOHqYAVBCxmCSUWCdY3o-h8cFv6okmslO5vlsrnQnhlx8uwmkdLijMWOFs80FbS5jth_46dX2HWnAV4uFaQiLjc_UI7ozPH2BICQc0eEZg-eQUoUBMYVXaTxL8Qh5BVUvA/s320/IMG_9502.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl7I9e49Nhx9gzCVbHD6ERttGuzSPfaRNMewAwsC1dsDDaPwKS3LlzUr7vrF2XPt0uAJPIJefCQuENe2xAEgCf5DfYvKBMHODwj8zp7-XiVEku_LzgG2rs8fgGYEcqz7esYkz-m6C17JAgmBG87R93z8jn3pZ6kCa5jW-UuU-N5nLG3ut_wJRZuz2Ug/s3514/IMG_9506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3514" data-original-width="2615" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl7I9e49Nhx9gzCVbHD6ERttGuzSPfaRNMewAwsC1dsDDaPwKS3LlzUr7vrF2XPt0uAJPIJefCQuENe2xAEgCf5DfYvKBMHODwj8zp7-XiVEku_LzgG2rs8fgGYEcqz7esYkz-m6C17JAgmBG87R93z8jn3pZ6kCa5jW-UuU-N5nLG3ut_wJRZuz2Ug/s320/IMG_9506.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6Ynw0Vd73utirgpp858n2Vae--XVoqxHjTjICViM2mTBqIbssmgxDGDKvLZYxoS70LekMlgzcTVqKxh7izMTWWSkuSCfnL3gPzszYT0UtR_--awJUokeAn5huBCVkfTiuKK5H6Q36NQcfs1rOfWma2fwh_Pj3_dhifSzURGSkv3UU7OcLz1hQ9uJVw/s4032/IMG_9555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6Ynw0Vd73utirgpp858n2Vae--XVoqxHjTjICViM2mTBqIbssmgxDGDKvLZYxoS70LekMlgzcTVqKxh7izMTWWSkuSCfnL3gPzszYT0UtR_--awJUokeAn5huBCVkfTiuKK5H6Q36NQcfs1rOfWma2fwh_Pj3_dhifSzURGSkv3UU7OcLz1hQ9uJVw/s320/IMG_9555.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids have been busy with science classes, church, a bowling night at church, meeting up with friends, Bible study, swim lessons, ballet, piano lessons. Whew, and to think it just gets even busier next month! LB moved up a level in swim lessons, and Sabrina moved up a level in piano! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IQtXRkXRkisPUTMCuuvbOdMwrEZCL5oWiva-CYogFlSe3Xy66p6xY8ZkdekPZs1OaPmaGSkbyVg5bn-DeEsjUv0mbxGDUfhgvxQHd7OiapKhv-DTb_3HoAelQFSjTF1ntsmcaZH6RqS8lmmoxn7-udnCWtgUTC7fMcevSvxLgzB9YUgCMgz5FzHtdQ/s4032/IMG_9593_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IQtXRkXRkisPUTMCuuvbOdMwrEZCL5oWiva-CYogFlSe3Xy66p6xY8ZkdekPZs1OaPmaGSkbyVg5bn-DeEsjUv0mbxGDUfhgvxQHd7OiapKhv-DTb_3HoAelQFSjTF1ntsmcaZH6RqS8lmmoxn7-udnCWtgUTC7fMcevSvxLgzB9YUgCMgz5FzHtdQ/s320/IMG_9593_jpg.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eli had it made with his nerf guns! Ayla loves to load the guns with darts and also loves to set up soda cans after they've fallen down for him to knock down! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRr4c7bykd-nXLMT4NHU1Yy1zw_S3WddhTBmesrhvxX9z9jZnz9KaPpL-bCk80zifsLGx5WpZ7I2SM1y_XVWs0uq534Jc8XbyLGgu7GpZCol5Tk8zaLvMYDr5-VzhmdGKXvwE-9OfPDWTuI3V7HoW_VxHSA9CffTW2cpHounx3hcIh0v5BJJqNwT1Hg/s4032/IMG_9600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRr4c7bykd-nXLMT4NHU1Yy1zw_S3WddhTBmesrhvxX9z9jZnz9KaPpL-bCk80zifsLGx5WpZ7I2SM1y_XVWs0uq534Jc8XbyLGgu7GpZCol5Tk8zaLvMYDr5-VzhmdGKXvwE-9OfPDWTuI3V7HoW_VxHSA9CffTW2cpHounx3hcIh0v5BJJqNwT1Hg/s320/IMG_9600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finished the lower level of stairs and they look so good! We are still working on some of the finishing work, waiting on a part the company overlooked for the upper section, and then we will move along to it, but that will be a much bigger job! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxk3d64q95Kj5VmVwNh0wNwNVVPMyiK67sAOIdc_nxWKGUe52BsfvdtCvDj51BlMxYfdGKBYGFBd7b5iNf2NQY-VtTFWN-nYSv8LIybW75Yoha4MC9ePRmkRQyqlVKgp6dNYoKPX81gAvOzW6luV9PX7nkkkwNF90C6LPrp6gXacnkFQnNEqvDpY7Kw/s4032/IMG_9589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxk3d64q95Kj5VmVwNh0wNwNVVPMyiK67sAOIdc_nxWKGUe52BsfvdtCvDj51BlMxYfdGKBYGFBd7b5iNf2NQY-VtTFWN-nYSv8LIybW75Yoha4MC9ePRmkRQyqlVKgp6dNYoKPX81gAvOzW6luV9PX7nkkkwNF90C6LPrp6gXacnkFQnNEqvDpY7Kw/s320/IMG_9589.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Xu-7vrU_LZO1v_8MWVOXoOvJOma5xAsgdqdG1sdeGqzqUfubJXgso5EqDSm76YWgTva9Voh0uik7DbZ3nSMdMRECesFOD-5hSxrP3OBuEKgeJi8Z6mkOItHrEu0uSDXOAZAXBfFukyUUJOkRZ3k4PhTB1CRFoCYnYn3Kh62s3aqETJO7HsqO2hBjDQ/s4032/IMG_9624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Xu-7vrU_LZO1v_8MWVOXoOvJOma5xAsgdqdG1sdeGqzqUfubJXgso5EqDSm76YWgTva9Voh0uik7DbZ3nSMdMRECesFOD-5hSxrP3OBuEKgeJi8Z6mkOItHrEu0uSDXOAZAXBfFukyUUJOkRZ3k4PhTB1CRFoCYnYn3Kh62s3aqETJO7HsqO2hBjDQ/s320/IMG_9624.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had some visitors this month! Peter's cousin came to town from Seattle and Peter's grandma came and stayed for a long weekend! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDB6XAfwBNvjUPxZ8xncBijufee-oHb0Vr_OwAqZZuWL4TPl3oA3ZOBHKr1DMw5cCERoiQraJzs9E8lAd348M4VJUQZ8ezoaQUQyH_yxf1BT6Yctbt7JdxkSRfYX6AyaqOYkaFRTelD27U3gVPX1bNUettRRRDuRwSvViSy5hYliQwk302ZhvOhyzYuA/s4032/IMG_9633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDB6XAfwBNvjUPxZ8xncBijufee-oHb0Vr_OwAqZZuWL4TPl3oA3ZOBHKr1DMw5cCERoiQraJzs9E8lAd348M4VJUQZ8ezoaQUQyH_yxf1BT6Yctbt7JdxkSRfYX6AyaqOYkaFRTelD27U3gVPX1bNUettRRRDuRwSvViSy5hYliQwk302ZhvOhyzYuA/s320/IMG_9633.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another favorite phrase of Ayla's is "Can I help too?" The kids have learned this is awesome with their chores and I say take advantage of her willingness to help while it lasts! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzXaHy1QRhdIDjQVllNKcS3owKFf90JhFFW71YeTmdwPJiWwmrp4Z-g49XSDgrDbLT_l9kL7vzjvhQb8DVtaQtXyr5qSQaBjAOQAmTMr5XDOojT-7rfYUQ-puObelu47FO6z2deESxEfUd-N7PbEhJXGqtPMANi-qOsHU_d0esdWLApi7yUK2VPHXiQ/s4032/IMG_9665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzXaHy1QRhdIDjQVllNKcS3owKFf90JhFFW71YeTmdwPJiWwmrp4Z-g49XSDgrDbLT_l9kL7vzjvhQb8DVtaQtXyr5qSQaBjAOQAmTMr5XDOojT-7rfYUQ-puObelu47FO6z2deESxEfUd-N7PbEhJXGqtPMANi-qOsHU_d0esdWLApi7yUK2VPHXiQ/s320/IMG_9665.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another new skill of Ayla's is climbing out of her bed. We are trying to keep her in the crib as long as we can but those days are very numbered! Also there is Groot, the best watcher of the kids one could ever have! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAwUE7R5VS439VB6HdboLtEqQOKdD36Yame18IFENJZ83Vc9My2ca53jxqovRMR088KueMmvT8SrpPJg4jvuVN3YLm77oyTaGdrXGDaLjV29sYebn6xZ6_bQckBtm6pfgPtlkSh3WgE5TTr2T-yXPDggyF573vVIHJaNrMR6-nk83LWTGF5yAQOxPxg/s4032/IMG_9685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAwUE7R5VS439VB6HdboLtEqQOKdD36Yame18IFENJZ83Vc9My2ca53jxqovRMR088KueMmvT8SrpPJg4jvuVN3YLm77oyTaGdrXGDaLjV29sYebn6xZ6_bQckBtm6pfgPtlkSh3WgE5TTr2T-yXPDggyF573vVIHJaNrMR6-nk83LWTGF5yAQOxPxg/s320/IMG_9685.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a good month where we are definitely enjoying spring in the air! The kids are outside more and more which is so good for all of us to get fresh air and wear themselves out. It feels like we are really cruising through school now and we will be adding spring soccer for 3 of the kids starting next week so we will be outside even more! April brings Birthday's galore and Easter along with lots of school and activities! It is going to fly by too! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkggk4X4MDhSYX3Hxb7c2Qu2MFAIu2MhK9jHLtCOAZphubrsBZnjn7389XzMCZaDqrb-YFNrq7h4oz5y1M8Q5wTAHDi2Qm8PSnZWT9MvEeHWaLR0wcUHfGbyKI-fdZQNpoMSOB3yxrFne1eB8bUhCqQxQpzZM6t_tVoFbk7_y0Eu1VwTcc_BDhksiXg/s3485/IMG_9711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3485" data-original-width="2477" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkggk4X4MDhSYX3Hxb7c2Qu2MFAIu2MhK9jHLtCOAZphubrsBZnjn7389XzMCZaDqrb-YFNrq7h4oz5y1M8Q5wTAHDi2Qm8PSnZWT9MvEeHWaLR0wcUHfGbyKI-fdZQNpoMSOB3yxrFne1eB8bUhCqQxQpzZM6t_tVoFbk7_y0Eu1VwTcc_BDhksiXg/s320/IMG_9711.JPG" width="227" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-64561787422698841072022-03-22T13:53:00.002-07:002022-03-22T13:53:54.915-07:002 Years In <p> We have reached 2 years into this pandemic and I want to journal and remember what I can about these days. I've posted a few updates over the years so want to get this milestone written down. First of all, I cannot believe we've been living this way for 2 years now. At least in the state we live in, we've been pretty conservative about getting back to "normal". </p><p><br /></p><p>Over this last month it is the first time that I feel like life really feels back like it felt before all this happened. The kids are pretty much back to all their normal activities and keeping us super busy running them around! They have been so patient and willing to adapt. They've sacrificed big birthday parties and multiple activities that they love. I am thankful that they didn't have to deal with all the adjustments to school that so many other kids have been dealing with! </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember when Peter was first sent home from work and it was so exciting, almost like a snow day. We thought he would be home for a couple weeks and then we thought for the month of April. He hasn't stepped foot in an office since! If there was a silver lining to all of this, I think it is definitely that he now has a full time remote job and doesn't have to commute anymore. It has presented unique challenges for him and getting to know coworkers but the trade off of more time with the family seems worth it! When Eli required a trip to urgent care last week for a bad cut, I was so thankful he was here because it would have been much more difficult to figure out what to do with 6 kids and getting him the care he needed if Peter was working 90 minutes away. It has completely changed our family life for the better! </p><p><br /></p><p>While the big kids were definitely impacted, I think the weirdest part of it all is how it impacted having little kids. Ayla was born before all this started but she has spent almost her entire life as a "quarantine baby". Seeing people in masks is completely normal to her and she has barely been away from me at all in 2 1/2 years. Being pregnant and having a baby in the midst of the worst wave was very interesting and a bit unsettling. I hated that the kids couldn't come and meet their brother in the hospital. I thought wearing masks while giving birth was going to be super weird but I was in so much pain I didn't even notice until the nurses told me to take the darn thing off (and things moved so incredibly fast that they didn't covid test me until AFTER the baby was born). The absolute hardest part for me was not having any support system in the NICU as they only allowed one parent at a time in, That was so exhausting and so hard! It was also very disconnecting to have to be so cautious towards the end of pregnancy as Delta raged on and then be so cautious with a newborn. It was definitely a hard time to not get to show off or share my new baby boy the way I wanted to and very isolating during the post partum phase. I try to be optimistic and all of that is behind us now and I am so grateful that we got through pregnancy and these first 5 months with a completely healthy baby! </p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly the pandemic has just sucked. It isn't even the virus itself anymore, I feel like it is what I have seen it do to families. I know far too many families that it has destroyed, between differing opinions about masks, vaccines, vising etc. It is truly a sad situation and my heart breaks for the long term impacts this will have on relationships. It feels weird to be coming out of this (hopefully for good) and getting back to living life the way we actually want. Peter and I went on a date, in a crowd, without masks or vaccine requirements for my birthday and I told him that was the most normal thing we've done in 2 years! It is weird but also nice to feel like we are moving forward and I really hope this trajectory continues. It has been a long, difficult 2 years but we are looking forward (at least for awhile) to seeing friends and family more and hopefully having more normal birthdays and holidays this year! </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-41528428852585063102022-03-21T11:36:00.001-07:002022-03-21T11:36:12.268-07:00Leeland 5 Months <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWXQYjo0oIvCfbUWqrNjZzv5LzIMRYwxNFG_lo4Ue2vMdfMViT76hAqDDHU5S_Wbv3c8yeNtL6gc1eYfkq8ZrVKBXndUzuayyNGlXN2ZChHWYPUFXKQx6lkrmePLTnU9faM1RYCD9FhRA7Zw4Upwgpr7QWGS79gRxQjrh5DbUhSQ_rb9qb4eyxTpgaIQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWXQYjo0oIvCfbUWqrNjZzv5LzIMRYwxNFG_lo4Ue2vMdfMViT76hAqDDHU5S_Wbv3c8yeNtL6gc1eYfkq8ZrVKBXndUzuayyNGlXN2ZChHWYPUFXKQx6lkrmePLTnU9faM1RYCD9FhRA7Zw4Upwgpr7QWGS79gRxQjrh5DbUhSQ_rb9qb4eyxTpgaIQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baby Leeland Dale is 5 months old now! We are having so much fun with him as he continues to grow and really start exploring the world around him! This month has been full of adventure for him as he rolls all over and is super close to crawling. He's really competing with Ayla for that title of earliest crawler! He loves to sit up (with assistance) and is getting really grabby for toys, hair, glasses! He loves his siblings and has a particular fondness for his brothers and daddy! But I also notice he likes to know where his Mommy is might be starting to get some separation anxiety.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is 16 lbs 3 ounces now, still pretty lean. At his check up this month he was around 35% for weight and 80% for height. I went down with a pretty yucky infection for a few days this month and we tried to supplement with bottles while I was on some meds and this guy went on a complete hunger strike (he also did the same for the babysitter this month). My supply completely tanked to basically nothing and I was so afraid our nursing days were over but nope, we powered through and thankfully all is well now! He is exploring all sorts of new flavors of baby food. So far he really loves his veggies (sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, squash) and hates most fruits he's tried (peaches, mango, guava, banana) but will tolerate apple and pears. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmVyh90x1WwkyBTMfwK6WFObRnfIwodisiKuAFGaJBCUtI2Vzn9o-gz_tjRheBvnFT4Uw1Rt5UEK2-6zGknC34aMei39UnwiAVuR6H8G09zoVqODakg5fVINcYSuY55ryW_II2Qbe5WOIEK4LQBcYwZDALRwTuUz8dOdvUyCFKfdqNCRTlwr2IVZjXyw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmVyh90x1WwkyBTMfwK6WFObRnfIwodisiKuAFGaJBCUtI2Vzn9o-gz_tjRheBvnFT4Uw1Rt5UEK2-6zGknC34aMei39UnwiAVuR6H8G09zoVqODakg5fVINcYSuY55ryW_II2Qbe5WOIEK4LQBcYwZDALRwTuUz8dOdvUyCFKfdqNCRTlwr2IVZjXyw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sleep is still very interesting. We were finally seeing some progress but then had to deal with that darn time change that lost us an hour of progress. We are still struggling with pretty late nights like 10:30 to 11:30 before he goes down. And then about 30 minutes after he goes down he needs a little snuggle and then is down for the count. Some nights that means he is awake every 2-3 hours during the night and other nights he will sleep for 7 hours straight. We are just rolling with what he needs knowing that this is just a phase that will pass. He is spending more time awake during the day and is pretty regularly on a 3 nap a day schedule. Unfortunately most of his naps aren't very good but we will keep working at it. A lot of his problem seems to be that he doesn't like sleeping on his tummy yet and when he inevitably rolls onto his tummy he generally wakes himself up. So the sooner he becomes content with tummy sleeping, the better for all of us at this point! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We really don't have much to complain about at all. Leeland has made our life even better and is a very sweet, giggly little boy that makes us smile! We all adore him and couldn't ask for anything more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Leeland, you make this mama so happy! You are so kissable and snuggly and it kills me that you are already 5 months old! I just want these snuggles to last a bit longer but I am soaking up the days I do have with you before you start moving and growing in that independence! The days are long and exhausting but so special and I know I am going to miss this time with you sooo much! You are perfect in every way and so sooo loved!</i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicICspINQx5_7PPjF0vIzREtQDknp7fWkAPIeu9vQySU7hfjDCcOwAMzCP-qy2flUZzN9YEreDcj9sDvdSs5hJtmdvu6BTSw7T-z-inoq0eCJVl7tBT7WHTlzaB-mp9rhCJsqT0Ia-wXFZTfj6Hk5UpFQeye5J_Gw9VC6-A0JSlvn3s9gjMVdK4i4WKw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicICspINQx5_7PPjF0vIzREtQDknp7fWkAPIeu9vQySU7hfjDCcOwAMzCP-qy2flUZzN9YEreDcj9sDvdSs5hJtmdvu6BTSw7T-z-inoq0eCJVl7tBT7WHTlzaB-mp9rhCJsqT0Ia-wXFZTfj6Hk5UpFQeye5J_Gw9VC6-A0JSlvn3s9gjMVdK4i4WKw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-5072438049891108872022-03-20T12:41:00.001-07:002022-03-20T12:41:20.194-07:00Life at 36<p> Well life just keeps moving faster than I ever could imagine it would. I am now moving towards the back end of those 30's. What do I think about life at 36? I feel like life is passing really quick. I just want to soak up every second I can with this family I have right now because while it is crazy and chaotic, I love this life! It is richer and better than I ever thought it could be! The 30's are where I feel like we really hit our groove and got to a point where I feel like we are living the very best days of our lives! We have a house full of kids of all different ages and stages, we are happy in our marriage, Peter is cruising in his career, life just feels really nice! </p><p>I won't say that year 35 was easy by any means, in fact there were lots of challenges and it was probably one of the harder years overall. We had to grow in our faith more than once! But there was also so much good. It was a year where life was still slow and simple and we focused on building relationships inside our home. I was blessed to carry another baby and welcome our 3rd son into the world! I have grown and been stretched as a person and our family has navigated through quite a few hard life events and grown through it all. </p><p> I feel so immensely blessed! I know how fortunate I am to get to live the life I do. I also know the life I live wouldn't be for everyone. But for me, it is perfect and challenging and exactly what I feel God called me to be. I look forward to continuing to be "mom" to these kids and have many areas I want to grow this year. I know there are areas I need to let go of and push my focus into the things that make the most sense. Life is very busy with 6 kids and I cannot do everything I want to do. But I am figuring out what matters most and have some ideas of the things that just don't work right now in the time I have. </p><p>All in all I am just so thankful. I have it so good and I am thankful for every single person who makes my life richer! I definitely realize the older I get what matters most. I look forward to focusing on family time and memories with these growing kids, enjoying some hobbies as time allows like cooking, scrapbooking, house projects and self care in the form of devotions, exercise and maybe a bubble bath with a book here and there! God has been so good to me! </p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-27199410186511186192022-03-02T13:45:00.002-08:002022-03-02T13:45:46.098-08:00February Recap <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">February was another very busy month that flew by around here! We spent any free moment (which wasn't many) working on interior projects including lots of trim paint work. We are hoping to lighten up the entire interior this year but we are doing it in sections because between walls and doors and trim it is pretty time consuming work! But we are so happy with the progress and how great things are looking!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-mRwzPV7UlYLHuybnNYu1U-PPn0QDvNBz226VZ1re06zjohu6CA78CqR39lcvag0c_sErYk6j_xQRhbzeCfMaOsq9vdqFW6tQ9SHGy_a4uYMhL4hLS77J6odIazP77NVrDc_y5focRaZdzfevt2vvhZbCeIW8aasZnUAHG8pcKBCgNZ3S6jWaWAsAqQ=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-mRwzPV7UlYLHuybnNYu1U-PPn0QDvNBz226VZ1re06zjohu6CA78CqR39lcvag0c_sErYk6j_xQRhbzeCfMaOsq9vdqFW6tQ9SHGy_a4uYMhL4hLS77J6odIazP77NVrDc_y5focRaZdzfevt2vvhZbCeIW8aasZnUAHG8pcKBCgNZ3S6jWaWAsAqQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seeing this carpet disappear made me so excited! I have been ready to tackle this part of the house for years and it is finally time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj073GArU5xHeGl7NPmzu9yjZMOQ0fk0uTYI9iZN8GOsBBqjmnJtLTMnfn2vZ_tgp_99eEy-qIjozlC_fhS_1TUjjtAncDJuup5cjY2esQbCnsZFbR6J3t4KKwXsmlPcsQ4odir8Q8_Sky5m0H4t06eBJAlvR3-IgazcPu5_QdbOFAyTm8TQ91oe-53Zg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj073GArU5xHeGl7NPmzu9yjZMOQ0fk0uTYI9iZN8GOsBBqjmnJtLTMnfn2vZ_tgp_99eEy-qIjozlC_fhS_1TUjjtAncDJuup5cjY2esQbCnsZFbR6J3t4KKwXsmlPcsQ4odir8Q8_Sky5m0H4t06eBJAlvR3-IgazcPu5_QdbOFAyTm8TQ91oe-53Zg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Potty training Ayla has continued to go great! 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Of course they had to root for opposing teams to keep things interesting. </div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglAzzd3zdlIgbHbYIqIdesKfkesP1lbWrjoD8SyYSe9jBKMjv8PjQwRLdlU-QTggIVgseg9zEaF8JcHDf6eF_T6m5A1V7ZPE-SHjqXV29AGpHcjrKbyjZ7y1J-cGOsID4Bce-lwnL7zOUKKUSPjaB_rLRcOa2WfFXRKo5nGKepBn2nXmYHw34rm3UArA=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglAzzd3zdlIgbHbYIqIdesKfkesP1lbWrjoD8SyYSe9jBKMjv8PjQwRLdlU-QTggIVgseg9zEaF8JcHDf6eF_T6m5A1V7ZPE-SHjqXV29AGpHcjrKbyjZ7y1J-cGOsID4Bce-lwnL7zOUKKUSPjaB_rLRcOa2WfFXRKo5nGKepBn2nXmYHw34rm3UArA=s320" width="256" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglAzzd3zdlIgbHbYIqIdesKfkesP1lbWrjoD8SyYSe9jBKMjv8PjQwRLdlU-QTggIVgseg9zEaF8JcHDf6eF_T6m5A1V7ZPE-SHjqXV29AGpHcjrKbyjZ7y1J-cGOsID4Bce-lwnL7zOUKKUSPjaB_rLRcOa2WfFXRKo5nGKepBn2nXmYHw34rm3UArA=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglAzzd3zdlIgbHbYIqIdesKfkesP1lbWrjoD8SyYSe9jBKMjv8PjQwRLdlU-QTggIVgseg9zEaF8JcHDf6eF_T6m5A1V7ZPE-SHjqXV29AGpHcjrKbyjZ7y1J-cGOsID4Bce-lwnL7zOUKKUSPjaB_rLRcOa2WfFXRKo5nGKepBn2nXmYHw34rm3UArA=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglAzzd3zdlIgbHbYIqIdesKfkesP1lbWrjoD8SyYSe9jBKMjv8PjQwRLdlU-QTggIVgseg9zEaF8JcHDf6eF_T6m5A1V7ZPE-SHjqXV29AGpHcjrKbyjZ7y1J-cGOsID4Bce-lwnL7zOUKKUSPjaB_rLRcOa2WfFXRKo5nGKepBn2nXmYHw34rm3UArA=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="256" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdvdHQIx-QnF7oFAPXZDrO5TqZsZlEVcBBArRJiWrq0NDZP2gxTgvmlfTy_FW_qi18SIHbhPQBGvk4fZNLCx3eGiL0yXN4iF7HuDn_yaZJ4aCCjK2cH3WQRyb84bjr9WuqwxgXRf3GhtzPtFY8TTDw_pOGkG8086v9ZBMGbx8ZMvFFkyoJTP4RxUVMSA" width="192" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglAzzd3zdlIgbHbYIqIdesKfkesP1lbWrjoD8SyYSe9jBKMjv8PjQwRLdlU-QTggIVgseg9zEaF8JcHDf6eF_T6m5A1V7ZPE-SHjqXV29AGpHcjrKbyjZ7y1J-cGOsID4Bce-lwnL7zOUKKUSPjaB_rLRcOa2WfFXRKo5nGKepBn2nXmYHw34rm3UArA=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Then we jumped straight into Valentine's Day! We had a sweet and simple day with the kids. Heart waffles and a few treats. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLErzqAr051vovfLPZaE4A1IUZ_ifHKtGsSbapWrqbdL4UQ57VnFQ_vbsTU7bABJKcijS7pAe7oCcP9OJKq8spCjvIm6IUifqbO_ycGybv0TC9M9DztZqZQwKZje31N7r7wlbkVJUxEHHFNm73SYWy5lH3F7B0xuArrkXGTMTYSp5Qpup0KqMt6pPTIQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLErzqAr051vovfLPZaE4A1IUZ_ifHKtGsSbapWrqbdL4UQ57VnFQ_vbsTU7bABJKcijS7pAe7oCcP9OJKq8spCjvIm6IUifqbO_ycGybv0TC9M9DztZqZQwKZje31N7r7wlbkVJUxEHHFNm73SYWy5lH3F7B0xuArrkXGTMTYSp5Qpup0KqMt6pPTIQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2nsnAuHDrAzWGtLhkfE2RvuYbFDwBrRRglG4Dz7v6qQXRYwSLeLOk-Es-BkrdCZSLDHXz2AIGvlfMFapdZJDVOOkIVjBOAVQoS9KCeWwn7BVhyIRsPyMJzoWgnTPk21Ek5pD60hQMbS9Owg78zi-xMCaMJnKM-MPaoNB4UzMGCNDwNIO9jXHX8WBn-Q=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2nsnAuHDrAzWGtLhkfE2RvuYbFDwBrRRglG4Dz7v6qQXRYwSLeLOk-Es-BkrdCZSLDHXz2AIGvlfMFapdZJDVOOkIVjBOAVQoS9KCeWwn7BVhyIRsPyMJzoWgnTPk21Ek5pD60hQMbS9Owg78zi-xMCaMJnKM-MPaoNB4UzMGCNDwNIO9jXHX8WBn-Q=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel like all 4 of the big kids are growing so much right now and looking so much older, it is crazy! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSb1Vuy3YULcMFR69Da3jMc0GNsrDFJVEw59m2zhXpFymNhDLom-WLlYEu8xmFUUH6TEzwqBpiiQpJ9iqj6va0-HHDbgUalECL0k5PQqY67ey3JjnEptXpifXQHGsRyrOh83ZDxDINlk9VY4i720_qp6gyDOg4SLUNsBUKkr_UPraeYWSA9M_uOA-yDQ=s3533" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3533" data-original-width="2650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSb1Vuy3YULcMFR69Da3jMc0GNsrDFJVEw59m2zhXpFymNhDLom-WLlYEu8xmFUUH6TEzwqBpiiQpJ9iqj6va0-HHDbgUalECL0k5PQqY67ey3JjnEptXpifXQHGsRyrOh83ZDxDINlk9VY4i720_qp6gyDOg4SLUNsBUKkr_UPraeYWSA9M_uOA-yDQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazingly the weather was super warm and we even had a couple days worthy of shorts!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimYcDbgeSe17XtJxTWbk7JXU6AyXYpRZ6TIC6o9TAJX-naIWHcdIBcshVuI0w46CWq-kSH9YNgNhu4GAB_s7cdXMsFT04Wb-lzxS4c_qq2vchzj6zG_EcKYADUGgVG05pFojDyV_f9s2bEFYA7FR1yJ9UiEyE7k5enmZNHke5RHU6SUoCx8Xng7nvjvQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimYcDbgeSe17XtJxTWbk7JXU6AyXYpRZ6TIC6o9TAJX-naIWHcdIBcshVuI0w46CWq-kSH9YNgNhu4GAB_s7cdXMsFT04Wb-lzxS4c_qq2vchzj6zG_EcKYADUGgVG05pFojDyV_f9s2bEFYA7FR1yJ9UiEyE7k5enmZNHke5RHU6SUoCx8Xng7nvjvQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another big transition this month was moving Leeland to his room. I am never ready for it but he is a very light sleeper and is rolling everywhere so he couldn't really use the bassinet any longer. I know it was time and I am glad that transition is behind us now! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj5QJj7_Vdm_C5XZ9CVXJvcJQ_ogJunKBi0ymZDMQBhgMHgXsIgGrAe2eCuQI7-rE8XdxyvLOBliktVVvcE4MYDRl0fwL_SeuLaQK3QZlwvRu9eWQ4BsmzbtbUnG_WG0-pbBtxvvcRaNIEsPSJzkbWasq0kze4RfEI0tjVYy7lV-N2AibVDShVew8hmA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj5QJj7_Vdm_C5XZ9CVXJvcJQ_ogJunKBi0ymZDMQBhgMHgXsIgGrAe2eCuQI7-rE8XdxyvLOBliktVVvcE4MYDRl0fwL_SeuLaQK3QZlwvRu9eWQ4BsmzbtbUnG_WG0-pbBtxvvcRaNIEsPSJzkbWasq0kze4RfEI0tjVYy7lV-N2AibVDShVew8hmA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Groot had his yearly check up. This requires a full afternoon of keeping him awake (he's quite lazy most days) to play or else he gets so excited to see the other dogs that he becomes a handful for Peter. So the kids played with him all afternoon and then the vets hyped him up like crazy (he loves it and all their attention) that he comes home completely exhausted. He was so worn out that Ayla was able to walk him around the house on his leash and she loved every second of it. He followed her on the leash like a perfect gentlemen for the reward of his favorite snack, a cheese stick! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi79YZ-EyG_Q2YmZxZ4pdGl4VixmYbd3JxOScb87z-4SG519yxSLZnhFYddGRecid68v4hR3CbyW5Jbl95_R5KE_N5zaydjnAZyYCx9zHFKYaeuR8fwvG5q6znGU8rOX3AgkXK0Et6yeM3n-6EQd1kKPO2DjKkx230yxfz-YdL7k7VxjLsH42trZQ5eBQ=s3318" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3318" data-original-width="2488" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi79YZ-EyG_Q2YmZxZ4pdGl4VixmYbd3JxOScb87z-4SG519yxSLZnhFYddGRecid68v4hR3CbyW5Jbl95_R5KE_N5zaydjnAZyYCx9zHFKYaeuR8fwvG5q6znGU8rOX3AgkXK0Et6yeM3n-6EQd1kKPO2DjKkx230yxfz-YdL7k7VxjLsH42trZQ5eBQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNKuymPQ2sLI2HApGnCZaCc__EsqUBJcgg901jRbVa9hpcybvACa-4Y8d4hx70ysIs-0SMCGBZBS2Ht5OHCK4AUgIUrApNTmyiGzkyQwmNwFwd-5bmWJopfRWDiDO3jzU0G39HIb43aUdJCQc21tm-ZZZoiQPlioCK5ssTAe-UgxJxdB4r8JddaVu3Rg=s2771" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2771" data-original-width="1912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNKuymPQ2sLI2HApGnCZaCc__EsqUBJcgg901jRbVa9hpcybvACa-4Y8d4hx70ysIs-0SMCGBZBS2Ht5OHCK4AUgIUrApNTmyiGzkyQwmNwFwd-5bmWJopfRWDiDO3jzU0G39HIb43aUdJCQc21tm-ZZZoiQPlioCK5ssTAe-UgxJxdB4r8JddaVu3Rg=s320" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finally got around to that 100th day of school. We usually hit it about a month sooner but Leeland's arrival and the holidays put us a bit behind that. We have no problem with school taking us into May or June and that is part of the joy of homeschool! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifUu6h39TFvFEvizZb1VpK8OM2zi-UDG4xqMuI5GGMPXe-XkAz6Ol3n-Ui7Wm3pm4tvC5fudkV-el_mpWkHCtLNeqYZRdpqskm7_f1H_Q7U-DOGRi1jhGif9T8hLrPhNc9oDr6U6kLpb8JT06xGuRlU0MxJk23XnRXpmFqc3UU7C3dUj5tjoxBru-YQg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifUu6h39TFvFEvizZb1VpK8OM2zi-UDG4xqMuI5GGMPXe-XkAz6Ol3n-Ui7Wm3pm4tvC5fudkV-el_mpWkHCtLNeqYZRdpqskm7_f1H_Q7U-DOGRi1jhGif9T8hLrPhNc9oDr6U6kLpb8JT06xGuRlU0MxJk23XnRXpmFqc3UU7C3dUj5tjoxBru-YQg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another big project we started on was ripping up the carpet in the halls of the upstairs and putting down laminate. I had painted this area last month so now we still have to conquer all the finishing work of new door and floor trim and also updating with new doors to give it all a fresh look! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvJhh4K0p__J_mIyQGcRAew5T5ZHwR292SbE47UX3hLLEM-JDc4kAcASZwQpEoZ-k5mODgi2tQA3ahQij3e0mD0zO8BrkqZW2Wy_Ix_JxdGhcWrAl39a6Pq0pX-XL4HubtK5XFvQAceNut2HBm8-WDyRBYm7HJMWp3JpAHJV1d4ej2QdHYrm2tEfCCUg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvJhh4K0p__J_mIyQGcRAew5T5ZHwR292SbE47UX3hLLEM-JDc4kAcASZwQpEoZ-k5mODgi2tQA3ahQij3e0mD0zO8BrkqZW2Wy_Ix_JxdGhcWrAl39a6Pq0pX-XL4HubtK5XFvQAceNut2HBm8-WDyRBYm7HJMWp3JpAHJV1d4ej2QdHYrm2tEfCCUg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_T51Mtd3YVJlHC1Et61M6auqgJTKurTQFJ2bwjmI2s76zOeHuzqL5JgZ83DwZbVlczMh5sP6p748ZZ8MQD0om6uWug4SpEURo52mlat3wvWjVCLQPpfYb3pDyQYnxDa27cSsV2C-Luy2JErjeAFBZfSM5Wz5rolfG7COu4nLsquGMSrpPIeK9D5h_Pg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_T51Mtd3YVJlHC1Et61M6auqgJTKurTQFJ2bwjmI2s76zOeHuzqL5JgZ83DwZbVlczMh5sP6p748ZZ8MQD0om6uWug4SpEURo52mlat3wvWjVCLQPpfYb3pDyQYnxDa27cSsV2C-Luy2JErjeAFBZfSM5Wz5rolfG7COu4nLsquGMSrpPIeK9D5h_Pg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSZT6dYxKAZA0kQNJP7pwzivwp6fLH4BxCfH-xgWNeOT_YjaCsxEQz_9RXkQIYhNTWWZfs6PMEq0qS9AMkVm8YYN1tWS1yq_MEAfrfurUAazkdorHECrQVCz3Z1HPreOoprTfwW3nB2Fv3cJ4aGmXGd-mYIYIwGrC97nyAXLqfjEe6e77qsfTZ6-Xtdw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSZT6dYxKAZA0kQNJP7pwzivwp6fLH4BxCfH-xgWNeOT_YjaCsxEQz_9RXkQIYhNTWWZfs6PMEq0qS9AMkVm8YYN1tWS1yq_MEAfrfurUAazkdorHECrQVCz3Z1HPreOoprTfwW3nB2Fv3cJ4aGmXGd-mYIYIwGrC97nyAXLqfjEe6e77qsfTZ6-Xtdw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had even more fun tea times, which really has become a highlight of the week. With the weather being so nice we even transitioned into spring decor!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7WQ2cqPsTDrGHhO2TtingwqlxUhfSOrx41OF9Tv_fgnZa3sZrkpw_AyJG9pj_mB0rxxVutnGf-r5FUO0N5jTEjb9WGVYEqXm880IpNDjKkQ6adRhtl2rbCKI6H3SR4aHQecu8z3552IqTbqqfWZVyq5_hw7oIYQAlhS_kPDfA58h7wXXY-0zEbzQA8A=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7WQ2cqPsTDrGHhO2TtingwqlxUhfSOrx41OF9Tv_fgnZa3sZrkpw_AyJG9pj_mB0rxxVutnGf-r5FUO0N5jTEjb9WGVYEqXm880IpNDjKkQ6adRhtl2rbCKI6H3SR4aHQecu8z3552IqTbqqfWZVyq5_hw7oIYQAlhS_kPDfA58h7wXXY-0zEbzQA8A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf4_ckMaEImTWzGSVh_0w4ExLsMQfDB1JRrSU7XZ_ROwjfeWzFowKVFe3ooSr2yBfhopT79VQ8mzw_Z2LmMbMEsMPkeFkisJxHTSVu4h4fIjTeqYqz1-MjIu9VrAjsOI02yPEbLwDH1qmet9mWFD58cCkJft3dtGunRGW7n196xpKZokGjtQvQL7sY3g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf4_ckMaEImTWzGSVh_0w4ExLsMQfDB1JRrSU7XZ_ROwjfeWzFowKVFe3ooSr2yBfhopT79VQ8mzw_Z2LmMbMEsMPkeFkisJxHTSVu4h4fIjTeqYqz1-MjIu9VrAjsOI02yPEbLwDH1qmet9mWFD58cCkJft3dtGunRGW7n196xpKZokGjtQvQL7sY3g=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdjatgIsgh-oP1bVe14oZfys6vwBgzgw7juMaDA5evOaDgDXuRIkLaIujAh14Ec-q-Fb3hqrsXBzsq0EW3B21bqQwAYJsJU56V-L0Q2rTgew5sVixQdFhGAxNM4YK4pl0yXsIm0esweEZOt4yptPkHUkHHeAItbyuGfIYRKsx1yMXlTjdPiO2_RKc2Xg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdjatgIsgh-oP1bVe14oZfys6vwBgzgw7juMaDA5evOaDgDXuRIkLaIujAh14Ec-q-Fb3hqrsXBzsq0EW3B21bqQwAYJsJU56V-L0Q2rTgew5sVixQdFhGAxNM4YK4pl0yXsIm0esweEZOt4yptPkHUkHHeAItbyuGfIYRKsx1yMXlTjdPiO2_RKc2Xg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the kids had another date night this month. Ayla was adorable because she went to the bakery and was told she could pick out any item she wanted. She requested 2 cookies which Peter indulged her with and he brought me home a cupcake. Well, in true toddler fashion, she decided my cupcake looked more appealing than the cookies she picked out. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEico381d4-HNljd0UzQ_D9i1O9-njrSikT6PLmnTOcYU0cD6krshSK4Y1oP2jE93DQWkdlJq7_Z_Z7Cwk02mwzcbHsnWAN82teU8Z8mgF9YkRDuKLLCCbJZqC2tcHQLKc1JJiY2ByG6E440kmgXpoiAcmSA7_4Ol0k-yX7bF-SZVDMasw-Rr9xLmKNj5g=s2927" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2927" data-original-width="2195" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEico381d4-HNljd0UzQ_D9i1O9-njrSikT6PLmnTOcYU0cD6krshSK4Y1oP2jE93DQWkdlJq7_Z_Z7Cwk02mwzcbHsnWAN82teU8Z8mgF9YkRDuKLLCCbJZqC2tcHQLKc1JJiY2ByG6E440kmgXpoiAcmSA7_4Ol0k-yX7bF-SZVDMasw-Rr9xLmKNj5g=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ayla loves to try and do school with her big siblings! She will be very ready for her turn by the time she starts!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2njfpatHZvxuv4y3hhX-4JE7XDGRcWKj5gJn9am013bSApvK7TgsXJH_EFs-lqK8rFoxAarmZ5ZKnJM_-GxXAEv5ulycv5HJ25tL8ZN1MHrY9rczYjlGohzGBVVJS94cHJVZpuQtUEbYa8v-GYgOVJXkm3Qgv-kWpXlJ9rTh9Q50suDF7o2OviPW5cQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2njfpatHZvxuv4y3hhX-4JE7XDGRcWKj5gJn9am013bSApvK7TgsXJH_EFs-lqK8rFoxAarmZ5ZKnJM_-GxXAEv5ulycv5HJ25tL8ZN1MHrY9rczYjlGohzGBVVJS94cHJVZpuQtUEbYa8v-GYgOVJXkm3Qgv-kWpXlJ9rTh9Q50suDF7o2OviPW5cQ=s320" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcmxk7niSFOeIT4CEO85PK50ZjJPkAuC0rz1N8Amb_YzAAcWqpzLIgcW4js_Y5jvY6Yb9lQNFOk6bGvbuclSRz8Q4HFuMAEpmaX5Hm4rGlfS-ZRWS7KcIqUPLKHhyfdrDKssokxZG0zIPH-JmvqQ7-0lyex4f7UXhy0x-qIQ1uaGicrgRRMXF1QLktuw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcmxk7niSFOeIT4CEO85PK50ZjJPkAuC0rz1N8Amb_YzAAcWqpzLIgcW4js_Y5jvY6Yb9lQNFOk6bGvbuclSRz8Q4HFuMAEpmaX5Hm4rGlfS-ZRWS7KcIqUPLKHhyfdrDKssokxZG0zIPH-JmvqQ7-0lyex4f7UXhy0x-qIQ1uaGicrgRRMXF1QLktuw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cooking and baking is something I really enjoy and last year was a huge struggle in this area with not feeling well through the entire pregnancy and then adjusting to 6 kids. I am loving the time I get to spend back in the kitchen and it is always nice to have helpers who enjoy cooking with me too! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCv9exzxATh3JPxwtNR7nSenbadsavOcq0o9jvxyzsdmoOMWqfOkdwHW-be4oqMvLCaiWksbsq590UExdM2O3wgFBkGZAP-NnWTI47AvjbTHwlYt5tydgfWSI0WFPNXPtPPdeFvtzniSxbdEm3sOabjOPjofgooRgWg3ePQ_MPBPGBnK3GmVcCyUd8tQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCv9exzxATh3JPxwtNR7nSenbadsavOcq0o9jvxyzsdmoOMWqfOkdwHW-be4oqMvLCaiWksbsq590UExdM2O3wgFBkGZAP-NnWTI47AvjbTHwlYt5tydgfWSI0WFPNXPtPPdeFvtzniSxbdEm3sOabjOPjofgooRgWg3ePQ_MPBPGBnK3GmVcCyUd8tQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdRG9a2dJR0M-SH4p9KN6TqNcFY9wHVDDof9L2rLykPqUUQ59KPSjxO09CdSg_vXMalEBUqkV6biX49YQwzbswai9OhEJrpJGLHyeA6VUfWi0rPksHUSH2kRbLImV_hKQEkd3-rsyeKOZRI06_fcTjWWS1PDzCDq48nwzGbMqTpwkjSDptSKJdjF9jdQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdRG9a2dJR0M-SH4p9KN6TqNcFY9wHVDDof9L2rLykPqUUQ59KPSjxO09CdSg_vXMalEBUqkV6biX49YQwzbswai9OhEJrpJGLHyeA6VUfWi0rPksHUSH2kRbLImV_hKQEkd3-rsyeKOZRI06_fcTjWWS1PDzCDq48nwzGbMqTpwkjSDptSKJdjF9jdQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1MPLdBNXEffxUODSkAVBWRxPRhlslZfSzlsOxSsQuagR_tUE8iIBzmerv0C13dFqXHfSi6n5gDowU-4uRS0UWu1QZvv7gzjkAbvcOgIL3tg0IIEjyTIg_D0ApIpZYRYDYT7oD9nN2hevpYKzuGHsgmidqyJ64n8QGSlnPIrHXFS61LSlqvg_Dz8x6Wg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1MPLdBNXEffxUODSkAVBWRxPRhlslZfSzlsOxSsQuagR_tUE8iIBzmerv0C13dFqXHfSi6n5gDowU-4uRS0UWu1QZvv7gzjkAbvcOgIL3tg0IIEjyTIg_D0ApIpZYRYDYT7oD9nN2hevpYKzuGHsgmidqyJ64n8QGSlnPIrHXFS61LSlqvg_Dz8x6Wg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another fun goal of mine this year was to become a grill master. We finally got the grill and I am having so much fun with it and I'm getting rave reviews so far on my grilling!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRa8qWq9NIBLzbpMrMi26YYCmY-CV2reXuFVZiudxOmkW0jZTOP_hoxMsomdkjpSV-3j5oPPJwSkRe0iTerIvvIZGTyq4Ie4lYsPEyqYzDX2v0B2guWM7SEOklyLHfgnOBDdlrCn2JNr7KpA_RShxgGwv6n09eH0NuK9zWXNx9gyO_cKyffEKRPw_JOA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRa8qWq9NIBLzbpMrMi26YYCmY-CV2reXuFVZiudxOmkW0jZTOP_hoxMsomdkjpSV-3j5oPPJwSkRe0iTerIvvIZGTyq4Ie4lYsPEyqYzDX2v0B2guWM7SEOklyLHfgnOBDdlrCn2JNr7KpA_RShxgGwv6n09eH0NuK9zWXNx9gyO_cKyffEKRPw_JOA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My niece (hard to believe she's a full fledged adult) has gotten her esthetician license and Sabrina and I couldn't wait to go in and get some highlights and new cuts! 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We started our sourdough start about 2 years ago and this last year barely did anything with it. But we are back to making pancakes, crumpets, english muffins, and the fancy loaves! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBVTMbhbq7UpZqfRc2xB1UH5HAIaBqwqSj-CQNzwDbuhIb1QQHLsGGdgXaV2FOkEAho9QrFgyg5JVCfROBVvNZuHQkbR6NtI_Zp1eOYflXn3nrq5_T6AAVQphTMBkRmjJFjrT0n29jlN_vjJG6wsj90KbVUl_YQi4Gngk2p9uMjC4XM7Jp3qkOUyfTog=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBVTMbhbq7UpZqfRc2xB1UH5HAIaBqwqSj-CQNzwDbuhIb1QQHLsGGdgXaV2FOkEAho9QrFgyg5JVCfROBVvNZuHQkbR6NtI_Zp1eOYflXn3nrq5_T6AAVQphTMBkRmjJFjrT0n29jlN_vjJG6wsj90KbVUl_YQi4Gngk2p9uMjC4XM7Jp3qkOUyfTog=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All in all it was a fun and busy month. Peter and I both commented late last night about how good life is feeling right now. He is loving his new job and we are settling into roles and routines again. After 2 years we finally feel like life is "back to normal". The kids are getting back into all their old routines and have us running in all different directions between swim lessons, sports, homeschool science classes, and piano that we are just excited to finally feel like we can live life again! We won't take these normal, busy days for granted anymore. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we look ahead into March we can't wait for spring to officially arrive! We are clearing out the freezer fruit in anticipation of fresh Oregon berry season (starting with strawberries in about a month) and the start of spring sports! It is warm enough for us to start to take the baby out to barn church and get the yard prepped for a garden and more days spent out there with the kids (and more and more bbq). We definitely feel like we are living in "the good days" of our life and are so thankful for all that is right in our little world, even when the big world feels heavy! </div><br /> <p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713104714637262827.post-2621229583387858002022-02-27T12:38:00.002-08:002022-02-27T12:38:39.779-08:00Happy Place Winter Trip<p> We try to escape to "Our Happy Place" any chance we get. While we didn't make it there for Christmas this year, we did plan ahead to make a trip in the off season to ski. We were expecting a ton of snow (like the trip we took in January) but instead were surprised by 60-70 degree temps! This wasn't a bad thing though, the resort was empty and it was pretty darn perfect! </p><p><br /></p><p>We just love everything central Oregon has to offer and loved the opportunity to spend so much time outside playing! It was a wonderful little break in the cold to uplift the spirits and spend some great time together as a family (my parents came too).<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifAFSlULTvw49emZgppj5CXrGb0FTIOpxhO6K-XpDcgFJOQvCBFlVgK8gZOVshRGqAKhiW8k-djOYYlEErnJOxtVReA_hvcy0wkEwPGT7fXtC4s848_HoRW-gUrOOj3kd98sweyoZowpPUdBP5nFGOJRjA4TBof8B7Ue3pEdULXYVmPibo7crwL-fl4A=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifAFSlULTvw49emZgppj5CXrGb0FTIOpxhO6K-XpDcgFJOQvCBFlVgK8gZOVshRGqAKhiW8k-djOYYlEErnJOxtVReA_hvcy0wkEwPGT7fXtC4s848_HoRW-gUrOOj3kd98sweyoZowpPUdBP5nFGOJRjA4TBof8B7Ue3pEdULXYVmPibo7crwL-fl4A=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig_lHG0Xpt-PqZznQgNNx99SgOsHQn4IV6GUIL92MQInEC-zUu20Ef12ZtwZIKNImy53CxEr5ARqzh3XRr2-Tesjm7qy7Zg1BbtfqsG0NRyclMSuob0aGNOjh25drhDjndi7vT9neu4TQKn1cpAtypEOFS43HNyrHeadM42-wiXcDSj1FhIfRz4_kJXg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was LB's very first time ice skating and this is how it started, but by the end of it she was zooming around the place pretty good! The best part of LB is that no matter what activity she is doing, she has a giant grin on her face the whole time! 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They did awesome and are having so much fun with it! The weather was incredible with it being 65 degrees on the mountain. The boys did their first blue run with their Dad and Sabrina took another lesson but was cruising the green runs early on in the day! It is going to be super fun to have all these kids on skis for future trips! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigPCZjdrwFJw3Rxj0g1q48_lIXvyC5aRKyJbDpCO4nrZmJHF8zDQqozFZlWau-zxFQOIECVlQMSr0ZdkJcQZ9J9f8eU548ykrGNdDXT9dhJFIvhVmYcbd2q9bcPKFqHPzZfZMHYETOefdfCbsPQdH7unuKz13hnqypVH7_ta3ENhZ3FcqCLIQWt4Yu5w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigPCZjdrwFJw3Rxj0g1q48_lIXvyC5aRKyJbDpCO4nrZmJHF8zDQqozFZlWau-zxFQOIECVlQMSr0ZdkJcQZ9J9f8eU548ykrGNdDXT9dhJFIvhVmYcbd2q9bcPKFqHPzZfZMHYETOefdfCbsPQdH7unuKz13hnqypVH7_ta3ENhZ3FcqCLIQWt4Yu5w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicu5RxjWX8Fr5Qn5y4qNdVdiLJgm6ijvr3Q1Kv7MFvPMlw4tmE9fHXkh4O84opd7m3O6O4JkrP0OyDyrp__lomMNW1V8kHdJ91LPNqCGMPab_5WUZtcS5-LTp9uR3ePD51g3nYr5InZWm1cyJfo1JWxGh33Qsp5-Zj2oRRgUxBp8omrjs2qSE-AXPDzQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Life at home is so busy day to day that these little trips are so nice to unwind and just be present together! We hope that Central Oregon always holds a special place in our kids hearts, like it does ours! We will be back there before we know it! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058366538844368624noreply@blogger.com0