It is soon now.

Soon came sooner than I thought in the last post. Also this month, we were delighted to have more visitors. They arrived on the the same day, but stayed for different lengths of time. My Aunt Ann and Uncle Gary came for a night, Aunt Carla for a week, and Mom for 10 days. Thank you all for coming! We had such a good time with you and felt very loved!

TW and J blew bubbles while we waited excitedly for them to arrive.

Miss A passed the time by sitting in the sunshine and chewing on a ball--she sits up really well now!

Note the very cute, 34 year old hat...sweet girl!

The boys started crafting with Aunt Carla almost as soon as she arrived. The boys always love their time with her--she is so much fun and so creative!--and I loved her visit and am thankful for all her help while she was here.

And...we celebrated birthday # 3 with Grammie. Yummm....carrot cake!

J was soon wrestling buddies with Uncle Gary. (This picture is supposed to make Pappy jealous--we really miss you, Dad!)

And....drumroll, please....Adelyn got to open her quilt from Grammie. It is beautiful, very special and almost makes me cry when I think about it. We will treasure it. I will post a picture of the full quilt with more details when I take one.

Loving sitting with Aunt Ann.

And enjoying being the center of attention with the big girls.

We are so blessed by all our visitors and are so looking forward to being closer to our families soon (we hope!).

Continued....

Here are a few more pictures. Enjoy!

Easter crew. We had a great time with friends.

I just love my Timbo.

Wheeeeee!!!!

Sharing with Zach some of the finer points of Easter egg opening.

Aren't we cute? We're mainly just glad to have some sun on our pasty white skin...

Well, now we're up to Easter, at least! More soon!

Yikes!

Yikes! It's been almost a month since I've posted--I guess we've been too busy with life for me to be on the computer much. We've had 3 Easter egg hunts, Easter, two trips to the other side of the state, 2 trip out of state (not really a big deal around here--considering we're within 20 miles of 2 different states..) 3 birthdays, 4 fun visitors, a couple of walks, a fun hike and about a million tadpoles hatch since I last posted. Our house is supposed to show this afternoon and amazingly enough, I think it's clean enough (early!) and the baby is asleep, so maybe I can get some pictures posted....here's a little of what we've been up to....

Putting candles on my cake.

I'm really older than that...

Easter egg hunt #1.

The hunt is on!

Hanging around.

Trying (not) to pose.

Sharing "baby" Zach's 2nd birthday.

What a cutie!

Posing with Papa

Well, I have about 20 more pictures to share (I'm not even to Easter yet!), but I'm out of time, so I guess you'll have to wait for the next installment.....Hope you're having a nice Wednesday!

Easter Eggs!

Easter is upon us and one of my very favorite holiday traditions--I think I like coloring eggs as much as the boys. Even E got into the fun. Here are some pictures from our egg-dying Saturday--I know there are a lot, but I can't help it, I just really like coloring eggs!

TW was very thoughtful about his eggs.

J was really into it this year. His favorite color was blue, but he tried them all over, and over, and over again...

Egghead conversations. Funny Papa guy talking to Gary (the snail).

Hmm...what is E working on.....?

Voila! Go, Donkeys!

Concentration.

TJ's Super Mario

A was the only one who did NOT like Easter Egg Day.

Cheeseballs.

Happy Easter!

A few of our favorite things...

We took our first walk of Spring Tuesday. We visited our neighbor, Donna--who we're always happy to see--she loaded the kids with chocolate, TW loaded the stroller with "pretty" rocks, and we got to scoot, walk and ride. Hooray for Spring!

Playing Together

A loves it when her brothers play with her.

Drip, Drip, Drip

Our new fancy coffee pot is a non-automatic drip--does anyone else who knows E find this slightly ironic? I love you, Honey....