True Blessings

I am lucky to have had two truly wonderful people as my grandparents. They both passed away this week with in 24 hours of each other. How sweet it is to know they are still together and can go on enjoying the eternities with out any more physical pain. I love them and am so grateful to have had them as examples and as a part of my life.

Happy Valentine's Day

Growing up I have fond memories of my mom always making a fun dinner on Valentine's Day full of hearts and treats. This made the whole family feel included on the holiday of love. As a result I've always looked at the holiday as not just a day to be extra sweet to your sweet heart but also as a day to have fun expressing your love to other family members and friends. I've decided to continue the tradition. For this Valentine's day we had pink pancake faces for dinner. I even managed to squeeze a few nutrients in by coloring the pancakes with pureed beets. Evan thought his pancake face was great.

This is just a random picture of Evan's recent napping spot before church. Why he finds this more comfortable than his bed I do not know.

We are having a . . . .

We found out this morning and are very excited. So far everything looked great on the ultrasound. However, she is a little bashful and didn't want to show her face so we didn't get any good face shots. Luckily she cooperated with the gender aspect of the ultrasound.

Christmas Celebration

Fun with family for the Holidays. We were lucky enough to have my family come visit us.

Ice skating in 70 degree weather. There was at least a 2 inch puddle over all the ice; very unforgiving if you fell.

The little guy sure enjoyed his "Uncle Nate & Uncle Shell"

Yes we cheated with a kit but it sure turned out well. So much less frustrating. Helps we had a construction manager on site.

This was the little guys big gift. Not a day goes by where he doesn't ask mommy and daddy to come play Thomas.

Birthday Boy

Dad made awesome birthday pancakes. I enjoyed them much more than I am letting on in this picture.

Then we went to a bounce playhouse near by. It was so fun. Not sure who had more fun me or dad.

Here is the cool truck cake mom made me.

Umm Umm, Good!

And I got my first train set. It was a great birthday!

Happy Halloween

Welcome to the EAC. 

This was our trunk decor from our ward Trunk or Treat. The prize we won is in Evan's hand, a really appetizing life size gummy foot with crunchy bones included. Doesn't that sound appetizing.

Crush and Nemo

I departed from the theme a bit. Can you tell what's hiding in my skeleton. It's baby #2. We couldn't pass up the opportunity to announce it in this fun way.

The cousins having a great time. Evan is Nemo & Garrett is Prince Eric.

You should have seen the costumes my sister-in-law put together for her family. They were all dressed in The Little Mermaid theme. Sadly I don't have a picture of them all. 

This is all our neighborhood kids at our annual Halloweenie Roast. Evan's up front with his two little buddies on the street. The cute puppy dog Sam (right) and the golfer Tanner (left).

A New England Fall

I love autumn where I grew up. After years of hoping we finally made it back to see the fall leaves. And unexpectedly we even saw a few snow flurries.

We covered a lot of ground: Sharon and Burlington VT,

The Adirondacks

Palmyra NY,

Niagara Falls

Sturbridge Village (a colonial village in central Mass)

and my hometown near the Holyoke range

Evan loved playing in the leaves and carving pumpkins

Jon & Jane joined as well. Thanks Grandparents for having fun with us.