Picnic

Right when we got there the train rounded around the corner- lucky us.

Growing up It wasn't abnormal to be at our neighborhood beach in Bellevue 3 nights a week in the summer for picnics- oh I love that beach, so many memories. It's crazy to think about our kids creating those memories now. We went on a picnic last night and had such a relaxing time. The kids threw rocks into the ocean, hunted for decapitated crabs and climbed in the tree with dad. I decided I want to have picnics there in the summers. A lot of them.

Eating made easy difficult

A Windy Day

A sweet one

Maz said the last set of pics didn't do Molly justice. So, here's some cute ones to add to the mix.

Mo Mo

This girl has got Per-son-ality! A big one. I mean, if I were to predict, I would say Lucy x2. She cracks me up with her drama and kookiness. I like these next pictures because I think they show how big her personality is. She is always ready for a party with smile on and eye brows up. She's constantly jabbering and I love it. Well, she still does get dramatic on the "I'm upset" side of the spectrum though. But really, she's a joy, and when she's on that side of the spectrum, I have to say, I don't take it too seriously. The Molly/Henry duo will be an interesting one to watch.

Tulips

"So what flowers are we going to be seeing today?" Lucy: "tulips", William: "throw-ups"... such a boy. The funny thing is I don't even think he was trying to be gross- it just comes naturally. We did make it down to the tulips, I've never been. The colors were so striking and it was a nice little field trip for us out in the sun.

I have a lot of children.







Stud Henry

I am not brave enough to do this outing on my own, not near brave enough. This is Nicole. She is actually my old Young Life girl from 8 years ago or something. We kept in touch off and on and then since we moved back here we see Nicole all the time. She has been a God send.

The Hunt

Forecast was rain... they were wrong! It was quite appropriate that good Friday was stormy, gloomy and windy (with crazy winds up to 60 mph) and Easter was beautiful and sunny. The kiddos has a great hunt that was over all too quickly. Lucy was really amazed that the Easter bunny decorated his egg the same as I decorated mine- me and the Easter bunny are really in sync.

Our good friend Peter and his family spent Easter after church with us along with Nicole and Nate's folks. We adopted Peter's family tradition of having a Mediterranean meal. We had lamb, tabouli, hummus, greek salad, falafel, and other yumminess. We were very blessed by the time we had with them.

Easter

Easter was great, more details on the greatness to come. For now I'll just post some cute pics. I loved their outfits this year. Ada's was a hand me down from Lucy and Lucy and Will's were new. I'm so glad they have younger siblings so I will get to bring these classic outfits out of the closet again.

The red cowboy boots really pull the whole outfit together I think... nice addition Lu

"I'm so cold, I just can't stand out here any longer. Can we please just go inside?"

Yes, Henry and Molly were there too, but I must confess were not in too many pics. More to come...

Happy Easter