Mother 's Day

Abby was dedicated to the Lord on Mohter's Day.



She is wearing the outfit I made from my mother-in-law's wedding dress.  The same one Rachel wore a few years ago.

I picked these strawberries in April, an early harvest this year

These Irises looked so pretty in front of the house this spring

Everyone loves Abby

Princess Abby

Stitches Again???

This was this morning about a half hour before we were to leave for church.  Moments later, Jedaiah fell while trying to get out and hit his chin on the side of the tub.  Ouch!  James fixed him up at the office during the first half of church.  Six stitches later...

This was from last March.  I completely had forgotten about it until I saw the above picture and it seemed familiar.

James said he did fairly well.  I missed it and let Josh play nurse.  I took the rest of the kids to church.  Boy am I greatful for my doctor husband.  What a drag it would have been to have to go sit in the ER instead of going to worship our Saviour.

Some Pictures

Annual Easter Scavenger Hunt

Rachel and Jedaiah

Jesse learns to ride.  He loves it and rides his bike all the time.  Here, he is on Rachel's bike.  She taught him how to ride without training wheels all on her own.

Abby is a happy girl!!

How sweet!

 The Family got together on Mother's Day.  We hadn't seen Reece, our niece Heather's baby, since the picture on the left when they were just a couple weeks old.  We were  amazed at the difference.

Reece is the tiny one here...and the bigger baby there on the right

We Have "Peeps" Just in Time for Easter...

The chicks are less than a week old.

Aren't they sweet...

As a customer at Orchelins told us, "You are now in the egg business." That is what we are hoping for anyways. Maybe not a business, but eggs for ourselves. We go through about four dozen a week currently and that number will only grow. We are proud owners of 15 chickens of 5 different varieties.

Illness Update

Two more down and two to go (hopefully not). This morning Josiah told me he threw up last night. I said, "Oh good!" I meant it to. The sooner everyone gets it, the sooner we know it is over and done with. He seems to be feeling okay this morning, just a little belly ache. Josh is the other who started throwing up before bed last night. I think he did during the night also. I heard he missed the bowl. I haven't investigated that yet this morning and he is still in bed. I pray Abby avoids it all, but if she does it will only be by God's grace. She spits up all the time anyways, so I'm not sure I'd know the difference.

Oh and another bit of info. We close on our refinance loan this week or next. We are saving a whole percentage point and over $200,000 over the life of the loan. What a deal! I'm so glad we looked into it. I don't like having such a big loan over our heads.