Tuesday, April 26, 2011

He is Risen!

We had a wonderful Easter Weekend. It was filled with an Easter Egg Hunt and lots of family time. I didn't get to do all that I wanted with the kids. But maybe it was better that way.

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Cohen had a blast at the Easter Egg Hunt. I went over what he was suppose to do and he understood the activity better than I thought. It's amazing just what one year will do.

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Cohen (and the other kids) made out this year. There were 2500 eggs and not as many kids to hunt for them. So, saying Cohen made out, is an understatement. Our children's director made it extra special too. There were golden eggs hidden all around with money inside! I wasn't sure if Cohen liked the money more or the candy. But now I need to get him a piggy bank.

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Avery didn't participate in the hunt. But we wanted her to enjoy some of the reward. The eggs. Not the candy. Or money.

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She had fun with the eggs at first. But then she found the grass. This was her first time sitting/playing in grass. We don't have much of it at our house. And like any other baby the grass went straight to her mouth.

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After church that morning we had both of our parents over for a late lunch/early dinner. This is the only decent picture of us on Easter. Not great, but I'm glad we have a picture.

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And Cohen was being really sweet with Avery. I love their relationship and look forward to seeing it grow.

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Avery - 8 Months

I love this baby girl. I never knew I could love having a little girl so much. But I do. She is so much fun.


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Avery is talking a lot these days. Her first word was 'Mama'. The first time I heard it was when I had just finished feeding her and was walking away to clean up. I wasn't sure at first, so it took me a week to believe it. She has since then said 'Dada' as well. Avery had become quite the army crawler and will periodically crawl with one knee down and one foot down. It's really funny. She doesn't go very fast when she is crawling like that. We are cracking up a lot with our little bird lately. We've been calling her a puppy lately because she scrunches up her face and blows in and out of her nose multiple times. It's hilarious and we can't get enough of it. She is getting so big and it is crazy to believe that she will almost be a year old. Trying to enjoy every moment with her, which isn't all that hard.


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And here is one of Cohen. He's almost 3!

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Pappy's Patch

About a month ago Jason went to Seattle for a friends wedding. He was one of the groomsmen. While there, Jason and our friend, Andy, talked about him and his now wife visiting Florida. Fast forward to last Tuesday and Jason got a text from Andy saying they would be in town that weekend. So we hosted our friends two of the three nights they were in town. We enjoyed catching up with Andy, getting to meet and know Lisa, wings, strawberry picking, Yogurtland, and just hanging out enjoying the company. Here are a few pictures from our strawberry picking. It was a hot afternoon.



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(Jason delegating, lol)

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Cohen kept asking "this one?" every time he picked a strawberry. Only thing is, he didn't wait for an answer. He picked it anyway.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Pool Time

Just over a week ago we took the kids with us to meet up with some friends for a relaxing afternoon at the pool. We had the perfect weather. And this was Avery's first time in a pool.



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You can't tell too much from the pictures, but Avery really enjoyed herself. She would kick her legs around in the water and occasionally splash around. Daddy accidentally dipped her face in the water at one point and wasn't too happy about that. But she bounced back quickly and enjoyed the pool for much of the day.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Technology Fail

The Sunday after we got back from our Family Vacation to Colorado, our computer crashed. We thought it was the hard drive. I cried. For two days. Cried. The thought of losing all the pictures I had taken for the past year and a half, gone. All gone. I know, I should have backed up all the pictures. And we do, but since getting the external hard drive that's only used to house all the photos I take, it now falls on my shoulders to back up the pictures. And I hadn't backed anything up in a while. Now, I will back everything up monthly. Thankfully everything else was backed up. And I am even more thankful that it wasn't the hard drive after all that went, but the motherboard. So, there is a high chance we can get all those photos back, as long as we find what we need to make it happen. Now we have a new better hard drive, but I still have so much to do before I can start editing photos and posting new blog posts. So, for now, I am thankful to be connected to the outside world again!