Lyla Jane

March First Twenty Twelve...

...or somewhere around there, Lord willing we will be happily adding another sweet member to our little family! And I can not tell you just how excited we all are about this!

Memorial Day Weekend!

Well, we had big plans to meet up with the Schusters and go camping...it stinks being a girl sometimes, if ya get my drift. We {I} had to cancel...and since little baby Schuster is due in 2 months, that puts any camping together off until next summer. We were all so bummed. So as Krystal said...we made lemonade out of lemons! We camped in the backyard! Was so much fun. BBQ'd hot dogs. Had s'mores and sang around the fire pit, and cozied all together in the tent! {Well except Lyla, she has a little bit of princess syndrome...and screamed for "LYLAS BED, LYLAS BED!!" so she slept inside, yes all alone.} I woke up to bright sun and thought it was probably around 8 o'clock. When I came inside it was 6:59! So I decided to get breakfast ready for the guys and...gulp...suggest a hike ;) We ended up going to Riverside State Park and doing a little 2 miler, it may have been longer but the Lord knew what we could handle and covered a chunk of the trail in water, so we had to turn back :) It was perfect. Perfect weather. Perfect distance. Perfect company. Afterwards we drove to Starbucks for their $2 Frappuccino and then went exploring. We found amazing country 8 minutes away from our house. And when I say country I mean farming land and mansions. The kids were all tuckered and sleeping so it was a nice quiet drive. Thomas and I were dreaming! It was so fun!!

Easter weekend!

Well this Easter was a bit different for us, as Thomas was down in AZ hiking 29miles in the Grand Canyon {in one day!} with his brother Justin! He had a wonderful time, and so did we! He was spoiled. Yes, SPOILED! Sitting poolside in wonderful company, BBQing in 85 degree sunshine...we had sun too, only we had cool sun. A whopping 60 degrees :) I went all out for the kids this year, we decorated sugar cookies, colored eggs, had an egg hunt and did surprise Easter buckets! Saturday we spend a good part of the day at a farm in ID, the kids had a blast! This is when it was confirmed in my mind that we NEED a farm! The kids slept most of the way home, stayed sleeping in the car when we got home, I woke them up dragged them in to tell them we would do our egg hunt and have a really awesome surprise, only to have Ethan go straight to the couch an sleep, and Elijah just laid down on the floor! I woke them up again at 7 and put them in bed...they slept all night long!! We went to church Sunday morning, I had nursery but all I heard was how wonderful Pastor preached, and 2 people got saved!! To make it even better it was a father and daughter! It was overwhelmingly wonderful! Then we had a delicious ham dinner with friends! It was so laid back and relaxing. I. LOVE. That! My friend Karen and her 6 girls came over later and spent the night. It was so fun! I think my most favorite times with friends are when you can hang out doing nothing and have a wonderful time! Our weekend was fun and full. I was so excited to go to the airport to pick up Thomas on Monday that from 12-4 it felt like forever!! Thomas came home bearing gifts from AZ, and the kids were ecstatic! It was a great weekend!

Surprise?!

So I know I had a spring snow picture on here just the other day but...we got a half inch and it melted within a half hour, then it was sunny...Today we woke up to this! We already have more than an inch out there! And it is coming down heavy! And it is April 21st. Did you hear that?! APRIL 21ST!! I thought for sure moving to Eastern WA that spring would come in March and I would be posting all these sunny day pictures making my west side friends uber jealous as they sat in the incessant rain...that's what I get. :) Anyway the boys are out attempting to build a snowman at 8 in the morning while Lyla Jane and I snuggle in a cozy blanket and blog. Did I mention the forecast calls for sunny 60 degree weather tomorrow and Saturday? I wonder if it'll happen...Happy Spring from Spokane!

Thank you, Lord.

#65 My husband who is always here, even when the evening goes rough..

#67 The great wrestle..

#68 Forgiveness, full forgiveness..

#76 Babies..

#78 Robins in the grass..

#82 A certain little boys' love for reading..

#85 Tall tree shadows..

#89 Blooming Easter lily..

#90 Heaven, missing my Grandpa Bruce..

#91 An almost 2 yr. old's ever changing, and quite entertaining mind..

Spring?

April 18th in Spokane...Yes that's snow on the ground!

Spring!

Well so far this spring has been quite busy! But it has been so fun having people come stay with us and also making a couple trips! We had 3 weekends in a row with visitors in February from our friend Kristina and her kids, Chuck and Robin and then John, Krystal and Lydia! Then in March we had my sister here for a week and a half and the next weekend headed out to Idaho! The kids and I stayed with my amazing friend Rachel and her kids while the guys went on a 4 day hike in Hell's Canyon. April Started with a visit from Bob Usher! We all went to Missoula, Montana together for a meeting filled with great preaching and sweet fellowship. And last weekend the kids and I made a trip to the westside! I wish it could have been for a week! I didn't get to see everyone, and that makes me so sad! It is super hard to try and see all your family and friends in a 3 day trip! I did the best I could with 3 kids by myself, we stayed 3 different places and were busy all day everyday. But it was such a blast! And the kids did so well for skipping naps and sleeping in a different place each night :) I am so blessed!! I absolutely LOVE having people come stay here, so if you haven't yet...COME!! Please? Thomas is heading off to AZ on Easter weekend and the Sconyers are planning to come at the end of the month, and May will bring the Murillos! CAN NOT WAIT :) Tis a happy spring indeed!

spring thus far...in pictures