Swimming lessons

Canaan started swimming lessons today.  She was so excited about swimming though it will be a while before she is actually swimming.  We will be at the pool for the next four weeks in lessons.  She loves the water so much.  My hope is that she will get more comfortable with water in her face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super kids

On a recent trip to the store, I was looking for some larger pjs for Jude as he is outgrowing the footed pjs we currently have.  Canaan saw these Superman pajamas and talked me into getting them for her.  Of course, they are currently her favorite pair of pjs to wear.  And now we have our very own super heroes!

 

 

Around the yard

The only other place Matthew and I ever tried to grow anything was our house in Colorado.  We started from scratch there and had a hard time.

Our yard here in Washington was well established before we purchased our home.  Things seem to grow very well here.  Here are some things we are enjoying in our front and back yards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canaan's 4th birthday

Just like every birthday before, I cannot believe Canaan is now four!


I, of course, waited until the day before her birthday to figure out how to decorate.  I blew up 40 balloons for Canaan to walk through when she came out of her bedroom.

Canaan asked for a white cake.  When Matthew or I suggested adding some kind of fruit in between the layers, Canaan insisted that she just wanted a white cake.  So that's what she got!  It isn't beautiful, but it tasted good.
 

 

This is Canaan's piece of cake.  That is all she ate of it!
 

This girl was so happy to be celebrating her birthday.
 

I know it's fuzzy, but I like this picture of her and Max.

All Canaan asked for was a white cake, a daddy doll, and some tools so she could work with Daddy in the garage.  None of us (even Canaan) knows what a daddy doll is.  I looked for a male doll but couldn't find anything.  If you have any suggestions, I will gladly take them.  Matthew bought her a set of tools.  She has already used the hammer and saw.  She is anxious to build her own work bench with Daddy.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Today we joined some dear friends for a day of fun!  We drove a bit North to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

We began our adventure with a stop for some ice cream.  The place calls this "immodest ice cream" because the serving is so big!  Canaan, Jude, and I barely finished this...but we did it!  It was a yummy start to our day.

I didn't let poor Jude out of the stroller while we were at the tulip field.  He was a great sport and didn't complain a bit.

 

 

I am surprised every time how hard it is to get a good picture of Canaan and Jude together.  This was the best one today.  I'll take it!

 

You would not believe how many tulips there are out here.  There are several fields that are just HUGE!

 

After seeing the tulips, we found a park and stopped for a picnic.  We also pulled out these glasses for some photos.  Jude was not interested at all.  As soon as they hit his face, he took them off.

 

 

Canaan, on the other hand, thought they were funny.

 

 

 

 

The weather was gorgeous, and the sun did us all some good.  We got home just in time to eat dinner with Daddy.  This was such a fun day!!

Snow in March

We had snow off and on March 22nd.  It was just about the most snow we've had this year...not much at all.  Canaan was so excited during breakfast.  She could not wait to get outside so she could eat the snow.  You can see that we barely had any, but I told her she could eat it.  She took a bowl outside so she could bring it in since it was so cold outside.  I told her she needed to share with Jude so she brought him his own bowl.  You can see that he wasn't sure about this really cold stuff.  By the end of the day, the sun was out and the snow was gone.  It was fun while it lasted!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter 2013

He is risen!

We had a beautiful Easter!  The weather was fantastic.  Instead of Sunday School, we had a Resurrection Breakfast at church.  We had quiet a bit of time between breakfast and the worship service, so we took some family pictures.  These are my favorites!

 

 

 

 

After church we went to our pastor's house along with 6 other families.  We had a picnic in their backyard.  Then the kids had an Easter egg hunt.  I think there were a total of 400 eggs.  Rather than candy, several people filled the eggs with money so Canaan ended up with over $6 in nickels, dimes, and quarters.

 

Once Matthew showed Jude to pick up the eggs and put them in his basket, Jude just started picking up everything to put in his basket.  He ended up with a shoe and two pine cones before he decided he was finished with this activity.

 

 

 

 

 

There was a play scape in the backyard that the kids enjoyed swinging and sliding on.  Jude figured out how to climb all the way up this ladder.  Am I the only mom that really hates this?  I feel he is too young because he has no understanding of how far that would be to fall.  It kept him entertained far too long.

It was a full and fabulous day.  We got home around 5 pm.