Return of Spring

We were cooped up all last week as a nasty virus took its toll on Josh and Emmy. After the kids began to feel a little better, we went for a little drive on a sunny Sabbath afternoon and took some pictures of the ice breaking up on Torch Lake. The ice chunks were floating downstream, under the bridge here.

The Shape Sorter

My kids were impressed by their cousin Lissette's abilities to name and sort her shapes! I like her sorter better than ours, though. Josh is a lot better at it than Emmy, of course, and tends to get frustrated by her efforts pretty quickly. March 16, 2007.

Emmy and the Vaccuum

This is what happens EVERY time I get out the vaccuum cleaner: I cross to the far side of the room and start pushing it around while Emmy jumps up and starts chasing it! This wasn't really a problem until she began to get really good at walking! I used to be able to avoid her pretty easily, but these days, with my belly getting big and her legs getting faster, it has come down to this: now and then I just have to stop and let her explore it. She's just so fascinated by it! March 15, 2007.

Fly Boy

We had some nice WARM weather earlier this week, melting much of the snow and leaving patches of actual bare ground! I almost took a picture of the first bare ground I saw to celebrate, but decided it would probably be better to wait until some green grass showed up to make it a little prettier! Josh can get on the trampoline by himself now, and had a great time playing on his old friend. It has been more than 2 months since we've seen the ground, and we enjoyed the fresh air tremendously! March 13, 2007.

Busy Weekend!

Last weekend was busy in the baby department. On Friday Raini had her ultrasound and found out she's having a BOY! On Sabbath I had a message on my machine when I got home from church, "Hey, it's Mike. We've got a little boy here!". My nephew Christopher was born early Saturday morning, March 10! On Sunday I went to Joya's baby shower, which is where this picture was taken. Then on Monday, both Amy from our church and Cristy, an old classmate of mine, had their daughters by c-section.
In this picture is Raini, 20 weeks pregnant, Me, 32 weeks, and Joya, 34 weeks. March 11, 2007.

He's Here!