{ Baseball Season! }

This year we decided that Samuel was going to play baseball. It was a very rainy season, and some practices and games had to be cancelled. Their team name was "Thunderstruck," which was very fitting this season! For awhile Samuel was rather ambivalent about it, but towards the end, he began to quite enjoy it, and began to play better! His team lost most of their games, but it was a great learning experience! I wish now, that he would have started a couple of years ago. This was the last year of Coach pitch, so i think next year will be Little League. It was fun going to the games, and hanging out at the playground with the girls! It was good for family time too!

                                                   Up to bat

                                               At bat

                                       In the outfield

                                     At the playground

                                        Sam and Naomi

                              ....... Playground

                                              Naomi

                                                Eric and I

                                              Eric

         #throwback to when Sam was about a year old and watchingsoftball at KMBC!

                                     What a cutie!!!!

{ Mothers Day 2019!}

This Mothers Day, Little Grandma and Jess got to be with us! We went to church, and then in the evening, I attended KMBC's Senior Testimony service, and the rest of the family went hiking up in the mines! It is a privilege to be my kids' Mama! At church we received some pretty flowers, and Eric and his Grandma also got me a boquet of pretty flowers, and i received Moothers Day cards and money too!

The kids and I after Church 

Baby bump on Mothers Day

                       Naomi and Jazz while out hiking

                               Sam while out hiking

                             Little Grandma on the hike!

                Naomi ( her Aunt Jess took most of these pictures with her awesome camera!)

Naomi and Jazz on their hike 

{ Jazzy's 4th Birthday}

May 11, was Jazzy's 4th birthday! She is such a joy to our lives! Eric's Grandma, and sister, Jessicca, got to be here for it. Our friends the Englehardts also came over.

Some things about Jazzy :
- She is very giving, and is a team- player!
- She likes to help me with the laundry.
- She likes her friends
- She loves kitties and bunnys
- She likes to sing and dance!
- She likes board books!
- She likes to play with her toy ponies and castle
- She likes to swing

 Jazz blowing out her candle

 Her cake

 Sam, Naomi, Berwin, and Mr. E at the party

Jazz and I cuddling one morning 

Naomi at the birthday party

{ Early Spring Pictures}

In the early spring, we went fishing t a pond close by, with one of our friends, Andrea Mathis. She took the fishing pictures! Naomi caught the most fish! She really enjoys fishing. Eric and I attended Mount Carmel's Jr/Sr. Banquet, and it was very nice! My friend Monica was so sweet to do my hair for it.

Eric and I at the Jr/Sr. Banquet 

 Jazzy

 A baby bump picture! 

                      ....Samuel by the pretty purple flowers

                           Naomi by the purple flowers

                    Jazzy with a fish she caught

 Samuel with his first fish of the season! 

 Monica and I at the Jr./Sr. Banquet 

               We read this sweet book this spring!

 Roasting some mourning doves, and some other meat on the fire outside

             Samuel finished his "Paddle to the Sea" map about the                      Great Lakes

                                   Another baby bump picture!

Jazzy by the purple flowers! 

                                         Jazzy singing!

Naomi brought me these pretty wildflowers one day! I've read that children give you flowers because they don't have much else to give you, so they should always be received most gratefully!! 

{ Easter 2019}

I think that, because I was still in my first trimester of pregnancy, we didn't do quite as much for Easter this year. We took part in the college's Seder meal, which is always a great experience! The kids have been attending since they were born. We never did get around to doing our family communion though, even though I actually made the unleavened bread for it! We had a nice meal though! Sunday, we went to our church's Easter Service, and then had an Easter egg hunt in our yard in the afternoon.

 Family Easter picture! 

The Special Easter meal I made

 We read this book called " Benjamin's Box" during Holy Week. I highly reccommend it! 

 Easter baby bump picture!

 Naomi and her friend Berwin hunting Easter eggs

 Jazzy looking in her eggs

 Jazzy

 Samuuel with his Easter basket. He really liked the things I picked out! 

 Naomi with her Easter basket. 

 Jazzy with her Easter basket

 Sam, Naomi, and Berwin hunting Easter eggs 

 Naomi and Berwin hunting eggs

 Naomi, Jazzy, and their good friend Berwin after church 

          The Englehardt kids wanted to join us inthis picture!

                                  Jazzy by the fountain after church

Sam by the fountain after church