Happy Easter

It takes some work, but generally I can get a decent picture of the 3 of them together when I want.  Not today and if the boys stay as busy as they are now it might be a while until that happens.  Here are 2 pictures from the many I took, hoping that the boys would stay put (this is after bribing Juliana).

Dress-up clothes for boys are not nearly as much fun to buy, but they looked very cute in their khakis and button down shirts.

We got up early so everyone could be ready to go in time to make it to 8:00 church.

I let them crawl all over to burn off some energy after sitting nice in church - notice they are headed in opposite directions.

And then I realized that they would sit still for a few minutes if I gave them a snack.

They did not stay still long enough for Juliana to walk across the room.

After church the boys took naps and Juliana played with her toys from her Easter basket - we do small toys instead of candy.  One of her toys was a giant bubble wand and she waited by the door for my dad to come over so they could play outside.  The boots were the fastest shoe she could get on her feet.

My parents and Scott's parents came over for dinner - yummy ham!  We had a really nice day with family.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Merry Christmas

We have had a great Christmas Holiday, I hope that your family did as well!  Here's Juliana, Ruslan and Wyatt in their Christmas pjs this morning.

And here are the pictures we included on our Christmas card this year.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Independence Day

Yesterday we went to Aunt Natalae's Annual 3rd of July party. It is a huge party complete with a live band and fireworks. I think that this was my 7th year of the party. For those of you who don't know, Natalae is the person who introduced Scott and I and she is Juliana's godmother.

Juliana always has a new red, white and blue outfit for the party and this year the boys had coordinating outfits. I thought it was a bit cold for their little shorts outfits so I added a long-sleeve onesie and socks (the hats didn't make it out of the house since it was starting to warm up when we left).

The baby girl in the picture is Natalae's 7-wk old. Her name is Sydney Jordan - yeah, she had to name her baby after 2 Penguins instead of just one like us...