um, has it really been 4 months???

okay, so i've been thinking for awhile that i needed to update, but just haven't. blah, blah, blah. i was gonna make it cute and funny. blah, blah, blah. so, i thought i'd just bite the bullet and make another one cute later. also, i'm a dum-dum b/c i forget to upload the pics in the right order (so now they are backwards), and i only have from easter back. (too lazy to get the camera out and upload the others.) aren't you glad to have such friends as us?

the kids at our annual easter-egg hunt


the whole easter-egg hunting crew
my sis (steve) asleep after a long day of walking around over easter

my dad and liam walking at shaw nature reserve

taking a breather at the nature reserve (easter weekend with my padres and sis)--and yes, nate is hiding from the camera behind the babies

daffodils and kids at the nature reserve

i think they look so cute they should just stay there!

walking through meramec caverns (a hideout of jesse james!)

the babies only would say "wa-wa" the entire time we were there, whether or not there was any water to be seen. i kept trying to get them to say 'rock' or 'cave' but they never went for it

how i found caleb asleep one time

part of my bedroom (the 'library' part) that nate so graciously let me decorate in all things wonderfully giraffe

one day when i was blowing leaves off our back porch, adam decided he liked it. i'm so happy i mangaged to get the perfect pic!

since i always have to have a project going, i decided (with the kids approval, of course) to try sleeping them all (well, the 4 older ones) in room and putting everything else in the other room. it's working out pretty well, but was pretty awkward moving the beds about. luckily, they still had fun playing on everything!

4 little monkeys swinging on the bed...


J got baptized early march. such a milestone! (thanks to all our friends who helped watch the kids so nate and i could actually savor the moment!)

j and nate before the big moment!

and, last but not least, is there anything in the world more felicitious than a banana and bacon sandwich????