This is our family picture from last fall.  We've changed a lot since the last time I posted.  And getting pictures with ease was one of the reasons. I got a smart phone!  Apparently it wasn't a very strong reason.  

Is that little baby from the last post really four years old?  Just WOW!

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This is the bedhead that greeted me this morning!

 Loves to play with Daddy's face.

 Elisabeth played Only a Boy Named David and The Wise Man built His House at our latest piano recital.  She is taking lessons but she had just figured these songs out on her own almost completely.

 Chris' mom just got new chicks---75 hen and 8 turkeys.  She says turkey chicks are so friendly.

 This is a frequent picture at our house.  

My goofballs on the couch! Testing out my new android!

Does anyone else experience the joy of taking 25 pictures only to have 1, maybe 2, come out ALMOST okay?  This picture was taken for an article in March, and my girls are just goofs.  Oh, well, we wouldn't want them any other way, I guess. :-)

March 2015 

Mother's Day 2015

It's only been a year since I put pictures on here!  Wow!  Well, I have finally found a young lady who lives locally who loves to photograph for a hobby.  YEA!!!!!  I have a few more shots to add that we've taken over the last year, but my family is itching to see these ones.   

Elisabeth is almost 5.

Lydia is 2 1/2.

I was trying to guide them with their "tea party" and in trying to get out of the photo, promptly lost my balance.

Elisabeth found this to be entirely TOO funny.

Don't let this charm fool you!  She is a corker!

Elisabeth looks like her daddy.  Lydia acts like him!

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The girls were delighted with all the deer we saw out at Red Hill State Park.

For those of you who couldn't tell by the "big mama" photo above, this sign should explain further:

Lydia is actually more excited than she looks :-)

Yup, I did overkill on these pictures, but that's to make up for all I've missed in the last year.

Spring photos

We enjoyed a delightful couple weeks of fresh strawberries from our Mennonite neighbors.  I was capping them outside when I suddenly observed that Lydia had grabbed a box and was eating away!

I was working in my flower beds when Elisabeth went crashing through this bush.  

 This is our a new favorite way to ride.  Notice Lydia holding onto Elisabeth's braids.  :-)

 Happy Father's Day!!!!   

Daddy has been so exhausted, working many more hours a day than normal.  The girls interrupted his Sabbath rest as he waited for popcorn and deer sausage.

 June 18, 2014

Happy birthday, dear Elisabeth!!!!  

Our precious firstborn is 4 already!  With Daddy's work schedule being so ultra-heavy right now, the only time we could seem to find to celebrate was Wednesday night after church.  E. was so excited she could hardly eat, so we finally let her just get up and unwrap presents.  She just exclaimed THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for everything.  It's such a fun stage, when they just have so much appreciation for the simplest of attentions and gifts.  We're not elaborate party people, and it was delightful to observed her inexpressible joy over her birthday!

 Grandma found a lovely tool set she can use to help us in the garden.  There's still a lot of digging and hoeing going on there, but we're sure hoping for some luscious produce before long.

 Whoa!!!! Aunt Lori must have been thinking winter!  Hard to imagine it being cold enough to wear this as we swelter through 90 degree temperatures at the moment!

 Elisabeth is begging to start school, and we plan to start as soon as the books arrive.  Mommy is as excited as she is!  Maybe this book will keep us going till we get our "real" books!

I'm adding these pictures the day after E's birthday, and a little while ago E. awoke and dashed into my room wondering, "Mommy, do you f(th)ink I'm still 4????"