Still Catching up... Mom Grusy's visit

After Lydia was born, Mom Grusy came out for a visit to meet our sweet little addition. We had a wonderful time with her. Ethan and Emma loved seeing their Grammy!

Here are some pictures from her visit:

Time at the park with Grammy

Burp Time! :-)

Our Trip to Huber's Farm to pick strawberries:

Mom got Lydia to fall fast asleep...

Ethan with a strawberry find!!

Emma sporting her cute "strawberry picking" hat

Emma showing Ethan her find

LOVE his next one of the kids picking in their hats!:

Grammy found one!

On the Tractor riding to the field:

Playing in our backyard:

Grammy singing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" with Emma:

Planting some seeds in the garden with Daddy:

Ethan "jotting down a few gardening notes" :-)

(Grammy brought him a little notepad that he loved playing with)

Lydia hanging out with Grammy:

While Grammy was here, we got to celebrate Emma's 2nd birthday:

The Big Girl blowing out candles

Fun trip to Build-a-Bear:

Emma with her purchase, thanks to Grammy :-)

Ethan and Emma giving their doggies a bath:

Emma picking out a doggie with Grammy:

Daddy and his birthday girl:

Starting the birthday out right... Krispie Kream Donuts!

On the actual day of Emma's bday, I took the kids to McDonalds to get happy meals:

(true American kids, Dad Harry... how would we function without McDonalds?!)

Sweet pic of the 3 kiddos:

(Lydia is so blessed to have an older brother and sister who adore her...)

Mom, sorry that I'm just getting this post up! We had a wonderful time with you! Thank you for coming and spending time with us and serving us in many ways while you were here! We love you and look forward to seeing you soon in ABQ!

Post-Lydia pics #4: Retreat

Dad Harry was so kind to send Adam and I on a retreat to Brown County and watched Ethan and Emma for us. We had such a great time! Thanks so much dad:

The Cabin:

Our sweet ride! :-)

(we were quite a spectacle this trip for two reasons: our rental car, and sweet little Lydia)...

Eating out:

Definitely one of my most favorite things to do is go on retreats with this handsome man! :-)

Lydia hanging out in our cabin:

Going on a neat cabin tour:

Lydia loves Adam to hold her like this...

Thanks again Dad! It was such a nice, restful break for us!

Post-Lydia pics #3

Love this pair! :-)

Hanging out with Paps

One of Ethan's newly discovered favorite things: the Arcade

Emma loves her daddy!

(reading together)

Such a sweet picture:

Lydia enjoying the backyard

Paps and the youngest grandchild (right now...)

Emma loves to "help" with baking...

loving taste-testing the brownie batter:

Checking out lil' sis:

One morning while trying out Lydia's swing, Emma feel asleep like this:

Ethan helping out with the fence:

Such a great one of "the boys":

Trip to Tennessee to see the Kennedys"

Always a challenge to get a good group photo ;-) ...

This is a good one with Aunt Shell!

Aunt Shell with Lydia

Paps and the kiddos

Cousin snuggle:

Love it!

Celebrating Addy's b-day:

Safari Park:

Ostrich Egg!

Taking it all in:

Road Trip to TN:

Another Easter day pic :