Easter Weekend

We had such a fun Easter weekend. My cousin Scott and his wife, Kristen, and their two kids came to visit us. We went to Sea World on Friday and the church Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Friends came over for another Easter egg hunt on Sunday evening. Owen now knows how to hunt eggs!

First Easter

Eli's first Easter! Easter is my favorite holiday, so I was really looking forward to getting some great pictures of the boys in the wildflowers. With so little rain, however, our wildflower crop was very sparce this year. But I still managed to get some pictures of Eli with a few flowers. Check out his belly!

Boys and Dogs

We get a lot of fun interactions between our boys and our dogs. Daisy, in particular, loves kids. As you can tell, Durham is a little less enthused. We are so glad that our kids are growing up with dogs.

Boys on Bikes

Jerrod recently had his bike tuned up, which inspired us to start riding our bikes more. So we attached a child seat to each of our bikes and now we take family bike rides around our neighborhood. Both boys love it!

Owen's 2nd Birthday

Owen's second birthday was January 26. He had birthday muffins for breakfast with a candle. Then I took him to Chili's for lunch and they sang to him. Jerrod surprised us by coming home early, so we met him for dinner at Mamacita's. They sang to him also and gave him a sombrero and sopapillas. It was quite a day! We gave Owen a kitchen for his birthday.

Kyle, Amy, Madison, Ethan, Evan, Ashley, Jim, and Jeanne came to visit this weekend for Owen's birthday party. We had his birthday party at J&R Gymnastics. We made Owen a Cookie Monster birthday cake. He loved it so so much! He had such a fun day, he had a hard time sleeping that night. We had so much fun with our family!

Happy Birthday Owen!

Two Boys

It is so much fun to see Owen and Eli interacting and playing together. They are enjoying each other more and more. Owen loves to help feed and dress Eli and make him laugh.

Eli's Dedication

We dedicated Eli to God this past Sunday at our church. It's hard not to be impressed by the awesome responsibility we have as parents to raise them in homes where Jesus is evident. I'm so comforted knowing that God is the only perfect parent and the Holy Spirit is the only perfect guide. I'm so glad we don't have to do this on our own.

We are all enjoying Eli so much! He is so happy and seems to love his little family. I'm so glad we have him!

This is Eli with his friend Caleb. They were both dedicated on Sunday. They were born 10 days apart.