Upwards Soccer

It's Naomi's turn to play, now, and she's all ready for her first soccer game!

Warming up

Waiting for her turn to go in... Naomi is great encourager, cheering for her teammates!

 

Naomi is number 23

Throwing in the ball

Naomi plays with a smile - even when she's running! 

Easter

Happy Easter!  We spent our morning first in the chapel, watching the choir perform their cantata.  It's rare that we get to have Daddy sit with us for a whole service, so it was special to squeeze into a pew with him, Johnathan curled up on his lap.

Then we were off to the service.  We took these pictures afterward.  Ezra just can't resist that glass podium.

For dinner we had our Passover Seder, which we delayed from Friday, because Passover is no fun when Naomi has stomach flu!  We thought we were in the clear by Sunday....

...but the highly observant might notice that Johnathan's not looking too good in this picture.  I'll spare you the details, but we didn't make it through this meal, either!

Lots of Eggs!

Saturday before Easter around here is egg hunt day.

 And we had fun painting eggs, too.  Daddy and Johnathan work hard on their Bronco-colored eggs.

Ezra had no patience for coloring eggs, but he was quite fascinated with putting the tiny egg stickers on his hand!

Welcome, Sarah!

Congratulations to Uncle Randy, Auntie Erika, and Kayla as they welcome Sarah Grace to their family! 


Kevin and Ezra had a wonderful time meeting her on a quick trip to Colorado.  She is precious!

Spring

 Spring is here...

  A new rosebush is blooming.

We're thankful for the rain we've been getting... and our new raincoats!

And we are supremely thankful that several folks from church cleaned out our flower beds - a job that 7-months-pregnant Rachel could not pull off this year.  They look beautiful!

Bluebonnets and Blue Bell

What could be better on a beautiful spring day than a drive to see the blue bonnets, a picnic, and a little Blue Bell ice cream at the factory?

Yum!

Baby Discoveries

We love every glimpse and hint about the little one we're expecting in June, so we were very anxious for our 20 week ultrasound, hoping we'd get to see some sweet poses and find out if it is a boy or a girl.  First our doctor tried, but the baby not interested in cooperating with the gender-reveal plan.  Then the sonographer did our full scan a few weeks later.  Baby was kneeling in a breech position (praying that we wouldn't find out?) - a position he said was virtually impossible to tell.  We were glad the baby looks healthy... But we really wanted to know!

A week later I had my regular monthly appointment, and this time, the baby had flipped over.  So we are pretty certain that it is a girl!  Naomi rejoiced.  Johnathan came around.  Ezra still has no clue what's going on!

But at my next appointment, we got an even better treat... a glimpse of her sweet little face!  My doctor asked if he could "test out" one of his new 3D settings... As if I would say no to that!  We were all excited by the clear picture he got.

So this is our little one at 26 weeks.  Amazing!