Hi Everyone!
Happy Spring! My favorite time of the year when everything is coming to life and there's more green than gray outside. Some of the highlights of the past five weeks were... saying hello to Spring, my trip to a women's retreat, celebrating Easter, planting blueberry bushes, and the surprise early arrival of cousin Clark Beeman!
The annual Women's Retreat was two nights at the beach with about 48 other ladies from church. It was great to have some time with the ladies and as always, very spiritually refreshing.
I'm getting a new perspective on the term "spring fever". The boys have been more energetic than usual and just want to be outside running around as much as possible. We put some of that energy to good use by planting ten blueberry bushes in our front yard. The boys were a bit disappointed to find out they had to wait about three years before getting any blueberries, but they still enjoyed helping.
Popsicle face :)
Owen is crazy about motorcycles lately and LOVES Pappy's! Whenever we are driving around town he yells "Motocycle!" when he sees one. He'll even try to get the riders attention by saying, "Hey Dude! Hey Dude!" :)
Spring is here at last! Here are some of the bouquets of flowers I received from the boys. Owen brought his offering and laid it on my lap too, as you can see. :)
Neighbor's horse, Fred, likes to come up to the fence when we go walking by. He is super sweet and lets the boys pet his nose. We found out the other day that he is 38 years old!
Owen and his "baby" seahorse. Practicing rocking for when the real baby arrives. :)
Seth has been starting to "write" notes on his own lately and can often by seen at the craft table sounding out letters to try and figure out which one to use. He is doing really well and I'm so glad he's gotten more interested in learning his letters lately. Here is a cute note he wrote to Daddy the other day. Most of it is not eligible, but if you look at the last line on the paper you came make out the sentence "You are my favorite". :)
Owen got his own hammer the other day and when I gave him a nail he immediately did what he saw Daddy d0... put it in his mouth to hold onto it. :)
Learning to hammer (with much supervision and cringing by mother) :)
Seth is learning about insects in kindergarten right now so we are reading about, hunting for, drawing pictures of, molding, everything having to do with bugs.
It's so fun to have such a nice sized yard to go bug-hunting in! I like to just stand back and let them pick up the bugs while trying to pretend like I would be okay with doing it myself.
An average night for us.
The boys were really excited about Easter this year. We worked on memorizing a passage in the Bible for several weeks and the boys were able to get up and quote it for the whole church on Easter Sunday. They did a great job!
Owen eating the rooster from the Bible lesson about Easter. :)
Easter portraits! Blake is quite the handsome young man these days.
Seth is growing up too!
This was the best we could do with Owen's picture, as you know, there are few moments when he is sitting still. :)
Chocolate Easter Bunnies were part of their reward for saying their memory verses at church. Thanks Moms and Pops!
Easter Egg Hunt at Grandmom's!
The most exciting news of the past month was getting an unexpected call from Uncle James on Monday that baby Clark was coming ready or not! About 5 1/2 weeks early, he is doing really well and has not needed any help breathing. He is still at the hospital and will hopefully get to come home soon.
Sweet little munchkin! 5 lbs and 4 oz, 18" long at birth.
In Other News...
I'm 33 weeks along now and only 7 left to go! Seeing pictures of a baby Clark makes me even more excited about seeing our baby for the first time. I can't wait to find out if we're having a boy or a girl! I know it sounds crazy to wait until the birth day, but for me it just adds to the excitement of the day and gives me even more motivation during the delivery. We are busy redecorating Owen's room for when baby comes to join him and doing a bit of furniture refinishing. I'll try and snap some before-and-after pictures.
I didn't get a chance to collect many funnies this week, but maybe next time!
Hope you all are doing well!
With love,
Kari, Micah, Blake, Seth, Owen and Baby
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