The Close Ups

The ringlet




Jackson has decided to start calling her "good ol pal" which we aren't entirely sure where he got it, but it's funny to hear him say.

Date night

So Jack and I had plans to go see "Horton Hears A Who" and earlier in the day I asked him if he was taking me on a date and he looks at me with the silliest face and says "No YOU'RE taking me on a date." Silly Goose!

Lazy Sunday afternoon~

Baby Don't Cry

Jason and I watched the movie "The Waitress" with Keri Russell around the time that Jessalyn was born and I sing this song a lot... Jackson has picked up on the fact that she almost always stops crying when I sing to her and so here he is helping out...

PS- here are the lyrics in case you can't understand him :-)

Baby don't cry gonna make a pie
Gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle
Baby don’t be blue
Gonna make for you
Gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle
Gonna be a pie from heaven above
Gonna be filled with strawberry love

Baby don’t cry
Gonna make a pie
Hold you forever in the middle of my heart.

She did it!!

So Saturday morning we were all hangin out and I glanced over from the kitchen just in time to see her and tell the boys to look and we all witnessed the tail end of her very first roll over from back to stomach and as it goes she then did it about 15more times that day....isn't it crazy how babies go from one day not doing something to realizing they've got it and showing off over & over!!!

Of sweetness...

While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.
~Angela Schwindt

Priceless

One load of pea-gravel $500





Sore muscles from all this hard work = Countless


Spring break project completed = Priceless

Our babies

Fairmont, BC (a trip with the Orth family)

Fun at the hot springs... Kenia and Jackson loved playing together! Cute pregnant Linsey keeping Jessa warm (unfortunately it was windy). Ben & Kenia met a sweet boy from England who just wanted to hug them (he is just to the left of Ben)







Pool Fun... doesn't Jessa look too cute in that itty bitty bathing suit!!






Only slightly frazzled...she looks pretty good for such a long trip in the car.....:-)

Big Brother Teaching...

This video is kind of long and I don't know how to edit them yet...the part I wanted to share was just the first 30 seconds or so to where Jackson says "Hooray she did it!"

Jeremy's coat

Jackson just loves that some of his clothes belonged to his cousin Jer and this is one coat that he wanted to make sure Jeremy saw him in. (BTW -- He's bossin his dad around in this photo)

~Our Girl~

My little froggy..

Don't you just love my bug shoes? Thanks Auntie Ang

Jason decided to see if she liked the high chair and as you can tell she was having a ball!

After the hunt....

After our Easter Egg Hunt the kids were so cute they kept hiding the eggs for each other so they could continue looking for them.

Dressed up for Easter

Bella Mia (My Beautiful)

I love it when Jackson copies me, well most of the time, but never do I love it more than when he says sweet things to his sister and calls her "bella mia"

The progression of taking Jack's picture

The most precious gifts of my life....

#1 - Sweet pigtails
#2 - Takin down my big bro (check out the drool coming out of Jessa's mouth.....too funny!)
#3 - Lightning McQueen addict :-)
#4 - cutie pie (love those curls)

Capturing the moments of our lives....

Shots of the Grandparents.........

Boys Night Out

Jason took Jackson to a school dance and one of the other teachers had her camera and sent us these photos.... Jack couldn't stop talking about it for days after.