madalyn's baptism

on mother's day we had madalyn baptized! it was a wonderful day!

she was great spirits! she loved getting the water on her head ;)

 parker at this point "mama, i kind of want to make a loud noise right now!" 

"um, no"

 WATER!

so glad that nana and papa could be there for this special day!

baptism is welcoming a child into god's family. what i love is that is also a promise from the church family to love and encourage and help raise this child in god's family. i love that it reminds us all that we are all responsible for each other and that we should be involved in one another's lives. it shows that we should share in lives ups and downs and god's love.

oh, and i should have a video of this special day soon! hope to share it with everyone :)

eleven months.

Ahh...technology difficulties! i've had these pictures on my camera for a month! madalyn turns one tomorrow but here are the 11 month pictures!

new teeth! (two top teeth...the eye ones not the middle! fangs!)

standing up on your own!

into everything!

lots of babbling...mama, baba, dada, uhh,

signing: more (always more) thank you

hawaii!

at the end of april brandon and i took a trip to maui! we went for 10 days without the kiddos! a huge thanks to garth and mary for staying with them :)

we went with our good friends and had such a good time! beautiful beaches, excellent food and sun!

 huge turtle! we got to swim with some too!

 sunrise from the top of the mountain

 my morning view

 dinner at hanu, yum!

 sunset

 one of the seven beaches we went to

 paddle boarding

 lounging and reading (i read 4 books over our trip!)

 best tacos ever!

 it got cold (like 80')

ten months.

i know, i know. madalyn will be eleven months in just a few days. gulp. almost one :( where did the year go?

anyways, ten months. i tried really hard to get pictures but they just weren't working. but here are some fun ones from her tenth month of life!

 the girl is always dancing

 happy 10 months!

oh madalyn! you are so sweet and spunky! you love love your brother. you love to crawl into his bedroom with your head swaying to wake him up from afternoon naps. you love to eat...a lot. you still only have two teeth but manage to eat a lot of solids. lots of veggies, fruit, quinoa, beans but no meat yet. you love to play chase and cars with parker. you like to hug big bird and then throw him. you are gentle yet rough. you moved into parker's room (into his closet) and are sleeping very well there. you still take two naps, one short in the morning and one longer one in the afternoon. you love when daddy comes home in the afternoon. the ipad and phones are your biggest motivator...you seem to find them even when up high. we love you, missy moo!

easter.

happy easter, everyone.

sorry it's been quiet on the blog front. we had a crazy march, starting with youth sunday to sickness, birthdays, meets, lots of work and prep for the fundraising dinner...i can't believe it's easter and april!

i'm happy things are slowing down and that we have this weekend to reflex on god's wonderful gift of salvation! 

we dyed eggs for the first time 

took lots of cousins photos :)

 madalyn discovered by throwing the eggs she got goldfish!

"this egg is cold!"