6 Years

Happy Anniversary to us!

This past year marks my two worst cooking disasters thus far....
One time I thought I could put steaks on the grill and nurse baby Emmy at the same time.  Yeah.  Totally charred.
Last week I made round steak in the crockpot that was so dry Bob couldn't even finish it.  (I did salvage the leftovers by soaking in beef broth and adding lots of cheese and sour cream and putting it all in enchiladas...)

Otherwise, Emmy joined us, and nothing else of import happened.  *grin*  Thankfully. 
Blessings.

Spring

It's my favorite season.  And it's been so nice... the last few colder days have been a bit of a bummer.

 

The girls like to eat lunch outside.  

 And be outside.

 The crossed ankles kill me. 

 Little miss got to go to the farm during testimonies the other weekend.  She had a great time, as usual. We had a good night at church and Emmy even fell asleep for the night during the last one. 
 
Emmy woke up Tuesday morning with hives... and I just watched her... and then Wednesday she woke up with one eye swollen so I called the doctor to see what I should be doing about them.  They wanted her in right away. (*sigh*  first non- well child checkup visit...)  All I really wanted to know was how much Benadryl I could give her since the package says to ask a doctor if they are under 2 years.  Oh well.  She's fine now and I have no idea what caused it, poor baby.

 Cecily was very disappointed, we were planning on meeting Tirzah at Monkey Joe's that morning for her birthday... but Mary came and picked her up then so all was well.  She had so much fun bouncing and sliding and drinking pop with Tirzah. 

 Emmy and I caught up with them in time for lunch, though she slept through half of it- Benadryl and the trauma of the doctor wore her out.  All my pictures of Cecily bouncing are blurry. *grin*  She's asked to go back every day since.

 Our garden got tilled and we've planted potatoes and onions and peas so far.  Cecily helped and Emmy ate dirt.  She's also fond of rocks which makes me a little more nervous.
This makes so much noise!  I love it!

 On Friday Michelle and Nathan brought pizza for supper and then Michelle and I went to watch Fiddler on the Roof at the High School.  It was great fun!  We grew up listening to the original cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof on my Grandma's old record so I knew pretty much the whole thing by heart.  It was very hard not to sing along.  So Shelly and I gave Nathan and Bob and Cecily a recap when we got back.  Haha.  Lucky them.  Definitely in my top five musicals, and I still like the Zero Mostel version best, although I have the CD with Isaac Stern on the violin and that's pretty good too.

I can't remember if Cecily was taking a nap, or just busy doing something else, but she was loving getting to play with all the "sprinkles" that Cecily usually takes away from her. 

I'm afraid she's going to be a climber.  She can get herself onto the hearth... and tries so hard to get up on chairs.  She tries to get down facing forwards which doesn't always work out so well.

I dropped the girls off with my Mom (at W-ton's WR sewing) so I could go to the eye doctor.  Cecily had a great time with Cliff and Tate and Kyle and the girl in the blue shirt and blue pants and the girl in the gray shirt....  they're twins... and I'm told Emmy enjoyed all the attention she got. Cecily told me later that, "we forgot to sing at grandma's church."  Ha. 

This is the reason the number on the scale isn't budging....     

One good thing about the cold is that I don't feel like spending much time outside so I get more spring cleaning done.  But then the girls are stir crazy... 
Blessings.

Easter(s)

And the week in between... therefore, lots of pictures. 
So on Palm Sunday, after Craig and Camille's wedding where I got to see lots of people and didn't get to talk to very many of them (apparently my brother was there- yay for being in the baby room all day), we went to the cabin for Easter with the Beutels.  I made asparagus for the first time this year and it was yummy.  (I did call Grandma for some tips and reassurance... she's always good for it.) 
Bob turned 31 on the 1st!  He requested a Dr. Pepper cake.  It looked pretty, however it was super dense (I don't know what I did!  It's never done that before!) and I accidently used salted butter in the frosting. So that was kind of a bummer for me... but the cake tasted right so Bob was happy.    

 Cecily has been looking forward to Daddy's birthday more than anyone...

 This one just wanted to be done with presents and eat supper.  *grin*

 Helping open the present she picked out for him... with a little prompting... she would have picked something pink and princess-y if she had total freedom. 

 He requested horseshoes for supper... and chocolate milk.  She loved the menu too. 

 I took the girls shopping on Thursday- we went to Menards and then took the long way to the mall.  It was a great reminder of why I usually shop online or stores with carts.  Emmy was only happy when the stroller was moving, and Cecily would focus on one thing/person and walk into things/people because she was still looking at the first thing.  *sigh*  She's pretty sure she needs to try the bungee/trampolines at the mall; she wanted to watch them for a long time.
We celebrated Passover that night.  I let her eat off of my "chin-oh."  Cecily was thrilled. 

 Emmy just loves food.  And will fuss if there is no food on her tray until I get her more.  Haha. 

 Not my idea...

 On Good Friday Mom and Shelly came to help Cecily dye Easter eggs. 

 Ok, to be perfectly honest they came so Shelly and I could dye Easter eggs and not feel silly.  Emmy just watched with her toy peach.

 The final product is so pretty and springy!

 She had Daddy's birthday balloon (picked out by Cecily) all to herself for a minute and she loved it.

 Saturday evening we went to the Koch Easter... Cecily got to hunt eggs.

 She found a few.

 Emmy found a football shaped one too.

 Sunday morning the girls opened their Easter baskets. 

 Emmy was very curious.

 I know there is chocolate in here... now how do I get it?  She face-planted onto a toy the day before and had a lovely cut right under her eye, poor girl.

 All ready in their matching Easter dresses.  I think these are the first dresses I've made that I really, really like (sewing wise).  I can see much improvement in my sewing skills, which is exciting.   

 So we got this bunny romper as a gift... it's probably not something I would choose... but it's cute for Easter.  Except that little miss has very squishy thighs and it just looked so funny on her.  *grin*  And it was a little chilly out so she got to wear something warmer to the farm.

 One of the van tires had a slow leak so we piled into the civic for Easter #3....  woot woot.  It was a tight fit.

 She got to eat off "chin-oh" at Grandma's house too!  At her own little table! 

On Monday we slept in and walked to the park while our tire got fixed.  
Chocolate bunnies go on sale after Easter...

 The chickens were having a wedding.  And Emmy was getting into trouble.

We've been playing outside when it's nice.  Today Cecily was sliding down the cellar door and Emmy was trying her hardest to get up it too... so funny.
Oh, and Cecily fell down the basement stairs and cut her lip.  "The poor geerhl.  She was very sad. Daddy will ask her what happened to her lip." 
And Emmy decided that she knows how to climb stairs. Ayiyiyiyi.  I was downstairs with her and Bob had blocked the stairs with some crates... I turned around to check on her because she was making happy noises and she had moved the crate out of the way and was three steps up.  I guess we may need to get a gate.  And keep the door shut at the top. 
Blessings.

He is Risen!

If He had only taken us out of Egypt and not judged the Egyptians:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He had judged their gods but not slain their firstborn:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He had divided the Red Sea but not allowed us to pass through on dry ground:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He allowed us to pass but did not drown the Egyptian's armies:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He had fed us with manna but had not given us the Sabbath:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He had given us the Sabbath but not the Torah:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He had given us the Torah but not led us into Israel:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He had given us Israel but not built and consecrated the Temple:
Dayenu! It would have been enough!

If He had only provided atonement for us through the death of the Messiah:
Dayenu!  It would have been enough!

Alleluia!  Christ is Risen!  He is Risen Indeed!
Dayenu! It is indeed enough!