Tulips tulips tulips tulips

I could not leave out a quick post about the weekend before last. Eric and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary and I finally got to go to the tulip festical up in Mount Vernon. It only took us 7 years to finally make it up there-jeesh:)

We had the whole weekend to bask in the sun, take in the georgous scenery of farming land and enjoy our family away from home. We had a wonderful time and we can document it well considering we took 243 pictures at the tulip fields alone ( a bit obsessinve don't you think?), but the wonderful invetion that is digital photography, especially since not all of them turned out well.

Useless to say, we will be making this into an annual tradition for our family as it is just a very simple reminder of God's beauty and a great time to make wonderful memories.
And did I mention, we got to see triplet lambs and have a chicken lay an egg right in front of us-way cool ;)

Love & blessings

Frogs, buses and balloons

Oh so much to write about but so little time. Being a mom of two busy little guys has taught me how precious time really is. But after a very lengthy absence here I am again. First of all to report that taxes are all filed and done-phew what a relief :)
We have been staying busy as a family as well. Spring has arrived and being outside is one of Zanders top priorities along with his newest favorite phrase: "what are we doing today???" One question filled with so much excitement, wonder, anticipation and yes sometimes dreadfulness; the last one being on my part when I do not have a planned out gameplan. But I do enjoy the challenge and this past Saturday we took it head on. The farmers market in Olympia has finally openend its doors once again and Zander knows it. Rain or shine that was our destination, of course it rained, we live in WA after all :)
We had a wonderful memory making sort of day. Browsing through the market with lots of stops by the stage, can't go to the market without listening to the band, breaking for a yummy treat and of course a bus ride to round it out. After the initial and planned part of our excursion we wondered to the pond by the tasting room and Zander tried his hand at frog catching for the first time. We found a little green guy and our little guy even held him, aaah the joys of mothering boys are starting to become evident-frogs, bugs....
In the end, we got a doggie shaped balloon and needed to call it a day-the rain won in the end.
Just to mention our little Ethan was along for the whole ride, but ended up sleeping through a lot of the excitement. I wonder how cosy one of those strollers is-must be quite the ride:)

We love being outside out and about again and look forward to many more exciting excursions.

Love & Blessings

Baby!!!!

Wow it has been a very long time since I have updated this blog- oops- but I am here now with many news to report. First the most important news of all, our nephew Makai Andrew Marinig was born on March 8th 2010. He is one healthy long guy- measuring 21.25 inches. We are excited for Mark and Sarah and can't wait to see him this upcoming weekend.

In the meantime our family has completed a 14 day Daniel fast from 02.22.10 through 03.07.10. We were only eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes and our beverage of choice was water with lemon. Zander participated as well by not eating any sort of sugary treats. It was a great time of reflection for our family and a chance to slow down, be aware and draw closer to the Lord.
I am not saying by any means that this was easy, but surprisingly it was not hard either. Besides the occasional grumpyness, we did not have any immense cravings for sugar or our biggest vice, coffee! Of course we stayed away from places that would have enticed us with their sweet smelling aromas but it was a great experience.

Since my last post in February I also completed my first sewing project- a pillow case for Zander. He picked the fabric all by himself, can you guess what it is?? Of course, fabric with the "Cars" characters. I know it is a very easy project, but you have to start somewhere on your journey. 

Additional exciting news for the last month are: Ethan has had two teeth come in, his bottom chompers, and it was a much more difficult journey for him than it ever was for Zander. I absolutely adore how different my two little guys are. Ethan has become quite the conversationalist and is seriously on the move, he is even extremely close to perfecting his crawling move. Something else has occurred to me this past week; I had been wondering how I balanced the feedings, naps and playtimes with Zander, as I am all over the place and struggling to keep up with structure and then it occurred to me- I never had to find this balance before. When Zander was 7 months old, I had to return to work fulltime and he was at daycare. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity I have been given to be home and watch my boys grow and to learn how to balance it all out. It is something I would not want to trade for any other career on the planet. Thank you Lord for the opportunity and in May of this year I will get to celebrate being a stay at home mom for 2 years. Wow!!!

So for today I am leaving this update encouraged to post a bit more than just once per month and determined to keep up just a bit better.

Love & Blessings

Update

So here I am again after a long absence from this wonderful blog with an update on some of those "Resolutions" I have set for 2010.
Let's start from the top, expecting the supernatural from the Lord- oh yes we are, every day and even more so now that we have put our "house for sale" sign out, and wouldn't you know it selling our house is on the list as well :)
Trying to grow my hair out is in full swing, although one very slow swing I must say. The next three on the list, sewing, new recipes and the handwritten notes, need some serious attention as I have not made much progress at all, I did try some very tasty desert recipes for the first time, but that is not what my I had in mind for my resolution.
We are very creative with family activities, trying to use what we have, and it has been very fun! I am making a point to be healthy by excercising, trying to eat well and even kicking the coffee habit, I must admit I did drink some coffee yesterday, but who is perfect???
The business dream is alive and well and steps towards it are being made very slowly, but all with time.
I already mentioned that the house is for sale and I am working on getting fit but no news yet on the expansion of the family I guess you will just have to stay tuned in ;)
I have been making time to read quite a bit more and I am really enjoying the opportunities that I am able to find, such a blessing. Unfortunately I have not been doing that great in being a month agead on my special occasions, something I am really going for this month- wish me luck!
So lastly an update on keeping on writing this wonderful blog-well I have not done fantastic but you know I have not done completely horrible either, room for improvement for sure just nothing to beat myself up about.
So there, my update on those resolutions, which are only about 1 month old, and it could look worse so I am very excited.
We are well and expecting our encounter!!!

Love & Blessings