A Relaxing Night!

Thursday night after all the bread baking and jam making, I was given a new hairdo by Momo!! She insisted on taking pictures of the me for the blog...so here I am!! Thanks Alison, we love the bows!!

This is my head under the bows!

Momo also took a funny self picture!! Gotta love the freckles and blue,blue eyes!

Randy had been working outside all day and was tired too. He was soaking his foot ( the one with a torn tendon) in Epsom salt.....I guess it was very relaxing! He was sound asleep!

A few minutes later, Ian and Maggie crashed together too! Momo was snoring on the other end of the couch with her head in my lap so you just see her feet!

A nice relaxing end to a busy day!

Roses, Saying Good Bye and a Family Day!

Remember a few posts back I posted pictures of the buds on my rose bush? Well, here are some of the blooms!!! There were 4 HUGE blooms that were so pretty!

Thursday, we just hung out with Alison and her family while they packed up and prepared to leave Friday morning. I couldn't help but snap this picture of Jadziah and Momo....kinda look like their mamas, huh?

Alison, Eric, Noah, Declan, Jadziah and Taejan left Friday morning. We had so much fun with them and really enjoyed the week. It was really neat to finally meet in person after talking for all these years!! As soon as they left, we began to get ready for more company!! My sister, brother in law and two nieces arrived Friday night for the weekend!! Saturday, Johnny, Erin and Jacey joined us for a cook out. I didn't take many pictures but I did have to sneak a few of Jacey!! Momo and Jacey!

Here is my niece, Miss Nicole, also known as Coco!! Isn't she just a doll?

Erin and Johnny needed to run an errand so they let us babysit Jacey for a little bit. Kristen was thrilled!!

I just love this picture of John John, Jacey, Ian and Kristen. It is so sweet, Ian was rubbing Jacey's little head and softly saying " sweet Jacey, sweet Jacey". I think this captures the sweetness of the moment....

My newest hobby is baking bread using my new bread machine and my whole wheat flour which I am milling myself!! I bought a bucket of whole wheat kernels and am using my friend's mill to mill the wheat into flour. I have had a lot of fun experimenting with different recipes and the bread is so yummy!! This is the first wheat loaf I made this past Monday night!! Kristen and I stayed up late waiting for it to come out of the machine so we could try it out!!

Kristen says "MMMMMMMMMMMM"!!!!

We have also gotten back into our school lessons this week and we went to coop on Monday. We only have one more coop day for this year and about 3 weeks of school lessons left until we take a summer break!

Baby Jacey Arrives!

I got the phone call I had been waiting for bright and early Monday morning. Johnny was letting me know Erin was in labor!! I quickly woke up and got myself ready to leave. I had to take Aaron over to Johnny's to stay with their dog, Munstar. I met up with Johnny and Erin at the hospital around 11:00am. I was so blessed to be a part of their birth and I feel so very honored to have been able to help. It was a long day and at 6:37pm, Jacey Ann was born via c-section. She weighed 8 pounds and 12 ounces and was 21 inches long. She is just beautiful and I am so excited to have a new little niece to love!!


Daddy(Johnny) and Jacey in the OR.

Meeting her Mama (Erin).

Proud Daddy making his phone calls.

Daddy talking with Jacey's nurse while Erin was in recovery.

Johnny went back to be with Erin, and I stayed at the nursery window with Jacey for a while.

One tired daddy!

The next morning, Erin was more awake and ready to hold her baby girl.

First family picture.....so sweet.

So alert!

Hello Daddy!

Sweet baby girl!

I went home and took a quick nap and then headed back to the hospital with Aaron and Kristen. Kristen was so excited to finally meet Jacey.

While we were there, we got Jacey changed into her own clothes and she looked so pretty in pink!

Then she got to meet Aaron!

We headed home for the night. Wednesday morning, Randy was scheduled to have his second eye surgery. After his surgery we went back to the hospital. They were released to go home so I took Randy back home, and called Stephanie to run me back to the hospital to drive them home in their car.

Little Sleeping Princess!

On the way home!!

At home in her bassinet!

Randy and the kids came to pick me up and Ian and Momo were thrilled with their new cousin.

Ian doing "This Little Piggie" with Jacey.

Uncle Randy and Jacey.

Kisses from Ian.

Momo and Jacey!

Ian and Jacey!

We are all so happy to finally have Jacey here!! She is so precious!