4 Years

I am so thankful this wasn't the year of our outdoor wedding.  Talk about rain on your wedding day!
Four years ago April 4th was a beautiful day!  Beautiful in every way!

Since then it has been pretty crazy.

We moved to China...

We traveled all over Asia and Australia and New York and Amsterdam...

We had a baby...

We traveled some more...

We moved back to the states with our kid...

We renovated a house...then sold it...

We had another baby...and moved within 24 hours...

We bought a house...

Now that the craziness is behind us we hope to have a relaxing year 4.  I don't know how that will work out since we already have a huge list of things we want to do in our new house.  Plus we have these two little guys...

...and I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Our House: The Closing Date

We got a call that "there was a problem with our hardwoods" (sigh)...the contractor goes on to say "the flooring guy accidentally continued the hardwoods into the guest room" which was supposed to have the standard carpeting.  He asked me if we wanted him to tear it up and prep it for carpet...um NO.
The floors look awesome (even covered in paper)

The counter tops are beautiful

I even like the kitchen back splash that has been haunting me ever since they showed us the designers choices...seriously it made me question the whole house...should we have built from scratch so we (I) could pick what we wanted?  Seriously Lindsay...

To be honest I would have wanted a modern glass tile which wouldn't look good with the busy (in a beautiful way) counter tops.

We have tile floors in the bathrooms

We have a mailbox

We have "grass" and bushes and a tree...

(I asked them to move the tree out of the only yard we have...the contractor is taking care of it.  I told him we needed some open area to play in)

Oh yeah...we also have a closing date...APRIL 29!!!

Nap Time Photo Shoot

As promised I have Hunter some camera time...although he wasn't thrilled I think these are the best pictures I've taken yet.  I'm sure it helped having a subject that didn't run away.  These are all unedited.  Editing is my next project...you know after moving, painting, decorating, taking care of kids, play dates, meal planning, etc...etc...etc...

LOVE those eyelashes!  As you can tell Hunter spends most of his waking hour looking cute and eating his hands.

Easter 2013

This Easter marked Hunter's first overnight trip and our families first visit since my parents sold my childhood home.  I first thought I would miss the house but I know living on one floor is so much better and to be honest I didn't even miss the house.
Since my parents are currently looking for a new church I suggested we visit the Church my old youth pastor started.  It was great!  I not only got to see Chris and Jenny after many years but I got to see their children (the oldest is in High School and I used to babysit him and his younger brother).  We ate dinner with my brother, sister in law and a few family friends...I LOVE big holiday meals that include anyone and everyone!  Bethany's mom hosted 20+ people at her house, she made napkins look like bunny ears, put place cards out and even borrowed chairs from someone who had the same kitchen chairs so not one person had a folding chair...I LOVE THE DETAILS...woman after my own heart.

No doubt about it my kids love their Uncle Scott and Aunt "Beffy"...and I think they enjoy my kids as well...

Adam and I actually got some time to eat and sit thanks to all the people (and animals) who were obviously only there to entertain Zack...

Still working on my photo skills...I need to start editing.  Even if it is a little underexposed I think this is a keeper!

Zack was lucky enough to be the only kid (under 19) and therefore was able to keep all the eggs for himself.  He did really well...I guess all those hours of egg hunting practice paid off.

looks like Hunter was able to find an egg!