Drawings, Food, Valentine's Day

Hello again. Here are some shots from February.

 

One evening Orion decided to draw a picture for us. He can draw way better than I ever could. Some of the things he comes up with are really quite unbelievable. The way he interprets lines into images blows my mind. I am thankful that he seems to be naturally good at it.

This one was a moose by a lake with a tree and a person. I think the person has green hair. :)

Zac has been making some amazing Indian food lately. Above are some vegetables that we sliced for pakoras, which are basically vegetable fritters. And they are delicious! And the below onions and celery are probably for korma. I love how bright and vibrant they are. And I love that after it's all cooked, it is sooooo delicious.

But I didn't get a shot of the finished product. Hmmm...maybe next time.

Valentine's Day!

Orion decided to write his greetings in cursive.

There were so many hearts and sticker backs around afterward!

Maebelle did a wonderful job helping pick them all up, though.

Orion counting to make sure he has enough for the whole class. And his finished stack...

So, happy Valentine's Day, a little bit late! :)

Sweet Little Jonah

On April 25, 2013, my wonderful brother and his beautiful wife had their first baby. His name is Jonah Lawrence and he is super sweet. 

I absolutely love the picture above with Josh holding Jonah in their home and Brandy in the background by the dining table.

Maebelle loves babies. She was soooooo excited to get to hold little Jonah. This was when he was about 3 or 4 days old. So tiny.

Orion loved holding him as well. However he was a little more cautious and timid.

For the birth of Jonah, I made them a blanket. This was my first large crochet project and I love the way it turned out. I based it off of a blanket that we received from Zac's grandma Trefz when Maebelle was only a month old.

The blanket we received has been used and used and used. It is good for summer, winter, playing, cuddling or sleeping.

Maebelle took the next two of me. We don't have many pictures of me, so it was fun to see these. :)

The nursery for Jonah is gray with a green chair. And when shopping for yarn, these colors just seemed to work together. Josh and Brandy are also huge KU Basketball fans, so the red and blue fit as well. :)

I hope Jonah and his family get as much use out of this colorful, bold blanket as we have gotten out of ours.

Here is Jonah at Josh's birthday party, I believe, where he would have been about a month old.

I love how they are gazing into each other's eyes.

::smile::   ::sigh::

Still more to come...

Beginning A Marathon, 2013

So, I started this post a long time ago, and forgot about it. I guess I'll finish it before I move on to more recent events. I know it's taken a while for me to get to posting new pictures, however I have quite a few now that need to be posted. And I'm excited to share them with you. Whomever you are...

I love the one above of Orion and his lizard eye. Don't know exactly why, but it's one of my favorites in a long time.

For Orion's sixth birthday (yes, back in January), we went bowling. Which I believe is his favorite activity ever. He absolutely loves bowling. :)

Orion did really well. I think that he got a strike this evening!

Yay Maebelle!

Oh, I love it!

Kinda sassy!

For his birthday, we gave Orion a telescope. It's an Orion brand telescope, which we thought was fun.

And during his party, we made superhero masks. Lily's mask was so perfect and precise. She did a wonderful job!

Luca loved the glitter!

And Orion's. It was lots of fun, but the glitter didn't dry as quickly as we thought it might. Lesson learned. :)

As I said, I have lots more to post. Hopefully I can get to them before another 8 months passes. :) Have a beautiful day!