Fun weekend

We had an eventful weekend! Micah had his golden birthday on the 28th! Unfortunately he was on call, and had a busy one at that. He was able to sneak away for an hour to go out for lunch with us, and that was it :( The boys and I made him a cheesecake and wrapped up his presents and waited until bedtime. I had to give him a call to find out if he could come home at all-and the equipment rep answered his phone for him in the OR...so that was a big fat "not going to make it-you better put the kids to bed" phone call. He didn't come home until after 1:30am. Then that morning we had to high tail it out to our parent's for Larry and Sandy's 30th anniversary party! They reached that big milestone on March 3rd...but with scheduling conflicts had to hold off the party until now. She wore her wedding dress!! I hope I can still fit in mine in 30 years! And she rented Larry a 70's style tux so they looked just like their wedding photo...it was so awesome. Being that it was a Sunday we couldn't stay late, and had to leave the party early so we can get home at a reasonable 10:30pm...and we still had to do Cake and presents to celebrate Micah's birthday. It was a looooong night and we were grateful when the kids were finally in bed. I forgot my camera, even though I was sure it was in my purse...so this is one of the only photos I have of the happy couple so far. But she had a photographer there, so many pictures were taken and I can't wait to see them all :)

What an inspiration!
And I'm happy to say that My parents will be celebrating their 32nd anniversary in May! Micah and I are so lucky to have 2 shining examples of what commitment and true love really means...

Happy Birthday Micah!

Spring is almost here!

I am sure I'm not alone when I say that I can't wait for it to really be spring! We have definitely had some really nice days-but now they are telling me it might snow this weekend! grrr.... Of course we have taken advantage of the nicer weather and have spent some time outside with the kids. I was gone last Saturday and Micah's family came into town-so they had some fun in the sun:

My children are such goobers :)

My good friend Laura had her baby this past Tuesday, and we got to watch James and Ally for the day. The kids had a lot of fun together, and I particularly enjoyed the "quiet time" they took while Devin napped :)

Later that night we got to take the kids to the hospital to meet their new sister, Grace Anne, and give her the picture frames and birthday cake they made. Such a beautiful family!

Rachel and Adam also came with us, and they got to practice being parents with Devin :)

It's been a fun and busy week. I've got spring fever! Babies being born, the trees and flowers are starting to bud, the days are getting longer...I love it! The only thing I'm not a fan of is the switching of clothes and closets, the grass that needs to be raked, and the dreaded spring cleaning...All that nesting I did with Devin could really come in handy about now!
Happy Spring Everyone!

busy week

I felt like I was doing so well updating the blog-and now have slacked off again! It was a busy week while Micah was away. We spent the first weekend with our families and drove back Monday night to attend a choir concert. My old college choir was on tour in our area, and we hosted a few girls for the night. We went about our week as normal, but it was hard not having Micah around. We picked him back up Sunday and got back home pretty late. This past week we have been trying to get things back in order since he came home. And I am trying to get the boys' closets ready for their spring and summer clothes. It's a lot of laundry and organizing! I had a lot of fun shopping with my friend Laura who is having her baby tomorrow!! We got most of everything we needed to get our kids ready for the spring time. And since the weather has been getting better we have been spending a lot of time outside-I love it! This past Saturday I was able to go back to my college and celebrate my choral director's 25 years at the college. It was so much fun because I got to stay with Anneliese who was one of my bridesmaids, and have a night to just relax without the boys. It was Micah's first night without my help, but his parents and brother were in town-so he had some help :)
I'm still at that point where I have a lot of organizing and cleaning to do, and I'm hoping to get it all finished this week...including our taxes...
Many of you know I am a procrastinator, but Micah is going to help give me the push to get those done now!
We have some pictures to post, and I'm hoping to get to that very soon. I'll be sure to include some of Nicaragua with a little commentary from Micah-check back soon!

Missing Daddy

Micah left for Nicaragua on Saturday for his medical mission trip. I was able to go back and visit our families over the weekend after he left, and Sandy took these cute photos of the boys and I. We are so very proud of Micah and the work he is doing out there-but we miss him so much! We can't wait for him to come home safe and sound. Hopefully he'll be able to check this sometime while he's gone if they have internet access. So this one's for you baby!

We love you and miss you Daddy!

I know you love me :)

Look who's standing up!

So I go into get Devin up from his nap yesterday because I heard the mobile playing a little-and thinking to myself "hmmm...." And this is how I found him! The little stink pot pulled himself up! I knew this was coming quickly-and he has yet to pull himself to stand up on anything downstairs besides the fireplace-but it's sure to happen soon. Looks like I need to lower the mattress :) Oh he's getting so big!!

My sweeties

Micah is getting ready to leave for his medical mission trip to Nicaragua on Saturday. This is his 6th trip in all-his third to Nicaragua. He started going in medical school, and he has made it work by taking vacation time to go during residency. It is something that he loves, and we are so proud of him. Of course it's so sad to see him go-we miss him a lot, and pray that he comes home safely! In preparation of him leaving, I wanted to take some more recent photos of the kids for him to take with him on the trip. Well, who really needs an excuse to take pictures of their kids?? But it was fun because the boys were both in good moods. So here are some cute ones I took-enjoy!

Gotcha! :)

Night Out

A few days ago my mom came out to go to a doctor's appointment with me, and took the boys back home with her so Micah and I could have a night to ourselves. Micah was scheduled to work a hockey game that night, and then we went out for a drink afterwords. It is so nice to have dates every once in awhile! Especially with Micah's crazy schedule, we don't waste any moment we have. Thank you mom and dad for helping out! And Hilary for actually babysitting that night :)

Little kiddos playing in between periods.

Micah and the Trainer waiting for their services to be needed :)

Here we go...there were a couple of fights-so Micah got to stitch them up.

I love my baby :)

Cute kiddos

The boys and I were just taking it easy and I thought Devin was so cute sitting in this chair :) He's just chilling out, being all cute ;)

And Aiden got the Click Start computer from us for Valentine's Day (since it's my sister's birthday my family has always made a big deal of V-day and we've always gotten treats and gifts-so I'm continuing the tradition). He LOVES it! He could spend hours on it-and some days I let him. I think it's better than him just watching TV that whole time. Anyway-he was playing and commented that he was thirsty. Micah was standing there with his pop and gave him the bottle. It just looked like a typical guy...sitting in the chair in front of the TV drinking away and not paying any attention to anything else going on! Micah and I were cracking up!! He just kept going on his business of the computer and drinking away...it was cute :)