baptism.

My baby brother was baptized today! My parents were not the same religion (my mom was Catholic, my dad was not) so they only taught us basic Christian ideas and left the rest up to us. We went to church with our grandparents or friends fairly often growing up. I liked to (and still do) visit different churches and see what they are like. Buddy and I have talked about trying to find a church that feels "right" to us. Anyway, so Jared has decided on his own to be baptized and confirmed. I'm very proud of him! Plus I got to the church this morning and was utterly shocked by how old he looks! I mean, I see him all the time but today it hit me. He's a young man! Over the past year or so he has gone from my height or a tiny bit shorter, to at least 4 inches taller than me. And he's about to be in high school! I know I've mentioned before that he is about the same age difference from Chris as he is from me. So when I think about what I was doing at his age, I remember him at the age Chris is now, and it seems so unreal. That was just the other day wasn't it?

playing.

This afternoon when I got off work, we went to Mike's house and Chris played with Mary Katelyn and Abby. He hasn't seen them since before Christmas, but they were totally comfortable around each other still. Mary Katelyn and Abby were so willing to let me take pictures of them too, but mostly goofy ones. Chris is always up for some goofy time so he had fun! After that we went to the park, but it was so incredibly crowded that we didn't stay for very long.

riding along.

Sometimes my mom and Jodie come into town and pick us up. I get tired of being stuck in the house so it's great to leave even just to tag along on their errands. Jodie and I had fun goofing off. She took a ride on the bike-shaped bike rack. Dork!

be afraid.

There's a monster in my house!

bloom.

I brought these flowers home last night from the party. I love flowers and I love the cheerful colors!

Miss Emma.

She's almost three months old. Tonight we went to her parents' anniversary party, and she crashed out before it was over. I just love sleeping babies!

tongue.

Just a random picture of Chris, who is increasingly incapable of taking a serious picture.

me.

Taking a picture of myself taking a picture.

I guess this is pretty much what I look like to my kid.

uncooperative.

Chris literally ran away from me as I tried to take his picture. Finally I was able to back him into a corner. Mwahaha.

little chef.

Chris likes to put on his chef hat and help cook. He is such a sweet little helper!

Happy Easter!

Chris had a good Easter. We went to church this morning with Buddy's family. Then Buddy had to work so we went to my mom's house to hunt eggs with my family. Chris had a Lightning McQueen Easter basket. He had lots of fun hunting eggs and then dumping them out to see what was in them. Trevor wanted to help too.

a big mess.

You literally can not walk in my hallway. This is why.

you want a piece of me?

Yeah, we watch a lot of Toy Story in our house. Chris loves it. It's a pretty cute movie. I remember watching it with Jared when he was Chris's age or maybe a little younger. We don't even have the DVD, we have Jared's old VHS. Haha!

happy spring!

Spring starts this week! I think the day after tomorrow is technically the first day. But we never have much of a winter here anyway, so it's all the same. Anyway, today we went to the park for a long time. It has been gorgeous outside. Chris is still not crazy about swinging too high, he would rather be running around and climbing.

play-doh.

Chris wanted to play with play-doh. Which means that he wanted to tell me things to make. I'm not any more talented at play-doh than at anything else, but I guess he's little so he doesn't care. So...I made 2 snakes and a guy. Chris helped some.