a milestone for the wagon!

The ol' wagon hit a new milestone this weekend! We were dating and living in Flagstaff when we hit 200,000 and now we're living in our new house when it hit 250,000.. wonder where we'll be when it hits 300,000.

baby shower extravanganza

It is the season for baby showers! This is definitely a busy time for babies being born. We have four women in our bible study pregnant and due before July.

We celebrated Stephanie at our last women's group on Wednesday. She's due soon- in 3 weeks!

I got in a little snuggle time with Adelle's little guy- Owen.



Adelle busted out her new machine to whip us up some tasty drinks


the woman of the hour!



All the ladies

Happy Easter!

My mom was in town for Easter weekend! We had lots of fun on Easter even though it was drizzly and chilly! We went to an awesome service in the morning, had a tasty brunch where I made this recipe, did a little Easter egg hunt for James and relaxed in the afternoon.

More signs of Spring!

We picnicked on Sunday at the University of Washington. The cherry blossoms were out in full force and it was beautiful!

spring has sprung

Spring is here!

We took a short trip up to La Conner to see the daffodils a couple weeks ago!

the move!

Well it's official.. Ben and I are homeowners!

The closing process went incredibly smooth.. we kept waiting for something to come up to slow down the process, but by Wednesday afternoon, we were standing in our empty house holding the keys!

The Heaviland clan came over on Wed. night for some fun

James was super excited about all the empty space.. so we played some "b-ball"

We had the big move on Saturday .. I was shocked when Ben called after an hour to say that they had the whole place packed up, including the couches that had to be lifted over our 2nd story balcony!

We were so blessed to have lots of family and friends over to help!

It still hasn't sunk in yet that this is where we live.. it kind of feels like we're housesitting.. I will say one thing.. it is AMAZING being able to walk 2 rooms away and do laundry :)

just another ordinary day

I am a follower of many blogs that I find interesting .. if you read blogs you know how it goes.. one person writes about another person so you end up on their blog and then another persons blog and before you know it, you are 10 blogs away from the one you started with.

On one of those occasions. I came across the story of Layla Grace. I have followed her story for many weeks and have wept after reading the story of this family watching their little one tiptoe towards death. I think part of what struck me in such a tender part in my heart was the fact she was two years old. I thought about my nephew James going through those treatments and having to watch my sister and Mark watch their little one's earthly body wither away.

Layla Grace died today and I am struck by the realization that so much is going on around me while I focus on trivial things like whether we will get our mailbox keys tomorrow or how many furniture pads we should reserve. One family is making funeral plans for their little girl while I'm worried about when we will be able to get bar stools for our new house.

I read another blog one time that talked about what it would be like if everyone carried a sign around their neck that disclosed what they are going through in that instant. Maybe they lost their job, maybe they just got divorced, maybe their child just died. It's amazing how easy it is to be insensitive to those around us and focus on what we are going through instead.


Here's a quote from one of her parents' blog post: "She has managed to do more Godly works in her short 2 years on earth than most people do in 80. I take comfort in the fact that when she returns home, she will be greeted by the Lord and hear "Well done good and faithful servant"."

What a good reminder of that this little girl was for me. Praying for Layla Grace's family. Praising that Layla is home with Jesus.