Connor's Birthday

Connor is now three! He had a wonderful birthday with many surprises. Grandpa and grandma Ellsworth came to visit along with Uncle Matt. When he woke up he wanted muffins, so we had a big breakfast and then when everyone woke up we played outside until Carson left for school. He had a special delivery of "fruit salad" and then he went to the park. A little while later Daddy came home from his last day of school, which was a great present for us all. We all met Carson at the bus stop then picked up pizza and went to Schenley park for a birthday party. We opened presents, had pizza and cake, and played and played. When we got home we did a few little sparklers, although Matt almost exploded with all of the sparklers he lit simultaneously. Connor was pretty tired by the end of the day, but we all had a great time and it was a special day for him!

Eating "fruit salad"


Happy!


Playing at the park

Schenley park looking at downtown:

Opening presents:

Eating cake:

Spring has Sprung!!

I love having a full spring here. It sure makes winter a distant memory! It also makes me so grateful for the beauty of green and colorful flowers. I love it!

Here are a few shots of our lovely yard. Having a big backyard has been a blast for the boys (and me too)! Any time the sun peeks out, even for a few moments, we run outside and enjoy the time. I still miss my skin being scorched when I walk outside (really, I do), but I am told it gets quite hot here too, so I'll be patient.

I'm a little too late to capture the full majesty of this magnolia tree, but when it was completely covered in blooms it was SPECTACULAR!! It is in the front corner of our house and I would have people stop and comment on it all the time. It was a little messy when the blooms dropped, but it was worth it! This picture was taken 4/21 and the next one was today (5/12). Not quite as pink, but still pretty! It is fun to see the progression of the plants in the background and underneath growing too...

If you were to ask, "What kind of weirdo takes a picture of her mailbox?" I could answer, "Me!" I'm a dork, but I love flowers, and after a grey and cold winter, I am relishing these days!

Soon to be strawberries! We have 54 more plants like these...

Connor enjoying the sunshine. I love having a little "retreat" to just hang out on, read, etc. while the boys play.

Isn't it fun? Come visit and see first hand!

Fun with Grandma

We had a party weekend since Grandma Ellsworth came into town. She arrived on Wednesday and we had such a great visit. On Friday Kevin was invited to perform his cello at the memorial service for the medical school and it was beautiful. The whole program was very nicely put together and the number we played added a nice tone.



We had an interesting experience when we ate at King's restaurant, but the rest of the eatin' was pretty good! We tried a new place called Harry's pizza that was fabulous and then ice cream at Sarris' candy shop, and what trip with the boys would be complete with out Olive Garden! We even had a fantastic dinner on Sunday from HoneyBaked Ham. Grandma was sure good to us!!
There was plenty of entertainment as well with the Home Depot clinic on Saturday, as well as several goals at Carson's soccer game.

Uncle Matt came to visit that night with his friend Tally, and after staying up way too late watching Madagascar (I & II), we woke up early on Sunday to go to Stake Conference. It was a satellite broadcast and was nice. Matt said his favorite part was the time: 90 minutes.

It was a fun week, but there were some grumpy faces leaving the airport this morning! Thanks for the great visit everyone!