New Nephew + New Brother In Law = Family

We had a great weekend with a couple of really wonderful events! My sister had a sweet baby BOY on Friday morning. Keegan Li Tan made his grand entrance and he is already really spoiled and I can't wait to get my hands on him again. Also, my little sister, Kathryn got married on Saturday! I know... I am still trying to believe it;-) She had a very nice, small ceremony on Saturday with just family. It was so wonderful to be a part of a special event and we are so happy to welcome Matt, her husband, into the family. They leave next Saturday, April 24th for Amsterdam to serve with YWAM there. Here are a few pictures of our special events. If you need to see more of Keegan just ask... I have LOTS!!!

Just a few hours old! Isn't he beautiful?? :)

Julie, Keegan and I

Don't you love the elephants? That was the gift from our family. The girls also picked out a stuffed elephant as his "special" gift from them!

Am I getting redundant? He is so sweet!

Kathryn on her wedding day!

Kathryn and Matt.

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hartzler

Dad walking Kathryn down the isle.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!

So I had a birthday! We got to have a wonderful family dinner with all my family on Saturday night and on my birthday Barry and the girls spoiled me! It was a wonderfully relaxing day and I feel so blessed by my family... all of them!

Me and the girls on my birthday.

My cake... yes, I turned 35!!!

Julie, Kathryn, Matt and I... all grown up!

Uncle Matt and the girls "trying" out his motorcyle:)

My aunt gave me this awesome mug... it is so true!! Ha! Ha!

Gracie gave me some very pretty earrings, she picked out herself.

Sydney and her beautiful card she made me!

Molly and me with the very cute umbrella she picked out for me!

See how well taken care of I am! I had a great day and feel very loved:)

Easter Fun

We went to my Aunt's house in Hutchinson for Easter, it has kind of become our tradition and we love it! We had a great weekend seeing family, eating yummy food and celebrating Jesus and His Resurrection!!

My sweet girls before church!

Gracie hunting eggs...

Molly, she is on the search!
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Sydney egg hunting. I am surprised she stopped long enough for me to take a picture:)

Getting ready to Egg Hunt!

Sunday morning, Easter baskets!

The girls at a visit to Grandma Pifer's house!

I hope you all had wonderful time with your family celebrating Easter and all it means!

This Dog Cracks Me Up!!!

You just can't help but love a dog that does these things! Since Willow joined the family she gets just as many pictures taken as the girls and you have to capture some of these just because they are funny!

Willow, apparently even Chick Tock, a pop-up book, could not keep her awake!

Snoooozzzzeeee!

Willow likes to hang out on the steps and "guard" the front door!

Now that it is warm and the girls are outside a lot... Willow likes to be outside too! No wonder she gets so stinky... she likes to roll around and lay on her back in the dirt! Silly dog!

Barry likes to pick on Willow when she is sleeping... I am pretty sure 2 seconds after Barry put her on his lap... she was asleep again, like this!

It is Still Winter... Right?

These are some great pictures from Christmas Day that Sherry took that are too good not to post. So on this last day of Winter with more snow expected on the first day of Spring, I thought I would share these...

We went to Dad and Sherry's on Christmas Day and spent a wonderfully, relaxing day.

A couple pictures of the girls and Willow with their Christmas head gear on!

This is how Barry pulled Sydney and Molly on the sleds. Tied the sleds together and attached himself to the sleds with the dog leash and attached Willow to himself and then ran...

It is too funny! See why I had to share these even though it is now March!

Dear Winter,

It has been nice to see you so much this year! You have provided lots of fun opportunities to play in the snow along with lots of piles of wet dirty snow clothes. You have left the backyard wet, muddy and swampy. Please don't take this the wrong way, you are beautiful! The snow days and excuses to stay home have been lovely. The dance parties to get the wiggles out because it was too cold to go outside were fun. However, don't you think maybe it is time to move on? You could leave slowly, let it warm up just a little, I won't mind. My girls' jeans are getting holes in the knees from so much wear, I just think it is time to let Spring move in. We need some weather for capri's and skirts, I just don't want to spend any money on jeans right now. You understand right? I know you will return, you always do and we will look forward to seeing you again. Thank you taking time from your busy schedule of dropping more snow and ice to read this plea from just one mom who is ready to send her children outside to play!

Sincerely,

So Over Winter

I Love Bread!

I found this recipe on one of the blogs I follow... it is for Buttermilk Refrigerator Rolls. I have never attempted homemade bread, from scratch. I am a little scared of it. I love to eat it though! I decided to attempt this recipe, though mostly because it calls for buttermilk and I just happened to have a quart of buttermilk I needed to use up that I had purchased for another recipe. The beauty of this recipe is that you can mix it up and stick it in the fridge and pull it out and make rolls whenever you want to! (The dough will keep for a week).

You must give it a try... I tested it out on the fam last night and they were a huge hit! I think Barry was mostly shocked because I had made homemade rolls:) Enjoy!!