Honor Flight

Here are a few pictures from Grandpa Bishop's Honor Flight.  Their flight was delayed by a number of hours so it was quite late when they finally arrived!  It was hard snapping pictures between the family members who gathered to welcome their loved ones home.

Snapshots

To me this picture really captures Emilia--our little happy shy girl.

 

Ivy loves her blankie--especially that corner!

 

We took that kite all the way to the ocean and then forgot to fly it.  Tonight Corey took the older girls to the park for their first kite flying while I had activity days.

A Little Beach Escape

It was about time we took time for a family vacation.  Conveniently Aunt Tracey lives in paradise so it worked out perfectly to visit!  We found a nice condo on the beach and all stayed together!  We had a great time minus the day Aunt Tracey was cooped up in her room loosing her cookies.


We saw a seal!

California sounds warm and cozy, but it was actually pretty chilly.  It felt more like an Oregon beach vacation--but that worked out ok as there were not as many people there.

It's hard to tell, but a minute before this picture Ivy was walking in the waves and stronger wave caused her to slip into the water.  She was never in danger, but she was really really cold.

Noelle LOVED the water.  That is all she wanted to do.

Ivy, no longer trusting the sea, decided she liked the sand best.  We built sand castles and she had fun filling shells with sand.

On Sunday before we left I wanted one picture with all my girls (fitting for Mother's day).  The first picture was the best one as some individuals started posing to keep things interesting and others refused to look at the camera.

I have to say real life chaos makes better pictures.

Spring

We went to the Tulip Festival last weekend.  It was overcast and threatened to rain, but it was fun seeing all the spring flowers out in bloom.  I haven't been to the gardens in ages so it was all new to me.  I got zero good pictures of kids so I will remember the pretty blooms instead.

Emilia loves to scrunch her nose when she smiles.  She actually looks quite different smiling and not smiling!  Her hair definitely has a touch of copper red in it--but I don't know that we'll be lucky enough to get an Aunt Chrissy red head.  We think it may stick around as a strawberry brunette or something.

Although she's half out of the picture, I think this one captures her personality well.  She is always on the move with some mischievous purpose (most likely eating a tiny speck of garbage you forgot to vacuum).  Diaper changes are like trying to put a diaper on a bobcat.  Not easy. 

Cinco

Time moves more quickly looking backward.  This girly is five already.  She's a detail oriented, creature loving, lover of all things silly kind of girl.  She is also hard to photo graph when she is excited for her birthday.

Yesterday the girls decided to have their own picnic and set up everything on their own while I was doing something else.  They enjoyed reading books and drinking water in the sunshine. The highlight of their outing was finding a lady bug.

 

 

  

Cute Overload

I snuck away for another quick visit to see darling Gia.  She is such a good baby.  It was fun snapping a few more pictures of her and Chrissy's little family!

This is my favorite one so far.

 

Family picture!