Isaac's Handbell Concert

Isaac had his first handbell concert on Palm Sunday.  He joined the handbell choir after Christmas and has really enjoyed it so far. He was very excited to play and informed me several time that his handbells were "aqua", not blue.

Isaac has grown alot during this school year.  The obvious change is that he is getting taller!  I think he grows each night.  He is reading now and can tell time.  He is also gets more and more handsome.  I wonder sometimes why God blessed me so much to be his mom.  He is my compassionate, loving son and has truely lived up to the meaning of his name, "laughter."

What Have We Been Up To?

Since it's been a while since I've blogged, I thought I'd give a quick synopsis of the past two months.

I celebrated my birthday with a tasty breakfast at the Four Sisters' Owl Dinner with my family. Isaac and I love breakfast foods. I also opened a beautiful pink and silver necklace that was picked out by Isaac. Rick hit it out of the park with his gift- my own Tiffany blue box that contained a silver link bracelet with a heart charm! I love it! Then, in the evening, we had a nice dinner with the president of our alma mater, Evangel University, and some fellow alums. It was really great to see old friends and hear about all the new stuff going on back in Misery, oh wait, that's supposed to Missouri.

We took a family trip to Lincoln, New Hampshire where we joined the rest of Rick's family for ski vacation. Isaac did great and by the end, he didn't need any help. Caleb, my nephew, also did great for his first time. Isabella was ready to go, but is still a little young. So she'll be out on the slopes next year. Guess I'll have to learn to ski for the 5^th time so I can keep up with my kids.

We also managed to go the pediatrician's office twice in a week- once for each kid. They both had ear infections. Isabella also had pink eye and congestion in the non-infected ear. They are both fine and I have some amoxicillin still in the fridge. BTW- I highly recommend the temporal scan thermometer. So much easier- in fact, my little daughter tells me almost every morning that she had a temperature!

I am hoping to get selected to run in the Falmouth Road Race in August. So I've started training for that 7 mile run. It's been really challenging, but also really rewarding so far. Lauren, one of my sisters-in-law, and a friend and I are all hoping to win the lottery for it. I am very slow, but am really working on consistency and endurance as I've never run seven miles before. Last week was the first time I ran four miles. I read this book called, Marathon for Mortals (thanks, Beth), and it really helped me to get motivated. I also realized that it's not about how fast I go or how much better I am, but that I finish the race (and not get injured).

Isaac and I are also planning for our garden this year. So far we have seeds for tomatoes- beefsteak and roma, multi-colored sweet peppers, cilantro, and sunflowers. I want to get them planted in little starter containers this week so they can be ready to go by the end of May. Hopefully the snow will be gone by then! Oh, and yes, we did get about 4" of wet, heavy snow on April 1^st.