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Friday, April 12, 2013

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rare moment of sweetness... yes they are actually being sweet, ivy doesn't have him pinned down



chicken & spinach enchiladas
photos by ivy:



this week hasn't been particularly long, just really tiring. 
kevin and i feel 100 years old by 8 o'clock. 
is this normal? we're pretty sure we're the only ones. 
our dinner dates have to be at 5:30 or i literally can't make it. :) 
hey evvia. best restaurant around hands down. 

highlights from the week (last week?):
when ivy cried because i told her she can't marry eli.
homemade chicken enchiladas
ivy wore shorts! (and without any drama)
eli is basically practically bottle-weened
the glorious weather
the day eli only ate chocolate milk, a chocolate milkshake and croutons.
new summer dress in the mail (for me, not ivy for once)
eli's gymnastics class....picking up a squishy ball and dunking it one-handed?! impressive.
 sweetest kid ever. he goes where he's supposed to and always wants me right by him.
when it's time to go, he says "bye bye" real softly and leaves without any fuss
even though it's the best 45 minutes he's ever had in his life.


weekend plans:
make blueberry muffins and eat 'em all
take ives to a local kid's musical.. she is going to loove it
susie cakes
clean the backyarrrrrd
go watch a stanford baseball game with ivy's preschool.. should be fun
horse riding lesson
oh yeah.. take the kids to benihanas per ivy's request haha i'm super excited about this
i miss tokyo
and while we're at it, novroskys and chula vista.
wow i am fat.

hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

He is Risen!







 we were in town for easter, just us, so it was pretty laid back and simple. 
(we haven't been in texas for easter the past 3 years so that's kinda sad) 
but we had a wonderful day.
ivy woke us up when she walked into our room with her easter dress half pulled over her head, a sponge in her hand and a jelly bean in her mouth. 
"mom! eli got a sponge in his easter basket!"
"really? cool, sweetie. go put it back reeeallll quietly and i'll be there in just a minute."
(e loves to clean). 
i thought it was sweet she was so excited for him :)
not so sweet that she raided both baskets before the crack of dawn.

we made our favorite muffins with sprinkles 
opened baskets 
got dressed for church. 
(ivy couldn't have been more excited to wear her dress and flower headband. 
she is literally crazy about dresses.) 
celebrated easter and our risen Lord.
 home for naps and baking.
glazed sugar cookies and coconut pie. 

our super sweet neighbors invited us over for an early dinner. 
grilled lamb chops, mashed potatoes, asparagus, 
salad and homemade bread. so good. 
we sat outside and it was just so nice. 
her older kids hid eggs for mine and ivy was in.to. it. 
after she found them all, she re-hid them and hunted again by herself. 
eli found some too and ate probably 7 chocolate eggs. 
i do not know where he kept finding them. 
they have a few chickens, so when she first invited us over for dinner and an egg hunt, 
i thought they were going to hide chicken eggs..and i was kind of worried my kids would be disappointed and i would get embarrassed and aren't those really fragile?...but..it was just the plastic ones :)
she even had this big prize bag and everything. 
so, so sweet.

and that was nice and all, but the glory of Easter is really something entirely different.
i am so thankful for Jesus and the cross.
He is Risen!
By His wounds you have been healed. 

hope y'all had a happy easter!