Hannah's Baptism

Photo: Heather

We baptized Hannah at church on Sunday. Dave, Joshua, and Dan all were part of the service.

Photo: Heather

Photo: Heather

Photo: Heather

Photo: Heather

Joshua got to baptize Hannah.

Photo: Heather

Photo: Heather

It was so special to have our families there and to have the service at our church.

We celebrated afterwards with lunch with Dave and Gayle.

At Sunday dinner, we celebrated with Hannah again and had a graduation party for Evan and Heather.

Graduations

Photo: Heather

Evan graduated from high school, and we couldn't have been prouder of him. It was fun at attend his graduation ceremony and see Isaac and Heather present his diploma.

The following Saturday, Heather walked in her commencement ceremony to receive her BSN. It was exciting to go up and celebrate with her.

 Isaac and I with our latest fellow alum.

Post-Birthday Fun

Mary and David are enjoying all the new things Mary got for her birthday.

Triple Birthday Dinner

We celebrated our May birthday trio with birthday dinner at Mom and Dad's house.

Each birthday kid got to choose their own dessert, so we had doughnuts, chocolate cake, and mint brownies.

Mary's Birthday

Mary turned five on Wednesday, and we had fun celebrating with her. Joshua stayed home to have birthday breakfast with us before work, then Heather stopped by to drop off a birthday balloon.

We spent the rest of the day at Dad and Mom's house and enjoyed the time there, including a lengthy craft session.

Thursday we started the day off by having birthday breakfast with Elias. Mary came home with a party hat that she wore often throughout the day. We had birthday dinner that evening.

She requested a lemon cake with a dinosaur in a meadow with flowers and butterflies.

We finished things off with gifts. It was a fun way to celebrate with our sweet girl.

Five Years

Mary is five!

She loves learning about things and how stuff works.

She thinks through things carefully and asks great questions. The other day we were talking about colds and how you get colds from other people. After a brief pause, she asked, "If people always get colds from other people, where did the first cold come from?"

Mary likes drawing, coloring, mazes, secret codes, and cutting things into tiny, precise pieces.

She loves to play pretend and read books together.

Building things out of Legos, especially with Daddy, is a favorite activity. She also likes taking care of things, including her stuffed animals and her brother and sister.

Mary is enthusiastic and a joy to know.

Six Months

Hannah is a year and a half old and as fun as ever!

She loves playing and being held.

She grabs things she is interested in, which is just about everything.

Her favorite toys right now are teething toys fresh from the fridge.

Hannah loves playing with her sister and brother, who both love playing with her.

She scoots around in circles on her tummy. Between scooting and rolling, she manages to move around a lot, like when she made it all the way from the blanket into the tent.

 We love our little girl!

Holding Hannah