The mystery was solved.... What was on the Peninsula was a whole lotta stuff we weren't allowed to look at.

 

 
Yay!! We're done!

Easter 2009

We had a fantastic Easter. I mean picture perfect. We woke up and the girls were over the moon first to see that Jesus was out of the 'tomb,' and second to see their Easter baskets on the table. We got them all gussied up and went to a lovely service at church. We came home and did a whirlwind cleaning of the house and whipped up a dinner (thanks SO MUCH Gramma K for the corn recipe!), and had some good friends over (can I just say that the chocolate chip cheesecake we had for dessert was FANTASTIC). The girls did their Easter Egg hunt and Carolyn was very happy with her 'basket of loop' as she kept calling it. And then the day ended on the most perfect note with the most brilliant rainbow I've ever seen out in the Harbor.

 
Look! Jesus is out of the tomb! He is Risen!

 
Abbie is a fan of Easter baskets

 
Abbie insisted on eating in her Nemo chair, so she could sit by her buddy, Hunter. She ended up with her own private table for Easter dinner.

 

 
Easter Sunday Best

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The end of the rainbow was just over this little island. Absolutely gorgeous.

Fun Stuff

 

 
Fairy Princess

 
Ok... So this is diaper cream on my child's face. That's the funny part. That's the part that made me laugh when I caught her after she'd smeared it all over her face instead of going to sleep one night. The part that wasn't so funny was flushing her eyes (while I held them open) for five minutes as per poison control's instructions.... So, even our diaper cream is under lock and key these days... *sigh*

 

 
Gotta love a girl in cowboy boots.

 
Carolyn trying on some spiffy shoes and dress up shoes while Todd visited--thanks Todd and Jamie for the fun stuff!

The New House

Some promised photos of the new house. We're so excited about our view. The most amazing part of it to me, surprisingly isn't the amazing views of the water and the moutains. The thing that I love on top of all of that is watching the clouds. We watch the weather as it moves in and out and the cloud-shows we get are spectacular. This house is such a gift of grace. There is no reason in the world that we should live in a place this beautiful, but somehow this home fell into our laps. We are just so thankful.

 
Water View

 
The playground right behind our house and a view of the Olympic mountains

 
Our New House--For Real this time!