I know. There's been a hole in your life the past 6 months without my regular posts. Well, despair no more. It's catch up time. Lucky for you, about 2 months of pictures got deleted from my phone, so this'll be shorter than it would be otherwise.
February
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As far as I can tell from looking at my calendar, February was full of the usual business, plus a lot of sickness, including another round of stomach bugs. We babysat a few kids who threw up 15 times in 12 hours. This was the grand finale to 3 months of non-stop illness. Bleh.
March
Ira hid leprechauns all over the house. I'm writing this in July, and I'm pretty sure there are still a few lurking in the cabinets and bookshelves.
Easter
I kept e-mailing our ward about the "Esther Egg" hunt. Oops.
We kept the Easter Egg hunt super simple, because the Primary Temple trip was also in March and we devoted the majority of our time to that instead. (See last post.)
This was the month that Esther started going crazy for solids!
Caught enjoying broccoli.
Bean face
Post-nap hand print sleep mark
April
We started the month with our trip to Japan! (Post pending.) On the way there, we dropped off the boys at Grandma's house in Utah where they had some quality cousin time.
Tiff and Valley demonstrating the lap change
I couldn't have married into a better family
Esther decided on this trip, that she hates car rides with a passion.
The boys enjoying their gifts from Japan.
Hug mugs!
We've been inspired to try our hand at some tasty Japanese dishes including Onigiri and...
Korokke.
Eliot isn't our most adventurous eater at the moment. Not even when offered yummy Japanese potato croquettes.
Movie Night at the school. The Peanuts Movie
Our new tree survived getting knocked over by a snow plow! It was down to about a 45 degree angle, and we just kind of shoved it back up.
Nest discovery
Esther's head is huge. On the chart, it looked far beyond the 97th percentile line...higher than I imaged the 100 mark to be. Meh. Anyway, this helmet is sized for kids 3-5.
In case you wondered what birth class at the Quinn's looks like. :)
Esther trying on a hoodie I wore as a little 80s baby.
9th Familiversary. Since we celebrated earlier on our trip, Ant and I almost forgot our actual Anniversary, and ended up going out spontaneously to a restaurant we've been meaning to try. The Palm Palace....
...with these guys.
Eliot found a mutant dandelion outside the preschool.
Graduation party x 3!
I hosted a little celebration for these three lovely people.
Esther figured out stairs! At least going up them.
Father Sons Campout
Apparently Eliot didn't sleep too well during the night, and caught up a little in the car.
May
Mother's Day dinner! Check out Anthony's presentation skills!
Since we were out of town for Eliot's b-day, we celebrated his 4th a month late.
The Party
Dejavu! Fortunately for me, Eliot wanted a repeat of Ira's birthday.
If this looks familiar, you're not crazy.
New scooter
Esther enjoying Spring rain
We took the kids to the Young People's Theatre production of Tarzan. They did great! Especially for a cast aged 18 and under.
Eliot decided to spend his birthday money from Grandma and Grandpa Ellsworth on pirating it up.
Ira and his friend Vicenzo at their friend's Cheyanna's B-day party.
Esther's unicurl.
No explanation
The boys participated in the community's "Squirt Sports." It's six weeks sampling soccer, flag football and basketball. They loved it!
The Primary heart attacked the bishop's office with a few strings of hearts like this. Each heart represents a week that a child remembered to bring their scriptures to church. I sewed them together so we could decorate with speed, and so that bishop wouldn't hate us forever when he eventually had to clean them up.
Food For Thought
Back in March we started a little discussion group. We meet once a month with friends to potluck and chat about a predetermined topic. Different people have hosted topics including Cultural Appropriation, Artificial Intelligence, Identity, and Civil Disobedience. It's been really fun. Here are pics from a couple.
Kyra's Birthday cake. This was a mathematical pun, that I'm not mathematical enough to remember or completely comprehend. I kept it in here for you numbers people.
These pics crack me up. Everyone looks really bored and uncomfortable. But at least in my memory, we were just all really engrossed in the conversation. On the other hand, it wouldn't hurt to eventually get comfortable furniture.
Sorry that was kind of Travel log-y. I haven't been budgeting time well for documenting life. Anyway, I hope Summer is treating you all splendidly. Till next time.
