It's a Boy!!

 I think this 3D shot looks just like my brother Jake as a baby. 

Due Oct. 12
We're Excited! 
Yeah, ok, we're nervous too.  4 Kids!  I hope we're ready for this. 

Jensen Cello Concert

 Daddy has been working so hard with Jensen practicing cello every day.

 Thanks for coming over for the concert Grandmas and Papas!

 Musical Family...  a work in progress.

 Jensen with his teacher.

Like mother like daughter.  Matching outfits!  And for those of you wondering... I'm not just fat ok, I'm expecting.  Due October 12 and I'll give more detail in another post.

The song he plays is called Song of the Wind

Fishing

 A little fishing trip down at sparrows point. 

 Isn't that fishing vest cute! 

 Jensen is in love with the sand.

 Crazy Ryley decided to go swimming.  It was not what I would call a warm day.  She said it felt great.  I was surprised how un-salty the water was.  I guess we're far enough up the Chesapeake Bay that the rivers dilute it.

 Papa got skunked, but Jensen and Mommy each caught a little tiny fish.  Not enough for dinner. 

I think she was a little tired of the wind at this point.  She doesn't look happy, but she's faithfully holding that pole waiting for the fish to bite.

Miscillaneous

 This is Evelyn, throwing a tantrum.  She likes to just play dead. 

 Kinex glasses.  Goofy, but admittedly creative.

 Ryley got her ears pierced!  She almost fainted afterwards too.  I don't think she's going to be a nurse like her momma and grandma and auntie Jessie or her great grandma Davis.  No mam.  She gags at the slightest drop of blood too.

 Family Fun Magazine inspired me to salvage all of Jensen's holey pants.

 Evelyn is getting really good at drawing.  It has eyes and legs and everything!

 Sometimes Evy is very safe and doesn't like to take her bike helmet off.

This is her Tiger face.  See the claws.

Spring is finally here!

 Yeah!  All of a sudden everything is in bloom and the grass is green.  It's all so magical!

 The biker gang.  They race around the parking lot daily after school.  I love the pink popcorn tree in the background.  They've started falling down now and it's like pink snow!

 Like I said - monkeys for children.

Hiking

 I have monkeys for children!

 Evelyn is holding Salamander eggs!  A fellow hiker, who happened to be a biology professor, informed us.

 This is a nice waterfall that we're going to have to come back to when it's summertime so we can slide down. 

 Notice the difference in apparel.  Don't be fooled.  Ryley is pretending not to be cold.  My kids think that if it's sunny, then it's warm.  In truth it was only 50 with a wicked wind chill.

 See, look how tough we are!  We're not cold!

 Evelyn loves grubs.

 We like to build rock cities.  Very creative.

Easter and Spring Break

 Even mom and dad got to dye some Easter Eggs this year.

We headed over to WV for some fun during Spring Break.  We had planned on skiing since there was still lots of snow at Wisp, but they closed the ski resort part.  Luckily we still could go tubing.  I couldn't believe how much it snowed on us!  This winter really is just dragging on now.

We had a massive Easter Egg hunt in my parent's huge yard.  This year we got smart too, and color coordinated the eggs so that Ryley could only get the pink and purple eggs, Jensen got blue and green and Evelyn was only supposed to pick up the yellow and orange ones.  Wow!  It worked so well I'm going to do that every year!  No more, "Stop that, let Evelyn get the easy ones on the ground!"  It sure was a bitter cold day for egg hunting though.

 I love my Dad in the back ground doing a nice open-mouthed back scratcher with a twist on the trampoline.

 Evy found the golden egg.

 Apparently we've collected a lot of plastic eggs over the years and each kid got to find 42.  Ryley's at a loss here of where to find the last dozen.  She stubbornly refused any hints.

A tree had fallen down in their yard so Dad let me help cut it up.  Chain saws are fun!

 Then, of course, we had to have a bonfire and roast marshmallows.

 Evelyn looks like Count Chocula.

 Ryley stuck a robin egg inside one.  Good idea.

 Roasting the perfect marshmallow takes lots of concentration.

Ryley invented an Easter game for us to play.  Pin the beak on the chick!

Another fun part of spring break was watching the Ten Commandments movie.  We watched it in half hour segments each night.  Surprisingly the kids loved it and looked forward to it every night.  What an amazing scripture story!