August Photo Highlights

Time to dump the camera's pictures onto the computer again. That means it's time to review the last month of our lives. Anything interesting happen recently? Oh, yes . . .


Every day in Orlando, on our way to lunch, we passed a handful of these figures. James loved them -- he would always wave and say hi. He and Dorie had such a wonderful time in Orlando.

They have also enjoyed returning home. After nearly three weeks away, they were in serious need of grandparent time.


And they have gotten plenty of their Grandpa Mark and Grandma Polly. They even saw their Opi and Omi at the big Mast reunion last weekend, but I didn't get any good pictures of them. As I should have expected at an event like this, I mainly got weird pictures . . . .

Back Home in Delaware --QM

The first thing Dorie and James did after being released from their car-seats was run to the grass by our front door and pluck clover flowers for their mommy.My first action after opening our door was to put those cute little weeds into my "mom pot."

I just love my little people!

(A good friend of mine, Jan Shilke, gave me this tiny flower pot when James was in the hospital with seizures, and whenever I move, I set up these little things to make me feel like home)

Weekend Fun, Weekday Overload! --QM

As I was walking Dorie and James to Child Care this morning, I heard my daughter singing this song. Here are the exact words:

Every day is a beautiful dayEverybody is going to play with Dorie
This is a beautiful song
Up and down
Up and down

The melody was mostly high notes, with a few low notes here and there.
I'm so glad she is still happy to be going to nursery two weeks since we arrived!

We have 12 hours before we get in our van and head to our Church conference that is happening in Maryland this weekend.

A week ago we asked for ideas for our weekend here in Orlando, Florida. Seaworld was suggested, as well as a visit to the State Park or the Zoo.
We went to the Central Florida Zoo--


What a great decision since it also had a little water park between the birds and the monkeys!

Four Years and Counting--QM

These past four years have been the best of my life...marriage to Ethan has been beyond my wildest dreams. Thanks be to God for giving us more than we asked or imagined!

2007

(Fresh-faced and happy, Ethan 21, Queena 24)

2008
(Surprise! Something's brewing!)


2009
(Dorie's arrived and she is almost one, James is still a secret!)

2010
(Now there are two babies for Omi and Opi to babysit
while we visit Mall of America on our way to a wedding)

2011
(Still fresh-faced and still in love;
our children are almost-three and 1.5, Ethan 25, Queena 28)

Happy Fourth of July!

Of course we forgot to bring the camera to the picnic and to the fireworks. So here's a picture of James once we got home at 10:45 on July 4th. Pretty much tells you what kind of day it was.