some friends from our church, the zengers, have pretty much the sweetest living arrangement ever. they have a big farmhouse, with a giant porch and lots of land. barns and buildings are everywhere. and they pretty much have a farm. some horses, chickens, ducks and sheep. and the sheep just had lambs. and we just […]
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more pictures of random kids.

since we’ve been back from ny, the weather has been glorious, so many park outings have been in order. picnic lunch with friends. goofy boys. laughing girls. the blackberry thief. car frame fun. on another nice day, my pal kristin boone took some pictures of mostly anna. some isaac. we’ve also played with some play-doh, […]
some more from ny. and pa.

here are some random new york pics, plus some of our journey home… playing with chalk at new gramma’s and grampa terry’s. tic-tac-toe with jake at tullys. hanging with “the other isaac”. drumming at leslie’s. cousins, bathing. at leslie’s. on the way home, we took a slight detour and stopped in pennsylvania to visit our […]
pontillo’s friends.

yesterday morning in batavia was a little crazy, after finding out the news about my uncle ray. we went to julie redband/varland’s house to play with her isaac (her anna is in school). then, anna took the world’s longest nap. and then we went to the old pontillo’s (now “batavia’s original”) for 25 cent wings […]
krispy kreme valentines

valentines day. lame. except for the part where a bunch of stay at home mom friends gather at krispy kreme and let their kids feast on a healthy, wholesome breakfast of heart shaped donuts with pink sprinkles… (disclaimer: i did not get shots of all of the kids and moms. sorry.) grae: kess: anna: isaac: […]
tutu party

today was our friend addison’s 2 year birthday party. since she turned two on 2/2, her parents threw her a tutu party. i had to wake anna from her nap early to go. she wasn’t happy. strawberries: cupcake: all the kids trying to sit still for a pic: anna, at home, where i could finally […]
the end of the baking frenzy

these last few weeks have been chock full of cakery. it started with jesse’s cake on the 21st and finished up yesterday, when i made these top secret cupcakes for a top secret surprise baby shower for my friend ashley. she’s having a second boy. and likes chocolate. and green. and elephants. while it’s been […]
carlye’s baby shower cupcakes.

more owls. and starbursts. and lots of chocolate. these were the final bit of cakery in a long week of lots of celebrations. ike’s THREE parties. jesse and ezra’s cakes. and then these. i have one big cake this week. for isaac’s friend from school. and some cupcakes. and then hopefully i’m off for awhile. […]
party time. excellent.

so, yesterday, we had two big bashes for ike’s fifth birthday. first, 6 or so of his best buds joined us at bounce u for some running, jumping, sliding, wrestling and general mayhem. i never get good pics in bounce u. too much motion. terrible lighting. iphone camera. it all adds up to a bunch […]