Mommy and Me Photo Shoot

A friend of mine offered to take some pictures of Moms and their kids for Mother's Day. The fee was very small so I thought, "Why not?!" It was a fun outing and we had a play-date with Lydia's buddy afterward. Here are a few of the shots.

 Our little sweet pea....

1/2 way there!

It's hard to believe that we're halfway through this pregnancy already. I am in the "feeling great" phase where I'm quite comfortable and not sick all the time anymore. 

Here I was at 13 weeks...

17 weeks... (Lydia thought the sign was pretty cool.)

 20 weeks...

Our Sitters..

While we were at the retreat Mom and Dad graciously came out to watch Lyddi for us. They had a great time together and we all got to spend a little time together at the beginning and end of their visit. Lyddi liked holding Grandma and Grandpa's hand while walking.

Lyddi trying out a lemon...

 Grandpa and peek-a-boo...does it get any better?!

 Here we all are after a delicious dinner in town.

Thanks again so much for coming out so we could go to the retreat. We had a great time spending time you guys... Love and hugs!!

Retreat!

We attended the annual retreat at beautiful Muskoka Bible Camp this past week. It is always such a wonderful, fun-filled time. We connected with friends and made some new ones playing Shuffle board, putt-putt golf, frisbee golf and board games. Our speaker this year was Jim Schaap, a retired but still very much working, professor from Dordt. He was awesome. Below is a view of the lake.

 We did a photo scavenger hunt the second night and our team won! Here is our photo for "a side-walk tragedy"...

 Here is our photo for "just hanging around."

 We got extra points for this one because we used it for: "great kiss," "something shiny," "best hug," "evidence of God," and "needs improvement."  :-)

 Our classis was in charge of the planning the retreat this year. Here is the crew.

Life Lately..

With the move coming quickly, we've been hard at work getting our house ready to sell. Zach has spent many hours lately painting, putting up trim (oh so much trim), doors, cabinets...etc. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I recently finished another grad. class and feel great now that those responsibilities are behind me. And with the nicer weather this past week we've been spending lots of time outside. Lydia just loves being outside and will often bring us her shoes as soon as she finishes breakfast. Here she is enjoying her first tricycle ride!

We've had a few play-dates with Lyddi's buddy, Delia lately too.

Here we are after a lovely afternoon walk together.

 As you can see, Lyddi couldn't handle the excitement. 
 Just playing in the mulch.

We always wave bye-bye to Zach when he leaves for work. On this day Zach had some fun playing peek-a-boo with Lyddi. 

Daddy and Lydia playing around...

Daddy and Lydia reading a story before bed.