Prescott Vacation

We spent the better part of July in Prescott at my parents house. There were wonderful days filled with fun and time together.

San Diego!

We are enjoying our new place in Pacific Beach and happy to live life for the next 18 months in sunny Southern California.

Friends and Family in California

We got to see my dear friend from college, Nicole Williams and her husband Sammy who are visiting the States from India. We also made a visit to see my grandma Schrader in Napa and had a sweet time with her singing and laughing.

Moving South!

On June 16th after Noah's kindergarten graduation, we pulled out of Bremerton, Washington (our home for the past 5 years), to begin a new chapter. Our final destination would be to Ben's next duty station, San Diego. Before reaching there though, we hit several stops along the way. First stop, Chico, CA for my cousin Storey's wedding.

Cupcake Kids

On Saturday the boys and several of our church friends hosted a neighborhood cupcake sale for an orphanage in Uganda. It was a sweet time and wonderfully satisfying as we watched our little ones shout out at the top of their lungs, "cupcakes for sale" and then to tell the people why they were doing it.

The Egg Hunt!

Our egg hunt this year was with some dear friends from church, the Wood family. All five boys were buzzing around like bees on our lawn, searching for eggs, which was then followed up by a major sugar high.

More Easter Morning Pictures

Easter Morning

We are loving the traditions that this time of year brings, especially with our little ones. Most importantly, it was another wonderful season of communicating the gospel of our resurrected Savior to our kids.

Sunny Days

We are finally seeing the sun and hitting temperatures in the mid 50's. I couldn't help but snap some photos of Amalia in front of our tulips with the sun shining bright a couple days ago. She is pretty good at posing too :).

Spring Days

From top to bottom: Noah's first piano recital! Here he is playing a duet with his teacher, "Our Clever Pup". He played a solo piece next, "Rain, Rain". Very sweet. Next, Huds and Amalia pounding out a duet together and having a ball. Grandma Howe came for a short visit which is always a treat. And last, we used our neighbor's riding mower (due to our broken lawn mower) and Amalia enjoyed getting the job done with daddy.

Just Chillin'

This was a ripple effect event- first, it was Amalia who was enjoying an evening in her Huggies crawling around upstairs. Then, it was Hudson who can't stand having dirty or wet pants on, especially after a meal. Of course by then, Noah just couldn't stand it that his sibblings were enjoying some freedom of expression time so he joined in the fun. These are sweet days.

Weekend Away

Here we enjoyed some Naples Pizza at a pizzeria in downtown Seattle.