Dandelion on a Beautiful Evening

Storyboard!

What a beautiful spot to sit!  Thanks for putting me here, Baba!  I couldn't have gotten here without your compassionate placement of my person.

Oh look!  A dandelion!

How can I get that goodness in me?!

I'll reach with this hand and counter-balance with that hand.

Got it!  Now live footage of the aftermath!

And now, seriously, what a beautiful evening!  Check out Baba's other attempts to capture my cuteness just before a sweet little downpour came sweeping up the valley.

This is what my eyes do when Baba says "Where's Babaaa?" in a gruff voice.  I'm smiling, trying to find him. (above)

And then after the brief, sweet little downpour, when I'm falling asleep and the sun peaks back out one more time before going behind the mountains in the west...Baba goes outside once more:

Spring here

Wow to these pictures by Philip!

by b.  'picnic'

favorite #2

favorite #1

favorite #3

Day of birth

Good birthday :

- pancake and sausage gravy breakfast with our little family (and good coffee!)

- gave Soren a bath (our friend texted us: Happy Birthday Mama and Baba Soren!)

- opened packages and cards

- Philip to work; Betsy and Soren to putter around and take a walk...

- Rebekah came to care for Soren while we went to C'ville

- stopped for Chick-fil-a (don't know why, just felt like it:)

- Concert at the Jefferson: Over the Rhine and Ben Solee - nice!

-breakfast at home the day after:

-coffeecake (Philip's cake accompanied by 'Happy Birthday') and fritatta with Philip's parents and Rebekah

Thanks for all your love, family!

It is good to be 29 and 30!

Birthday the first

Wonderful surprise!  Philip planned a surprise birthday lunch for me the day before our birthdays.  So sweet.  Some of my dearest friends came: Jenny with Zachary, Sylvia and Nick, Rachel and Brian and Jethro.  Philip wouldn't even let anyone mention his birthday.  

Then, we opened a delightful package from Montana (not everything - we saved some things for tomorrow).  Soren ripped into his package...

Delightful!!!

Babies in the sun

One late afternoon we took a little walk to see the new lambs over the hill.   Glorious sun, wind, grass, lambies, togetherness...

I remember taking this same walk many times, with Soren before we knew he was Soren.

Sunnin'

Music Man

Last evening Soren could hardly contain himself every time Philip played the guitar.  He trembled with excitement the whole time the guitar was making sound!