Monday, July 26, 2010

Joyful July

We have been very busy this July. So much family and friends!

Reuben's sister and her family came in town for the 4th of July. We also had my aunt and cousin and family here too so it was a very large 4th of July gathering. So nice to be with everyone on the farm.


Reuben and I went to the Broadway production of the Lion King in Portland. It was very cool to see all the costumes they made for the show.

Then, my brother Logan and Ali along with her two girls came to stay for a night at our place on their way out on a trip to Alaska. It was so wonderful to spend some quality time with them. Seeing Uncle Logan with his niece was such a blessing.


After dropping my brother, Ali and the girls off at the airport, we drove to my Aunt Julie’s house to meet up with my Aunt, Cousin, and Dad and his girlfriend. It was nice to get to spend some time with my dad’s side of the family. Not something we do much as everyone is really spread out.


If that was not enough excitement for July with all the family, Reuben and I went to our 10 year High School Reunion. We had such an amazing time. We wished we could have spent a whole other day catching up. It was so great catching up with old friends.


As far as the home life goes:
~Evelyn is growing fast. Now at 6 months she is 18lbs 9oz and 26 ¼” long. She can scoot along the floor and if you blink she is in the other room. Evelyn can sit up on her own from lying on her belly and get into a seated position. She also is now eating rice cereal and seems to be doing very well with it. Lastly, as of just today, she can now pull herself up to a standing position while in her crib. I cannot believe all the achievements she is making this month. She has such a beautiful, outgoing personality.
~Reuben has been very busy with his steady job and also his filming company, Lubency Media. He recently filmed a friend wedding and is working on editing the footage. On top that (in his free time), he has been going to rehearsals for a part in a community play putting on “Anne of Green Gables”. He is such a great husband, father, and friend.
~I have been loving my job. My boss is great. I get along with my coworkers very well and I only work 5 minutes from home. It is such a blessing that I can come home at lunch to be with Evelyn. I have joined a growth group at my church and we are going over the book “Crazy Love”. It has been very inspiring to me and has opened my eyes and my heart of my love of the Lord. I cannot wait to explore the book further and grow my faith and Love in the Lord.

Life is good, very busy, but very good!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Evelyn's Godparents & her Madrina

We are so happy to announce Evelyn's God parents - Traci and Jason Kenitzer and Evelyn's Madrina (Italian for Godmother) - Holley McAlary. We are so blessed to have them mentor Evelyn as she grows up. All three of them have already been great influences on her and we know she will be able to go to them for anything she might need.

We love you guys!!!

Evelyn's God Father - Jason Kenitzer
Evelyn's God Mother - Traci Kenitzer



Evelyn's Madrina - Holley McAlary

Evelyn's first time at the coast and meeting her Great Grandma

We went to Depot Bay this weekend to introduce Evelyn to her Great Grandmother Grace Marion Betts. It was so wonderful to see the relationship the two of them had. Great Grandma just loved sitting and watching Evelyn.

We also took Evelyn to the Oregon Coast for the first time. We could not have asked for better weather. It was sunny and just a nice cool breeze. Evelyn LOVED the sand. I think LOVED is an understatement. She would not stop trying to eat it. Every time we tried to pick her up from the sand she would fuss. It looks like there is a sandbox in our near future. Evelyn also did a great job with her feet in the water. Reuben brought his video camera and we got some great footage of her first visit to the coast.

We need to go back soon!

















Evelyn's Expressions

She makes the cutest faces. I am in aww of how fast she is growing and learning. She has two bottom teeth now and can sit up on her own. She is using M & D sounds but not yet said Mama or Dada in full. What will she say first?




Baby Massage Party

I had some great women and their little ones get together for a lunch and to learn how to give our babies massages. It was great to get to enjoy their company and also to be around so many little babies.

I can't wait to get together again soon!








Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Child Birth Class Reunion

It was great to get all the families together that were in the child birth class and introduce our newest additions. We all get along so well I can't wait to spend more time with these great families!

Evelyn was the oldest one there by a few days and then it went on down to about 1.5 months younger than her. She was such a character in showing off her skills to the younger kids :)






Cali trip 2010 to see the Kenitzers




So instead of me reposting duplicate pictures of our trip (because Traci did such a wonderful job on her blog) go to the following links to see the great time we had in Cali with the Kenitzers.

We introduced Evelyn and Kaiser (11 days older than her) for the first time. It was such a blessing.

I can't wait to see them again real soon!!!

http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/clan.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/jason-traci-paisley-and-kaiser.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-randoms.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/loving-me-some-evelyn.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/spending-time.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/pretty-girl.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/pretty-girl.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/hahaha.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/making-sushi-for-dinner.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/shirl-with-babies.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/cont.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/three-very-precious-kids.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/silly-girls-being-silly.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/together-at-last.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/aaawww.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/sharing-bath-and-giggles.html
http://kenitzerclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/sharing-bath-and-giggles.html