In the last month . . . .

A lot has happened. The first three photos there were taken throughout the last month. She has grown! But what a good baby she is. She is a great eater & sleeper, and she is content to just be.

I will attempt to update this blog here in one post - I am sure I will forget plenty, but I have been a little busy. Ok, where shall we start, Molly is smiling! That has been fun. She actually started smiling a few weeks ago but of course it has taken a while to document a good one.

Around the time of the first smiles our wonderful sister-in-law Stacey came out to stay with us for a week and help me with the kiddos.

It was such a blessing to have her. She is a very gifted photographer and she did us the honor of taking some pics of our family. click here for a link to see some

We just got home yesterday from a week vacation to see Ryan's parents. We had a great time as always. We got to stop in Missoula and Great Falls to visit my sister's family and Ryan's Aunt and Uncle. Here are some pictures from the trip.

The kids did great in all the car rides but it is real good to be home.

And finally, I started my new job! for those that don't know I got a job teaching high school online! If I had kept my classroom job I would have had to go back to work when Molly was 5 1/2 weeks old (and the thought of that was giving me a panic attack). So when I heard of the possibility of teaching high school online I explored it, applied, and got the job! So now I get to work from home. This is super exciting to me, but does provide its own challenges in time management. Since my work now is so computer intensive I have not been very motivated to spend any extra time in front of the screen, thus the lack of blog posts, emails, comments etc. I am sure I will find a balance . . . . . eventually.

bon jovi

Our Sister-in-law, Stacey, was out visiting this last week. It was so much fun and I will post more later about her visit, but for now I want to upload a video she took of Ryan and Sean with her cell phone. This is their special song.

10 on 10 :: August

Pioneer Days

This past week my sister and her family were in town. We had a blast hanging out, and as usual I did not take enough (or hardly any) pictures. Here are a couple of the kids, I am working on getting a few more!

This past Saturday Ryan, the kids, and I took a quick outing down to Pioneer Days, another Seafair event, on Saturday. It was hot, but Sean had a blast on the pony rides and looking at the "fast cars". Molly was taking it all in from the stroller, but I am pretty sure she really enjoyed it.

staying cool

1 week

Molly is one week old today. She is doing great, as is Sean. He seems to be taking to is "baby sister" quite well. Enjoy the pictures!!!!!

Just holding hands

What do you think? Siblings?
Sean was about a week old in the picture on the left - Molly on the right.

We even got out last night to the Greenwood Seafair Parade. Good times with friends and family, and good food (thank you Goughs!). I think the kids had just a little bit of fun.

Molly Elizabeth

She is finally here! Fashionably late . . . but well worth the wait. She arrived at 7:40am on July 16th weighing in at 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long. She looks a lot like her older brother, but has dark hair. She has been treating us great so far and we are adjusting well to life as 4. Sean loves his "baby sister" as he most often refers to her, and frequently wants to kiss her soft head like daddy does. He is doing great. Here are a few pictures of the first couple days: