Resurrection Sunday 2008

We are so blessed to be part of a church that finds their hope and identity in the cross of Christ. We had our service outside again at the fairgrounds and the weather was perfect.



We spent the rest of the day at my parents enjoy family, food, and easter egg hunts.

Trip to Tahoe

Well, I don't seem to be doing any better at posting more often, but I do have some fun pictures to share with you from a trip the kids and I took to Tahoe. Tim was at a conference with some other guys from our church so we took the opportunity to have some fun with some friends.

Action shot of Caite sledding

Group photo of the kids (there were 9 kids five and under)

A-okay after a big crash sledding

Fun in the Snow!

A few weeks ago Tim and I were able to go away for a few days and Tim's parents graciously agreed to watch the kids for us. As it ended up, it was snowing the day we left. I was kind of sad because I really wanted to play in the snow with our kids and get some pictures of them. Especially Grace as she doesn't remember the snow from last year and she takes such delight in the simple things of life. Well, things didn't go as smoothly as we were hoping (read the next post for details why) and I got to get my pictures. They are taken at Tim's parents.

Grace loved watching it fall and seeing snowballs break apart

Caitlin was able to talk Uncle Jon into playing with them, they even made a snowman. Caitlin informed Jon the next day when it fell over that "my daddy makes better snowmen than you!"

Caitlin forgot her hat so she had to borrow Carsons. She loved throwing snowballs and sledding.

What Life is All About

Well, my goal when I started this blog was to update it once a week. Obviously I am not accomplishing that! So, I thought I would give a glimpse into my days so you can see why this has been difficult! Here are just a few snapshot:

• The most used phrase in our house right now is, "Caitlin, please let go of your brother! He does not want to be smothered!"
• Carson is the going to be the child that causes us to put child locks in our kitchen. His favorite thing to do is take things out.
  
• The following explains why some friends of ours will never come to us for potty training advice:
• Carson had the flu for a couple of days and I went to change his diaper. Come to find out he actually needed a bath (I will let you put two and two together). The girls were playing contentedly downstairs so I thought it would a quick process. Right after I finished getting him dressed Caitlin comes upstairs with her pants around her ankles and informs me that she could not make it to the bathroom (as she is dragging her wet pants all over the house). I decide to have her clean it up. I finish taking care of the bathroom and go downstairs to check on Caite's progress. Right as I get to the bottom of the stairs Grace meets me and lets me know she pooped her pants! My comment to Tim that night, "I am so sick of dealing with bodily fluids!" May God give me the grace and patience I need! And if you are looking for potty training advice, I am more than happy to tell you all the things you should not do!
• Caitlin has taken to informing me why she should not have done something as her way of letting me know what she just did. For example: "I do not think it was a good idea for me to get water for Grace out of the bathroom and I should not do it again."
  

Hopefully, I will be able to update a little more frequently, even in the midst of the busyness of motherhood!

Holidays

God truly blessed our family with a wonderful time as a family and enjoying our extended family over the holidays. The week between Christmas and New Year was a much needed rest and reprieve for all of us, especially mom! Below are some fun pictures. As soon as I get some from my father-in-law I will post those as well.

Why am I sitting in this?

Posing in our jammies

Christmas Morning

It's about time

We caught you all up on the going ons in the Pickard household.
Carson is now 7 months and so much fun. He really wants to chase his sisters, but still doesn't have the hang of crawling.
Grace, is well, sweet Gracie girl. She is into taking care of her baby, Beth, and trying to do everything Caite does. And, she is going through a little bit of a curious stage. Lets just say that cutting her pants is one of the many things she has experimented on.
And Caite. She is more of a sponge every day and simply cannot learn enough. She is a great little helper, so much so she has decided that I need help organizing. I opened the fridge the other day to find everything rearranged because she thought I needed more room. For those of you who know how much I like things neat and orderly, you can understand my need for extra patience. It is really scary when you see so much of yourself in your kids, good and bad.

Please enjoy the many new posts following as they will give you a "picture" into some of our latest happenings.

It's Christmas time

Last Wednesday we went with our good friends the Myers to get our christmas tree. We did it the good old fashioned way...

at Costco!

Carson even had fun

Decorating the tree

My favorite memory was Grace's response the morning after we got our tree. The girls had gone to bed when we got home so they never saw the tree up that night. When Grace got up the next morning she walked into the living room and exclaimed "Our christmas tree is in our house!" I keep forgetting that she doesn't remember much from last year, so it is all new to her. She gets so excited and is very expressive about every thing. Every time we see lights she says "See those lights guys, they're nice ones."