Happy Easter and Happy Spring!

Well, I've been really good about uploading pictures to the blog, as you can see in the newest album over there to the left under "Picture Albums." But I haven't taken time to write any updates, and there are a few.

Lillian is on the go and has been for about 3 weeks now. She is a wild girl and gets into everything. She's already swallowed some packing tape, which she promptly threw up along with everything else in her stomach. Thank God for that safety feature of our bodies. We finally set up the pack and play to use as a play pen when we can't be in the room with her. This was a lot easier when we lived in a shoebox apartment with a crawling baby. Robert didn't get into much because it was so easy to watch him in such a small area. I think Lillian is a bit wilder than he was, though, so we've got our hands full with her!

You may have noticed that I mentioned packing tape. Yes, we are moving AGAIN! We cannot sell our house in Charleston at this time with this market, so we are renting it. Thus, we have to continue renting here in Virginia Beach. When we chose our current rental house, we were under a time crunch and didn't realize that the street that our backyard faces is very busy and LOUD. We can't even have a conversation in our backyard. The thought of staying here for a few more years was pretty dreadful, though we like the house itself. We decided to look for another rental, and thank God we found a good one in a very nice neighborhood. It should be much quieter! And our landlord agreed to build a fence for us! Rob and our contractor friend helped build it on Holy Saturday of all days. Yeah, that was the only day that would work for the landlord and his buddies, and we needed to get it in before we moved. It was a crazy day for Rob as he got up early to start working on the fence, quickly changed into clericals to rush to the Egg Hunt at church to give a quick homily, and rushed back to help finish the fence before the Vigil at 8. He had just enough time to grab a bite before he got back into his clericals and headed back to church for the two hour Easter Vigil. Bless his heart, it was a wild day, but they got the fence done!

Rob's first Holy Week as a priest was busy and exhausting for him, but I think Nashotah House did a great job preparing him for it. It was lots better for me and the children, though, because we had Rob's parents here for the week. Instead of struggling to take care of two children by myself all week, Rob's mom was here and we enjoyed all kinds of fun activities. And then his dad came up on Thurs., and we had a great weekend together.

Well, I think that pretty much covers it for now, and the children are starting to notice that I'm having some alone time here on the computer :) God Bless you all!




















Crawling in a dress is not easy. Get this thing off of me!















Mmmmm....I love candy!















Our new rental house!