I Have A Teenager!

 Lizzy celebrated her 13th birthday! She even made the grasshopper pie this year. It was a little messy, but tasty all the same. For her gift, we got her a special stylus pen to draw on her tablet. Mom and Dad got her this beautiful turquoise sea star necklace. She loves it!

Random Goodness

 We checked out our local farmer's market. It is nothing compared to the Vancouver farmer's market, but the produce is amazing and the people are so sweet.

Best Buds:

We celebrated our anniversary. We tried a new pizza place for dinner and Mom and the kids set the table all fancy for us. Mom made the cake and Lizzy decorated it.

Baby bathtime.

Henry doing a shell game with the table inserts, it was so funny to watch.

Lizzy is quite the helper!

 Some of the kids got haircuts:

Hiking

 While I was recuperating, Mom and Daniel took the kids on a hike. We had gone to Horsethief not that long ago, but only did the easy path. This time they took the harder route. Luckily Lizzy took pictures!

One of Lizzy's goals this year is working on photography, so this was a fun exercise for her. 

Coming Home

 Teddy's last day in the hospital! He was so ready to leave. 

Our first stop was to visit our friends the Thurmans. The hospital is like five mins from their house. It was so nice to catch up. Jessica made that blanket for Teddy. It was her first time crocheting and she put all our favorite colors in it. Isn't it beautiful?!

    Eating chocolate while I was pregnant was painful, so I was saving up all the chocolate I got during my pregnancy and we had a tasting event. It was fun.

We were worried that Henry would be upset about having another baby, just the week before we had him, he loudly announced that HE was the baby at church to a sister when she asked him his name, but he loves Teddy baby, as he calls him. "I'm Henry baby and he's Teddy baby!" 

    

Lizzy is quite the helper. sometimes I worry that I ask too much of her, but she is helping me keep my sanity.

We celebrated Daniel's birthday, Mom got him a cool game.

I got my new tiara for a FOE tiara Tuesday and Torii remembrance day.

All my boys!

    The kids love their new brother. Teddy wasn't gaining weight so we had to supplement with formula, once we started that he grew leaps and bounds. I am so grateful that we have that option. The kids like to take turns feeding him.