Z's Concotions and Delicious Treats

Miss Z loves to make recipes in the kitchen now. She has her own special stool we got at ikea so she can reach and her own cookbook that has pictures of all the ingredients. We have been having a lot of fun. This is her famous chocolate shake with no added sugar.

Making the shake.....mmmmm

Here she is making popovers....she filled all the muffin cups herself and did a great job.

And here is her lemon lime soda...with no added sugar...She loves to make these treats and serve them to Daddy when he comes home!

The Beach Florida Part2

Thanks to my mom and dad we got to spend an awesome time at the beach on the west coast of Florida. Tim and Rachel were also there. We had a great time relaxing. It was a bit chilly so we did not get a lot of beach in although Zion managed to make a sandcastle. Travis and I even got to go out to lunch and on a bike ride one day which was really fun and out of the ordinary for us. Thanks guys for letting us crash your vacation with a busy 3 year old and a crying baby. Keep scrolling down to the next post for pictures of the east coast part of our trip too.

Taking in the sunset with Uncle Tim.

Zs cool sandcastle....her first!

Z bought these sunglasses before we left at Target with her own money and she was super excited about them!

Game time...Z was on Daddys team and was very serious about strategy in Settlers of Catan.

Chilly and windy but still fun!

I love this picture and these people!

Norah is full of smiles now! Especially in the morning! We are taking them all in.

Norahs first trip to the Florida beach....winter hat and all.....she was not really a fan because of the wind.

Mini Golf

We had a fun mini golf outing that was very entertaining with the Saintils.

A visit home! Florida Part 1

South Florida will always be home to us even though Pittsburgh is home too. We were SO excited to be home to visit all of our dear friends. Zion made herself right at home when we got to the Saintils house and we could tell that she remembered them which made us really happy. We were so excited to see them all. Angelina is such a big girl now (she was a little baby when we left) and we really enjoyed getting to know her personality.

Kaleb and Joshua have certainly grown up too but they are still the same at the same time. We only wish we could have spend more time hanging out with them.

Since we came home I think Zion has asked every single day when we get to go back and stay with Kaleb, Josh and Angelina. Thanks guys for being so hospitable and letting all of us crash your house....we had a blast!

Zion loved getting to see Leila again...they were instant buddies and it was so fun watching them play and Baby Luke is hardly a baby anymore and we are so excited to see him as a big brother soon!

We enjoyed catching up with Keme and Andrew and we were so glad to be able to introduce Norah to everyone. Leila is getting ready to be a big sister too and we are so excited for them!

It felt to good to be back at Stanton for church on Sunday it was almost like we never left and was so good to be back but it may have made us a little more homesick for everyone there. WE love you guys!

I so loved watching Miss Martha in action and all of the kids in the childrens choir. They were so cute and did such a great job.

Aubrey is so adorable I can hardly stand it and I was so happy to see Elsie and Andre and for Zion to get to see them again. Elsie (and Andre sometimes (-:) too care of Zion and loved on her when I had to go back to work after she was born. We will always apprecite their ministry to us in that way and their friendship.

We also got to catch up with Michaelle, Renel, and their four kids including the newest sweet baby. Zion was so excited to see them again and really enjoyed playing with Katie.

Norah meets Elsie.

We got to spend a relaxing afternoon visiting with Aunt Trish and Uncle Ralph. The view from their condo of the water is so beautiful. Travis got to tour their cool new boat and we had fun hanging out.

Z and "angewina"

The crew minus Norah!

Friends

We enjoyed a fun visit from our friends Chip and Jen and their three kids. Sadly I did not get a picture of their son Landon...he is so cute but here are the girls holding Norah. They are about to have another little baby of their own!

Happy Belated Valentines

Travis took us on a sweet outing to the Cheescake factory a few days before valentines and gave all of the girls cards. It was fun! Zion loves going on dates with dad and I think Norah enjoyed it too. (-:

Sweet Girls

We took some pictures for Daddy for valentines. Thanks to Aunt Jill and Uncle Shawn for the cute matching shirts!!! As you can see Norah was either screaming or asleep but Travis liked them anyways. (-: