We will miss OWEN!!!

On Saturday our friends Stephanie, Joel, Owen and Otto will be moving to Colorado! Sadness does not even begin to describe how I feel about the situation. We met them in our birthing class when I was pregnant with Ezra, and Stephanie was pregnant with Owen. Stephanie has become such a great friend whom I can call on a moment's notice to spend the morning or afternoon with while our boys tot around. In fact we often spend several days a week together. Stephanie always makes sure we have a girls' sewing night at my house when Ryan is out on tour. She always loads me up on yummy treats that she has made. And, as the boys have EC'd/potty trained...we have been fine just letting them run around naked at each other's houses so they can go potty at a moment's notice.

Owen is Ezra's BFF. Seriously, these boys play so well together it makes me want to chase after them and go start the commune in Colorado. Last weekend we were at the park and Ezra ran to the grass, took off his shoes and laid down. Two seconds later, Owen did the same exact thing. Then they ran around and chased each other. They take turns with each other better than Ezra does with anyone else. And they laugh harder together than Ezra does with anyone else.

We will miss them dearly (and hopefully visit often)! :)

Here's a little slide show of the boys over the years (can you believe I can actually write years???):

A new arrival!

Last week our friends Matt and Abby gave birth to their first little gal, Evelyn Faith.

Here is the little cutie, fast asleep with her mouth wide open...


And here is Ezra playing outside with Ryan...I think he was trying to show off for Evelyn...and perhaps entice her to come play outside too!


And finally, here's Ezra taking his turn at holding Evelyn.


He of course had to give her a 'regular hug'...


Followed by a 'bear hug'...which caught me by surprise and I was laughing so hard that I could hardly get him to release his grip on sweet lil' Evie.


When I told him he could give her a kiss on the forehead, he responded with "kiss on the lips"...this boy is a lip kisser, what can I say.

A black tie affair...

On Saturday night our friends had a dinner party to premier a movie that Jacob had made....starring...all of us! In the last 18 months we've taken several trips together, and being the camera man and artist extraordinaire that he is, we all received DVDs of memories. Thanks Jacob...we love it!!!

On the invitation, it jokingly said, "black tie optional". However, we all (to their surprise!) decided to take it very seriously. And, step it up a notch. Not just black tie attire...but wedding dress attire. :)

Once we arrived all decked out, Samamtha joined in on the fun and put her dress on as well...



We've been talking about wanting to have an occasion to wear our wedding dresses again, however it seems as if someone is always pregnant. Abby Narter (far right) is opting out of wearing her wedding dress at this time because of a baby on the way...yay!!