Conversation With Pearl

Little Pearl is now having conversations.

I wanted to post the video but I'm not that good and Blogger doesn't always save the video. Melissa got her to talk for a little bit but since then she's been kind of silent with the good news!

Easter Volleyball Sunday

Our Easter was a little different this year with Violet having a volleyball tournament.

The first 2 days of the tournament went exceedingly well. The girls won all their matches and wound up in the gold bracket. 

It was hardy worth getting up Easter Sunday to be downtown at Bartle Hall at 8:00 in the morning. The girls lost their first match and were out of the tournament by 8:30. Lincoln was prepared to cheer on the girls with his sportsmanlike attire. But that didn't work.

The best part of the day was going to a Mexican restaurant for Easter dinner. At least I didn't have to cook.

Pearl Daisy is 2 Months Old

Where does the time go?

Pearl Daisy is already 2 months old. This is an actual smile instead of the reflexive smiles she gave a month ago.

Entertaining at the Volleyball Tournament

Violet had a volleyball tournament in Lawrence, KS. It's hard for the little kids to be entertained for so many hours.

Lincoln was able to keep himself entertained by pretending he was short by kneeling in his shoes. Kids are so imaginative! 

Hazel's 6th Birthday

Poor Hazel didn't get to have her unicorn birthday party because she was running a 101* fever. Everyone missed out on Chick-Fil-A and Yogurtini.

The next day she was feeling better and agreed to have her picture taken with her birthday shirt. We're still waiting for that rescheduled party! 

1,000,000 Steps

There's still 5 more walking days this month and I've hit my goal to walk 4,000,000 steps in 2025 - that's 1,000,000 steps each quarter.

I hope my knees hold out until the end of the year!

Taylor Family Photo

Melissa is obsessed with taking family photos. She's beginning to realize that trying to get 5 kids to cooperate at the same time is somewhat impossible.

But she did manage to get a good shot of the entire family.

Even Pearl wouldn't cooperate with her newborn picture. Usually the photographer takes a sleepy baby and manipulates her into cute poses. I love that Pearl's eyes are wide open. Not your typical newborn picture.