Wayyyy Overdue

Well, as usual, I have waited too long to post anything and have too much of everything to post. So, I'm just going to make this post really, really long and be done with it. I was going to try really hard to update often because I know everyone wants to see pictures of the baby. (family does at least, sorry for those of you who wish I'd stop talking about the kids. that's all I've got.) Anyway, let me briefly fill you in on the last two months of my life. From Feb. 7 to Mar. 5, Timothy was gone. Well, he got to come home on the weekends (Friday night to Sunday afternoon). He had to go to the Law Enforcement Academy. "Is he a police officer?" you ask... no. He's a Probation and Parole officer. But he still had to go for a month to learn lots of stuff. The first week he was gone, my mother-in-law came to help out. The second week, my sister and her kids came. Unfortunately, she had to cut her visit short because we all got sick. So, that was about the 17th of February. Just so you know, I'm still sick. Almost better, but not quite. So, I've got a brand new (well, not so much anymore) baby, I was a single mother, and I was sicker than I can ever remember being. Please forgive me for not having the energy to blog. I'm shocked I kept the children alive. I blog now. Again, forgive me. Here we go. (this is in no particular order...)

Here is Timothy at his graduation from the Academy. My picture is really bad because he was moving really fast and I couldn't get through the crowd. Please note the little blue and white sock. Yes, he was holding Eli. He refused to release him. He missed us while he was gone.

Just a couple of pictures of a walk down by the river. We love the river here. It is beautiful.

Wish I had the talent to take pretty pictures. This was a really cool view.

As soon as any bit of spring set in, the girls had a picnic. They're so sweet.

Just another reason I love living in Montana. The obsession with all things hunting. Seriously, who would wear this and why? Next time I'm at that store, I'll take a picture of the camo pacifier and onesies. Lovely.

While Jen and fam were here, we (of course) had to do a McDonald's trip. Here's Jen. Just being Jen. Even though it was chaos and we were so tired, we had a great time. I love laughing till you almost pee.

This was the best picture I could get of the kids eating. They were so busy.

And Griff holding his little baby cuz. It didn't last long before he got bored. They don't do much, you know.

Some pics of Eli. Here he is in his cutest ever little church outfit. He's already starting to not fit 0-3 month stuff. He's a little chunk. Unfortunately, I don't have any really recent pics. I've got to start taking more. Sorry.

The girls both love their brother so much and really are good with him.

All right. I think that I'm starting to recover from the last month and a half and am hoping to be more consistant. For anyone interested, my parents got home from their mission on Mar. 4. For pictures of that, see Jen and Jeff's blog. I didn't take any pictures when they came to see us. I will this weekend for sure, we're having a gathering for Eli's blessing. Anyway, it's really nice to have them home. Sorry I'm so random all the time. Thanks to those who still have faith in me and check back every so often!