bundle of joy

after months of anticipation, we finally got to meet little miss lily, and wow is she adorable! we all fell in love at first sight, you really can't help it! our weekend with the chicago mangos was a blast, thanks mark and bev for hosting all of us:)

another excuse

okay you may have noticed that my posts are quite delayed, well, what can i say, um, sorry:) we've been very consumed with adjusting to life in the northwoods, looking for our new home, and trying to keep 2 children busy, so try and be patient.

and then we had fire

easter croquet

quinn loved watching everyone play croquet....."i see you"

a few lessons, some trial and error, and then wa-la.....one amazing 5 year old player!

good game!

painting some eggs

the kids had so much fun preparing for easter, the eggs turned out very colorful.

bring it on!

ryder got all ready to play the entire family in table ping pong. now, legion has it that the christopher family is quite spectacular with all racket sports (great grandma elvera was amazing at ping pong) and so ryder has been wired with some of this raw talent, and attitude...not sure where that comes from:)

awesome action shot!

visitors

our good friends, amanda, jamie, lexie, and baby samuel came from chicago to visit us. the girls are almost the same age, so had tons of fun together. this is when they were chillin and watching elmo, it must be relaxing to pick your nose while watching a movie......i just may try that trick again:)