Caleb's Baptism

(I have to get a little bit caught up on here before we move! I finally have pictures of Caleb's baptism!)


Caleb was baptized on June 5. We are so grateful for our family that came to support him - Grandpa and Grandma Tarwater, and Carr cousins from DC. It was a wonderful time and we are so proud of Caleb for his decision.




Writing about his baptism in his journal

Opening his new scriptures

My Little Boy Turns 8

My sweet little Caleb turned 8 today! I can't believe it. He is such a sweet boy and we love him so much! Hope your day was special.

I'm Going to be A BIG SISTER!

 

Well, we had our 20 week ultrasound today! Yes, for those of you who didn't know, we are expecting a new baby October 12! Are you wondering if its going to be a boy or girl? So are we! We aren't going to find out until the baby is born. If its a girl, we will name her Brooklyn ~ a boy we will name Will - so nobody better steal our names!! :)


For now, we will call it "Baby BW"



The kids are all very excited and Caleb was a little disappointed to not find out the gender - but if I can wait, he can wait!

Girl Trip

This weekend some friends and I enjoyed a kid-free weekend away in Harrisonburg and Staunton Virginia. What do these two no-name cities hold for adventure-craving young mothers, you ask?? Well, we enjoyed rooftop dining in a historic downtown, ever exciting bowling complete with friendly competition and harmless flirting from the 20-year old next to us, late night playing cards and eating as much junk as our stomachs could hold, relaxing pedicures, a Shakespeare play, and eating out at restaurants and not having to worry about what they have on the kids menu! It was so wonderful. My friend Crystal has an excellent blog about it, so check it out:

http://parkin4son.blogspot.com/

Also, if you scroll down her blog, she has an amazing Peter Pan picture of James that you won't want to miss out on!

I married me a Doctor!

The kids patiently waiting at the graduation ceremony:



That night we had a neighborhood Graduation BBQ to celebrate Bryce and his accomplishments! He got to pick the food . . .

corn hole


And, of course, water balloon launching!


This doesn't really have anything to do with Bryce, but I thought I would put it in here anyway, because the wives of students deserve some credit too!

Bryce's Graduation!

So, yes, Bryce graduated yesterday - I know, he has been in school FOREVER! We were so proud of him yesterday, seeing him up on stage and having some of his accomplishments read. I took this video of his PHD hooding on my camera (so its not the best quality) and I was holding Annabelle, but you can sort of get the idea.

Mother's Day

I have been meaning to put up some pictures of Mother's Day - no pictures of me and the kids together (what was I thinking???), but a few of what Bryce and the kids did for me!

They made me breakfast in the morning (which was totally unexpected because we have morning church and that means Bryce had to get up EARLY!) and brought it to me in bed (except I had snuck into the shower while everyone was busy, so I had to get BACK into bed!); it was so yummy! Just what I had wanted, as well as a bunch of hand-made loving cards.

All day, Bryce and the kids worked hard to let me take it easy. Bryce did lunch, and dishes, and naps, and dinner, and clean-up and dessert, and I just sat around and enjoyed my foot-rubbing kids! I orded homemade chicken cor-do-bleu which he mastered, and molten lava cakes for dessert. I have to be honest, I was a little worried these wouldn't turn out - but they were a wonderful mix of warm cake and inner hot gooeyness. Yum. Good job, Bryce (and this was all the day before he defended his dissertation!) Thanks family!