babe, bets, and ninja kicks

so mercy has started calling me "bets" and andy "babe" from time to time. she doesn't do it disrespectfully (though i think she's picking up on the fact that we think it's hilarious); we think she's just repeating what we call each other. she also reminds us to "be careful" and "hold hands" when one of us is getting ready to leave the house. the other night, i was told to "be good for all the peoples" before i left for Bible study. always good advice.


the other day, we had a large piece of styrofoam that needed to be disposed of. before doing so, andy invited our fantastic neighbor garret to perform some ninja kicks on it. he happily obliged. they both had a jolly good time obliterating the chunk of styrofoam while the girls looked on with glee.

awesome.

our trip to michigan (or "mishinen" if you're talking with mercy)

we spent a little over a week with andy's family in michigan. we relaxed, played in the snow, visited with old friends, and made lots of memories with our ever-growing extended family. mercy had a blast playing with her cousins. and andy & i just loved seeing each other all day, every day for lots of days in a row.

the newest cousin...miss evangeline susan.

gracie & mercy share a fun moment.

edie's happy because she's with...

...grammy!

for some reason, mercy opens her mouth when she uses scissors. cute.

we made the kids individualized hooded towels. isaac plans to use his as a jedi cloak.

lily and her cute butterfly towel.

we see you, elijah!

m & e

i snapped these shots over the last few weeks. the girls sure are getting cute together.

mercy getting just right the angle for our "eden shoot."