A Baby BOY Shower for the Mosers

 Over Labor Day Weekend, we helped host a baby shower for Kelly and the family.  Her sister Kim did most of the decorating and food...it was a desert cowboy theme.  Super cute and fun to think of a little BOY joining our midst...

The Farm Cousins Visit

Cuddle mornings are too cute to not snap pictures of...

Lauren and Millie brought their parents to Spokane on this sweet day in April!  Uncle Ben had just finished spring work and had an ITCH to get away after such a long season.

We love it when family comes to visit!  :)

We Meet Millie...

Millie Caroline Moser

March 29, 2012

12:09 pm

7 lbs. 10 oz.

We finally met this little girl on March 30--the day after her arrival.  She is the sweetest thing--lots of dark hair, and big eyes.  Ben and Kelly are proud as can be!

I won't forget how I kept running to my phone between conferences on the day of her birth--looking for picture or text updates--and though it killed me to not be there on her birthDAY, we showed up Friday afternoon to snuggle with little Miss Millie.  She is precious.

Grace loved meeting her new cousin--but didn't really want to hold her.  "Just take a picture of me standing by her, Mom."

Josh liked Millie, but was not too keen on sharing Mom or Dad with her...and liked the movies and hats in the room a bit more.

Welcome to the world, little Millie!  We love you, already.

Party for Baby Moser

We are getting so excited for Ben and Kelly's baby to arrive!  Less than a month away...

 On February 26, we threw a shower for Kelly and the little baby girl that will be joining our family soon. Kelly had MANY helpers and was so patient with them...

 We had so many people come--aunts and cousins, grandmas and neighbors--and Kelly went home with a load of baby stuff!

 Aunt Diane made me a birthday scarf--and with the leftover yarn she made Gracie a matching scarf!

Josh was grateful to have his cousin Conner as a buddy at the shower...I didn't tell him that there would be few boys at the party...

Swimming Party on the Butte

G'ma Trudy and Papa LeRoy bid on a pool party and dinner at the Catholic School auction and THEY WON! How excited were WE when they asked us to join them for an afternoon of swimming and family fun!

First of all, you need to know that the following pool pictures were ROUND TWO swimmers. I was in the pool for the first part of this party, without a camera, so the pictures are missing the following:

1. Brady/Jeff/Ben splash contest from the diving board--all in attempt to get Papa Greg wet, as he was sitting on the side.

2. G'ma Trudy and Papa LeRoy joining us in the pool--and Papa diving off the diving board! Holy moley!

3. Kids being passed between me, Aunt Kelly, Uncle Ben, Jeff, Brady...and Morrow girls doing lemon drops off the board.

4. Uncle Ben getting Aunt Katie wet--in her dry clothes.

So these were the die-hards, the last to get out of the pool. Jeff had Megan and Abby diving off of his shoulders by the end of the day. These three are FISH!

This picture is classic--lots of laughter during the afternoon, and do you see Abby squeezing Joshy? Lots of cousin loves. :)

Mary Druffel hosted the party. Her husband, Mike, passed away after battling cancer for years. Though he's not with us anymore, he can be seen all around their place--in his tool art. His pieces are amazing! This pic shows the chairs and tables that were by the pool.

Josh was SO TIRED due to lack of nap--good thing that Mary is a grandma WITH A CRIB! He slept soundly after all that swimming!

Cousins.

This girl loved the stairs in the pool! She bounced on them for hours!

Good clean fun. :)

A tool shed. Literally.

It was the 7th of August--and this year harvest was still WEEKS away. We had a really wet spring this year, causing crops to be almost a month late. They still aren't harvesting as I post this--the 18th--it's so crazy!

Here's Mary talking with Ben and Dad. Ben and Kelly now live just over the hill from her. The Butte could be the loveliest place on earth. (I may be slightly biased...)

We are so blessed to have such sweet grandparents. Papa and G'ma are always interested in what we are all up to...

Can you name all these tools?

Another tool shed/gazebo. My dad said that the scrap metal yard knew Mike by name. :)

Rachel Becker joined us--her family cooked the food! She fit right in with the other three fish. :)

G'pa made amazing birdhouses for Katie, Ben and I. He's always looking for a good shop project! What a treasure!

And hugs at the end of the day... It was so great! We just soak up this memorable family time. How blessed we are! :)

[I'd like to say that my waterlogged kids slept all the way back to Spokane that night, but alas, it was my waterlogged HUSBAND who was snoring before Colfax. Apparently the kids thought they'd miss out on more fun... ] :)