Updates...

So, it's been a while since I posted an update on us...so here it is:

Jason
He's learning more and more each day about what it means to be a Pastor. He made it through Easter with flying colors...and is moving on to the future. He's so glad to be doing what he's been trained to do...and loves it!

Trish
Well...there's now 28.8 pounds less of me! Can you believe it?!?! I sure can't...but it's amazing! I've gone through about 2 cycles of clothes (it's not okay when your pants are literally falling off you), which means wasted money, but what better way to waste money? :) It's been a lot of hard work...with moments of failure, but the work is sure worth it. Other than that, life's about managing the kids. :) We have lots of playgroups, activities and errands we do. Some days it's just hard to be a mom...but most days the joy of cuddling up with my kids makes it all worth it. My favorite moments with them are: sitting on the couch reading books with Alia, snuggling with Elijah right before he goes down for a nap or bedtime, laying on the floor and letting them both climb all over me, and watching Alia's face light up when Elijah comes into the room.

Alia
Can you believe she'll be three in a month!?!? Man...time flies. For her birthday she wants "A pink mirror...so I can watch myself dance." Is that cute? And she does just that...listen to music and dance. She danced like crazy in front of me (and with me) this morning. She's 100% potty trained-no more diapers for her! Yippee! She'll be going to preschool this fall and is so excited about it. She loves her brother a ton and enjoys playing with him all the time.

Elijah
Next week we'll have a one year old in our house. His favorite thing to do is follow his sister around. He loves to get into our box of instruments and make "music" with them all. He's a real good eater-eating most of what we eat and is getting the hang of a sippy cup. He has developed his crawling into a sort of gorilla crawl-on his hands and feet! It's pretty funny. He wants so bad to get up and walk-I can see it in his eyes, but he gets around FAST the way he's going...so walking might be further off than we thought.