Peter's First Easter

Despite how busy we were, we still had a pretty good Easter. On Saturday, after the Baby shower for my sister, we had a nice family gathering at San Gabriel Park. It was nice to see so much of my family. Peter was a celebrity! Everyone loves his red hair, and he is just too cute! We ate some yummy food, talked, and played. We had a good time.

Peter ate with us too :) Strawberries, yummy!

Peter found the egg jackpot!

His first experience with Easter eggs...

Too cute!

Easter Morning:

I put together a little Easter basket for Peter. Since he can't have candy yet, I gave him "Puffs." These are pretty much like little cereal pieces with yummy fruit flavors. He hadn't had them before, but he loves them. I think they are candy to him.

David's talk went great. He did an amazing job. We also got to participate in the choir. We sang a great song, perfect for the beautiful Easter Sabbath. After church we enjoyed a wonderful dinner with the entire Murphy clan. It was nice to have everyone together again. We sure have missed my sister and her husband.

On Friday, we had the opportunity to take some family photos. Our good friend Gwen Hawkins knew that Vanessa and Ryan were coming down from Canada for Easter and offered to take family pictures for us, for free. The photo I placed with our title to this blog is one of my favorite photos of our little family. Here are some more photos...

In the picture above:

Right to Left on Top: David, Peter, Yvonne, Dad (Daniel), Mom (Cynthia), Ryan, Vanessa

Right to Left on Bottom: Nicole, Pierce, Kamilah

Another favorite!

Spring Break?

We were hoping to breath a little over Spring Break, but it seems we are just as busy as ever. It doesn't quite feel like a break. We have loads of school work, David is giving a 20 minute sermon on Easter Sunday,my mom and I are throwing a Baby Shower for my sister who is coming down from Canada with her husband, we have to find a way to get our car to pass smog, and there are a few other menial things to take care of. Needless to say, WE ARE BUSY! But, it is good. We are excited to see my sister and brother-in-law. I am excited for the shower. We are excited to celebrate Easter with family. It's Peter's first Easter. There are a lot of good thing happening this week, so the busyness is good, right? Also, we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I graduate next month! and David only has one more semester till he graduates! Then he will be off to some Doctorate program for physical therapy and I will be able to more fully enjoy motherhood. I know we are supposed to enjoy the now and not wish for the later, and I feel like we do this most of the time, but I just can't wait until school is over for me and David is further on his way to becoming a Physical Therapist. Anyway... Life Is Good! We love you all. And wish you a Happy Easter and a great Spring Break.

Here is a picture of Peter just because we think he is so cute! And you can't have a post without a picture, right?

Keeping Busy

School has consumed most of our time and thoughts for the last month, but we found time to relax and enjoy family this past weekend. Annie, Adam and their three kids, Ryan, Natalie, and Jason, came to visit for a week. So over the three day weekend we enjoyed spending lots of time together. We played a lot of Pinochle, other card games, dominoes, ladder ball, and even some basketball. We had a blast! Unfortunately, we were having so much fun that I didn't get any photos taken! But I assure you we enjoyed ourselves. Now we're back to the grind stone and working hard to catch up on the work we should have been doing over the weekend. Life is good though. It is good to be busy :)

Peter is growing so fast! He now has four teeth, two on top and two on bottom. He is rolling and scooting all over the place. He isn't quite crawling yet. He can get up on all fours and move backwards and lunge himself forward, but he hasn't quite figured out how to crawl. Peter had his first haircut on Saturday! He had the comb over look going on so we gave him a little trim. It looks kind of good, I think. Here is a picture...


Love to all of you. Here are some more photos of Peter being cute...

All bundled up to go for a walk!

Hang'n out in his Johnny-Jump-Up.

Being cute!

Being silly... a face only his parents can love ;)

Our little Peter :D

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We know we're a little late with this, but here we go...

The first thing we did was set up the nativity.

Then we went and picked out a tree from a tree lot.

Peter is excited that we have a tree in the house!

He thought he would see if it tasted as good as it smelled ;)

The tree is decorated and ready to go!

Peter chill'n in his festive Christmas sweater :)

As we predicted... Peter enjoyed the wrapping paper more than his presents.

We had a wonderful Christmas as a little family of three. We felt like Christmas took on a whole new meaning this year. Having Peter has helped us realize how special the gift our Heavenly Father gave is. We see how much He must love us. We knew of this love before we had Peter, but I think we are now able to look at the gift of His only begotten Son from a different perspective. Now that we have a son, whom we love with all our hearts, and would give our life if it meant saving his... I think we can understand just a little bit more, how hard it must have been for our Father in heaven to send His Son to earth and watch Him go through the trials, tribulations, and suffering that He needed to experience. I don't know if I am explaining this clearly, it is hard to describe the difference in feeling we had this Christmas... but we are truly grateful for the gift of our Savior, and to our Heavenly Father for sending Him to save us from sin and death, to provide a way for us to return and live with Them again.

It's Christmas Time!

The semester has ended and Christmas is almost here! Family is coming into town, the tree is decorated, presents are wrapped, and we are on vacation for two weeks! This is one of our favorite times of the year. We both survived finals last week, David is off work for two weeks, and school doesn't start back up until January 19th! We are on vacation! We are looking forward to a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. This will be Peter's first Christmas! Though he won't remember anything... we want to make this Christmas special :)

Peter is getting so big! He now has two teeth! His bottom two teeth poked through two weeks ago. We have started him on cereal and plan to introduce him to veggies next week. He is growing so fast and getting cuter every day.

Well... Gwen Hawkins, a good family friend, took some pictures of our little family along with the Murphy family, Yvonne's family. We didn't take a picture of the whole Murphy clan because Vanessa, the oldest who lives in Canada with her hubby, couldn't make it down :( we are going to miss them this Christmas... Anyway, here are some pictures of our little family.

Thanksgiving Break

Well, we made it to Idaho safely, despite the snow. We had to put chains on twice, each time we crossed over Donner Pass. That was an adventure! It was the first time either of us tried to put chains on. We had never even watched anyone put chains on before. But, David figured it out, and on the way back it went much more smoothly. Peter was a pretty good traveler. Every once in a while he would get a little fussy, but I would too if I was confined in a car seat for hours.


When we got to Annie's house in Idaho it was bellow freezing! I think it was about 7 degrees or so. But we sure had fun! We played games, laughed, ate, took pictures and videos. We had a wonderful time. Annie and Adam have a beautiful home. We were glad that we were able to make the drive and spend time with all the Reynders. Thanks for the fun time Annie :)

We got to meet little baby Jason! Annie and Adams newest addition. He is soooo cute! Here's a picture of him, Peter, and Grandma Jo.

Here is a picture that Paige took of our little family. We went to the state capital building in Boise to take some family photos. I think they turned out great! Thanks Paige :)

And here is a picture of the whole Reynders clan!

Can Hardly Wait!

We are soooo excited for Thanksgiving! This year we are going up to Annie and Adam's home in Idaho. It is going to be a really long drive, but we are actually looking forward to it! We will stop about half way and spend the night at Yvonne's aunt's home in Nevada. It is going to be great to get to see so much family! This will be the first time in about two years that all the Reynders will be together... it is going to be awesome!

Pumpkin pie, turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes! Here we come!