I feel like I didn't really get to finish my last post.  You got to see about as far as my Spring Break, but we have some other great news (which I will save to the end).  Here's an update of each family member:

Rhea:
Rhea  has recently started working on her crawling moves.  She could do everything else before that!  She could pull herself up to standing, scooch her bottom, and get on her knees.  But I have seen her....she crawled!  Yay!  She is as adorable as ever and has come out of her cranky funk.  She also has two teeth which might explain her happy mood!  She has been eating two meals a day.  She has tried sweet potatoes, broccoli, carrots, oatmeal, applesauce, and blueberries.  She has loved everything I have given to her so far except the blueberries.  Up next: SPINACH!  From the farmer's market of course; very excited to find it!

Jack:
Jack speech continues to improve.  It is amazing how rapidly they grow!  Speaking of growing, he hasn't really grown in stature; same old Jack.  I have another post on Jack I am working on, so you'll get to see that later once I'm finished.

Stephen and I:
Stephen has been busy at work.  He says the work load keeps getting worse and worse!  He's hanging in there and hoping that it might lead to something better.  My work load has been crazy the past few weeks!  I have state testing this week, and last week I had Progress Reports to fill out.  Yikes!
Okay, so now for the good news.  And it is not what you think.....so just push that out of your mind!  So, we have decided to use my pay in order to do three things: 

1. Fix up the house.  We need a forced air furnace and all the fixings.  We also need a new bathroom, new kitchen, including a cooktop, and we need to redo all our trim.

2. Save.  I would love to have a large sum of money in the bank :-).

3. To pay off Stephen's college loans.  It's really the only debt we have apart from our mortgage.  By the way, he has four separate loans.

Okay....so for the good news!  We paid off one of his medium loans, already!  So since we were married, we have paid more than half of all his college loans.  It will feel so good to get rid of them :-).  And just so you know, we don't plan on having another baby until those loans are paid off, we have a new bathroom/kitchen, and a new furnace.  And of course, God might have other plans, but those are our goals for now ;-).

It's April already?!?!

Wow, where has the time gone??  It's been a month since my last post.  I found a little time this evening to type up this post.  Jack is busy cutting paper at the table with me, and Rhea is playing with her little kitchen.  They are so sweet to give Momma a little bit of time to blog.  (Of course, by now, they are both playing with the little kitchen and having a great time together!)  It has been a busy month for us.  My birthday was at the beginning of the month, and I also had my Spring Break!  Wahooo! Here is how we spent the latter half of our Spring Break (after we were finished the stomach bug that is!!) and the weeks after:

Jack got to paint a bird house!  Notice my awesome new (to me) piano in the background!

Rhea loves the Tulips!

I made her little headband.  Isn't it darling!?

While Jack painted, Rhea enjoyed the sponge brushes....in her mouth.

My Easter arrangement: I went outside and cut whatever I could find!

The set up.  I made a Greek Antipasto (basically marinated veggies), hummus, chunks of Mozzarella cheese, homemade whole wheat wraps, and Stephen made a leg of lamb!  De-lish!!!

Ahhhh.....my house was invaded by Luckie's...hehehe :)

Jack and Grandpa sharing a book.

Jack's Easter treat!  It was a peanut butter bunny on a pretzel rod.  He was pretty pumped!

He still talks about that bunny!

I got our carport door painted and made the wreath. I really like the color of the door; now I just need to paint the trim and the front door!

I catch him reading to her often.

It was gorgeous on Sunday!  So of course, we went on a 6 mile hike!  Daddy is of course posing for the camera for us :).

He just loves making silly faces.

Taking a break...I wonder where she got her ears....

a froggy

My first attempt at gluten free.  They were delicious!  Even better than with wheat flour.  And yes, that is my homemade blueberry syrup!

Well, I will leave you with a video.   Jack and Rhea have been playing together lately, and it is adorable.  I could say more, but I think the video speaks for itself :-).

New Computer....

Ok, so I know I haven't updated in a while...sorry!  We got a new computer, so I though I would take the opportunity to update you:

He loves his snow boots...to bad he's never been able to use them!

1 cardboard box + many brightly colored balls= 1 happy baby!

awwww....half a year old!

Mmmm....he loves falafels!

and so does momma!

my date for Valentine's Day!

He was so excited about his new train undies, he put all 8 of them on!

Playing with cousin Olivia

I think Jack enjoyed being a baby!

Peter's baptism

he loved that balloon!

Once again...he misses his babyhood....

Yard clean up!

Thank you to our volunteers!

So much to do....

But it looks so much better!

he loves to put on necklaces'

mmmmm....first taste of oatmeal....

7 months old...and she still loves her tongue!

At the lake

I guess he needed a makeover?

Belated Happy St. Patty's Day!

You would not believe how incredibly difficult it is to get two babes to look at the camera at the same time :-) 

Awww....kiss

Last, but not least....Jack's big boy bed!  Thank you Carlisle Home Furnishing!  He loves it!

Well....that's it for now.  I'll be back sooner...I promise!