Corinne's Baby Blessing

Two Sundays ago, Ryan had the opportunity to bless Corinne.  I love baby blessings.  It's just neat to have that moment set apart to reflect on the love and hope you have for your new little one.  She was actually very quiet and good!  We've joked that our other kids had more of an exorcism, given the amount of screaming they did.  After church we took a quick family picture.  Corinne wasn't in her blessing gown at that point due to a diaper explosion.
   

   
On the week of the election, the kids' class made entries for a civil rights-themed art contest called "The Dream."  The school website posted pictures, so I stole them.  I totally want to live in Elise's version of America.  Connor's looks pretty awesome, too, but not in the same way.  (Oh, I was just informed by Connor that his picture is entitled, "Money, Money, Money for the Poor."  That's actually kinda sweet.)
   

  

   
I recently pulled the baby dolls and toy food out of the garage, and Evan went nuts.  He's such a tender little guy sometimes.  Last week he started talking about our dogs again, and suddenly asked, "I like Portia!  Where Portia go?"  It was a little sad.  I guess he hadn't noticed that she was gone until now.
   

    
About a year and a half ago, we played a bit with Letterboxing - that treasure hunting game involving handmade stamps.  It was a little too frustrating, so we hadn't done it in a long time.  Then last week I downloaded a Geocaching app to my phone, and we tried finding a cache near our local park.  It's so much better!  Having GPS coordinates makes it way easier to know you're on the right track.  You still have to search - the coordinates only get you within 20 feet - but so far we've found four caches within a mile or two of our house.  Oh, yeah, since it's so popular, it's much easier to get caches than with Letterboxing.  There are hundreds in our town alone.  This one we found on a night hike above our house.
  

  

I'm not sure who put this on my phone . . .