Afternoon in the Park

Living in a city is great, you dont have to have swings in your backyard you can just walk up the street to the local park. Free Fun for an 8 month old....and who am I kidding...for two 24 year olds too! We did some swinging and throwing the baseball.

2 Years

Craig and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary on May 19th. What a special two years it has been! We have certainly learned a lot about marriage and God's purpose for it. I love this quote by John Piper and I am learning more and more about how to live it out.

"...That is what love is: the pursuit of our own joy in the joy of the beloved."

I can definitely say that our marriage is sweeter today than on May 19, 2007 and what a blessing that is!

We waited to actually "celebrate" when we would be going on vacation for our friends weddings in Virginia and Maryland. We ate at the Chart House in Annapolis, MD and loved it. Here are some pics from that wonderful Saturday in May 2007.


My beautiful maid of honor...Ms. Megan Sadler...now MRS. Megan CARR:)

My beautiful friends that are lights in my life.

These were just setting the tone for the numerous dance parties that go on in the West home, car, etc. etc. Our children will one day get to play a part in these.

Look at Daniel Bass' face....he had just pegged Craig in the face with bird seed...HA...good times!

Happy Birthday Mom!

So Im pretty excited about sharing with you my mom's made from scratch cake that I made today and am taking home tomorrow:) It's not great....but dang Im excited about it. We will be celebrating my mom and Aunt Sheila's birthday tomorrow although they don't get another year younger until Monday!:)

Six Months

I love this picture of Speirs...so sweet. Today he had his six month check up and is falling right in the 75th percentile for everything: 27 inches long, 18 lbs 5 oz and a head circumference of 17 1/2 inches. Hard to believe he is six months old.

In other news, Craig and I are taking off this Sunday after corporate worship to go to Swansboro for a couple of days. Im excited to be in Swansboro and get to see my family including Joey, May and baby Presley. Hopefully I will come home with some great shots for the blog since Speirs and Presley will be able to interact a little bit.

Baby Dedication

So the pictures aren't great...there were just too many of us to fit into the picture, but that's a marvelous problem to have:) On mother's day, seven of the children of 1.21 were dedicated to the Lord. Speirs West, Eli, Noah, Kanaan, and Madelyn Wagoner and Kate and Anneliese Shotwell. Such a sweet time for 1.21.

Happy Mother's Day

My first Mother's day was great! My favorite gift was from Speirs:) Of course he did have help from the wonderful nursery volunteers at 1.21: Marc, Dail and Cherith.

Splish Splash

Bath time is always fun...I usually end up soaked from all of the splashing that Speirs likes to do!