Some more pictures

These pictures are a little dark, but mowing time is the highlight of Titus' life right now. He is constantly asking if we can mow tonight, and he's always insinuating that "the grass needs mowed, dad."

He must be the son of a speech pathologist, as he's very concerned about the loud noises from the mower, thus the headphones. Dad, on the other hand....

It's not just Titus that enjoy mowing times, though.

Katelyn has started pulling Lydia around in the stroller in the back yard.

Colleen caught this cute pose of Elise sleeping.

A little closer up of the sleeping girl.

And a little closer.

Baby feet.

Elise is starting to smile a lot, though we've had a hard time catching the smiles on camera.

A little better.

A half smile.

Everyone still loves to hold baby.

Katelyn wore this same dress as well when she was almost 2.

Sucking on a lime on the front steps...a lime from Sonic no less.

This is a great climbing tree, and the kids love climbing through it. Unfortunately it is in our front yard, which means the kids are only allowed access to it when an adult is outside.

Lydia is not quite up to climbing status yet.

A little blurry, but grampa helping hold the football. In the off chance Titus isn't asking to mow, he's usually asking to play football.

Even Lydia likes to get into the football action.

Miss Elise stretching forward.

Katelyn posing in front of our beautiful flower bushes off the back deck. She was dressed up for her first birthday party. She went to a friend's house from church who was having a birthday party, complete with twelve 6-7 year old girls.

Posing again.

Lydia loves to give kisses.

All four kids on the couch.

And a couple pictures of the house, which continues to occupy much of our free time. With the weather warming up, we've been able to focus our time more on outdoor/landscaping stuff, though there is still much to do. But we just take it one day at a time, and slowly by slowly, things get done. Just as a reminder, this is what our house looked like when we first bought it.

And this is where we are at now. Much improvement, though we still haven't done much planting yet (obviously). But, like I said, slowly by slowly, it's coming.