Life Update

We had another pretty full weekend here! On Saturday, I was able to enjoy a wonderful luncheon with amazing ladies brainstorming ideas for a new women's ministry at church. I am so looking forward to getting started!
Sunday morning, we drove down to Corvallis to meet our new nephew. We had a great time hiking in the woods behind Grandpa and Grandma's house. Laurel fell in a bunch of ferns with no injuries and no crying even. Erika kept us safe from the monster rabbits she said were in the forest. We played badminton, rode trikes, played with the puppy, had a wonderful lunch with the entire family, and got to see the new little guy. He is tiny, adorable, and perfect! Erika loved looking at him and touching him. She kept saying, "He likes to be petted." Well, probably not. It will be really interesting when her brother is born how much she will dote on him. I'm hoping that the newness of him will wear off quickly so I'm not constantly asking her to leave him alone. When Laurel first came home, Erika was too little to really care about her, so this will be an entirely new experience! Laurel liked the baby okay, but would rather play in the tent the kids had made. Or eat. Or run around. Pretty much she wanted to do anything besides see the baby! Not so worried about her with her little brother.
In other exciting news, we sold our house in Coeur d'Alene! Now, we are without a vacation home, which is perfectly fine with us! Praise God for His faithfulness and our answer to prayer.

Weekend Fun

Busy weekend at the Hammar family household! Erika had her final swimming lesson and she did great! She's a little fish. All weekend, Newberg held its Old Fashioned Festival. On Thursday night, the girls and I were in the Children's Parade. We walked about 6 blocks waving and throwing candy to observers. Erika really liked throwing the candy, but Laurel wasn't sure why we were throwing all her candy out of the wagon. Every time a piece was thrown, she would look forlornly at it as another little kid would snatch it up! On Saturday morning, the big parade for the festival went right by our house. We invited some friends over for breakfast and to watch the parade. It was a lot of fun, but the girls didn't like the loud fire trucks and police vehicles so the spent most of the time on people's laps while the parade went by.

Erika's last swim class.

Attacking the teacher with water.

Watching the parade.

Laurel got a Tootsie Roll which she immediately smeared all over her white shirt.

Erika got to wear Daddy's ear muffs to watch the parade to keep the loud noises away. And, she got to spend time with our friend Amy!

The temperature rose to 95 this weekend so we finally got to set up the kiddie pool.

Laurel had to wash all of her Popsicle mess off her clothes and face in the water.

Loving the cold water.

Water babies.

Cute baby in a cute suit.

And finally, the girls drew a picture to put in the new baby's room.

Yep, their baby brother's room! This little guy is in for a big treat to have these two as big sisters!