Easter 2013

There was a big Easter / Birthday shindig with all the Hughes & De St Jeor families at the Duncan's house the day before Easter.  The kids dyed eggs.

Great-grandma, Aunt Sharon, Uncle Larry & Ray met Rachel for the first time.

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Owen and Great-grandma.



Since almost all of the cousins were there, we got a couple fun shots of them by age and by height.  Sophia wasn't feeling well & James was napping, but the rest of them were there.

By AGE: Hannah (10), Emma (8), Lauren (8), Felicity (7), David (7), Owen (almost 7), Evelyn (6), Sophia (not pictured - 6), Luke (5), BJ (4), Madeline (4), Emily (2), Jonathan (2), James (not pictured - almost 1), Rachel (almost 4 months)

By HEIGHT: Hannah, Lauren, David, Emma, Owen, Felicity, Evelyn, Sophia (not pictured), Luke, Madeline, BJ, Emily, Jonathan, James (not pictured), Rachel

Jessica had prepared several games for the kids to play, competing on two different, age-mixed teams.  Here's Luke doing the sack race.

Here's Luke's team about to finish their puzzle (see the other team in the background).  A few of us adults hovered around and gave verbal assistance to the puzzlers to help them along.

The kids had an egg hunt while I was off nursing Rachel.  This is the only picture on my camera to prove that happened.  :)

Luke playing basketball on their little hoop.

The babies interacting.  :)

Easter morning, all dolled up!  Can you tell I'm having fun with my GIRL!?!

Attempting to assemble the cousins for an Easter picture after church.  :P

Our family picture for Easter 2013.

Just the kids.  Rachel is wearing a sweater my Grandma Maloney made for her.

Another photo session in Rachel's Easter finery!  You can never have too many pictures of a subject this cute!!!

March 2013

So smiley!  Happy 3 months old, Rachel Joy!

She's starting to communicate a little bit - here's a video of her making noises.

Happy!  Here's some footage of this photo session - interacting a bit.

Silly sticker boys – you’re supposed to put stickers on your face, right?

My sunshiny boy enjoying the swings like a big boy!

Green Day at Sparks!

Our bubbly little girl – doing more talking & gurgling!

St. Patrick's Day church clothes.

Showing off the St. Patrick's Day shirt my Aunt Kathy got her - "I'm Cute, My Mom is Cute, and My Dad is Lucky!"

Jersey Day at Sparks!

I found some super cute PINK tennis shoes in a box of forgotten hand-me-down clothes.  Yea for playing dress-up!

A favorite picture of the boys holding hands on the walk to school.  :)

Hello there!  Why, yes, I DO enjoy my saucer!

Pretty in HOT pink!

Jonathan is 2-1/2 years old!

Snuggling with Aunt Joanna at the park.

Luke saying "Hi" during pillow tummy time.  :)

Jonathan checking out the yellow & orange flowers in the backyard.

We planted our garden with tomatoes, bell peppers & carrots!

Wrapping Up February 2013

Baby in red!

Happy little girl - I couldn't resist buying this "Little Sister" outfit.  :)

I love these kiddos!  This is one of my favorite pictures of the three of them.  :)

The boys look very happy in this picture.  Even if Rachel didn't look slightly terrified, there was a smudge on the camera lens right where her face was... that I didn't notice until afterwards.  Oh well.

Disneyland 2013

We took a Hughes Family trip to Disneyland with all the cousins in February 2013.  I had to take several nursing breaks throughout the day, but our little Minnie Mouse did very well.  We got a lot more attention than usual since everyone noticed our very tiny sweetheart all dressed up.  :)

Riding the train across the park.

Stopping at the playground in Toon Town.  We had a different itinerary this time around since there were several young kiddos in tow.

Exploring Tom Sawyer Island - great place for little boys to explore more hands-on.

Minnie Mouse got tired.

We put the boys in bright red shirts so we wouldn't lose them.  :)

Now I'm awake and ready to play!

I even got a break and went on a couple rides without Rachel since we had so many available babysitters.  She could be carried on some of the rides, which was fun, too.  I think Jonathan was next to me on this Pooh ride - he's just too short to see in the picture.  :)  Everyone had a fun time.