Gavin and Grandma Lundquist get to meet him!

My mom is here watching Gavin (thank you, thank you, thank you)... and they got to come see Drew today. Gavin was so excited to hold and kiss him... and tell EVERYONE this was his baby brother. Too cute!!

Don't you just want to eat him?

Drew Reed Jolley is here!!!

More pics and story to come.... Just wanted to give you all a sneak peak!

Drew Reed Jolley 7 lbs 5 ounces born 4-25-10 at 10:51pm

Tulip Festival in Bloom!

So, we made it back to the Tulip Festival this weekend at the right time!! THEY WERE GORGEOUS! This is just a few of the MANY pics I took while we were there! I'm hoping I'll have time next week (if I haven't delivered) to show my mom this when she gets here... they are her favorite flower.

The Orange

The Purple

The Red

My prego belly.. 2 weeks left to go!

The different Pinks

The Yellow and Orange next to each other

Then we drove down to Anacortes Beach to throw rocks and look at the gorgeous view! I feel so lucky to see so much beautiful nature where I live.

Easter Morning

This little guy woke up and ran into our room chattering on about how the Easter Bunny was coming today. How this cute boy remembers everything?... I don't know... but he was definitely ready for the egg hunt to begin!

Our day was FULL of jelly beans, baking, coloring, cars, inside bowling, and the best part... watching conference! We love conference weekend! I can't wait to spend the next month reviewing all the inspired talks and applying them to my life! It was a wonderful way to spend this Easter Sunday!

Dying eggs

Homemade Cinnamon Crunch Bagels

I keep meaning to post about these. I made these a few weeks back (and 3 times since... but with asiago instead.. yum!) and they were delicious! My sister foudn these and posted the link on her blog. The best thing about this recipe is it's SUPER EASY!! Who doesn't want to make their own bagels occasionally!?

I searched the web for my favorite bagel topping though... the cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera... but with no luck. So, I created my own... and I think it turned out pretty yummy!!

Rising:

Boiling:

covered in goodness:

All done!

Here's the link:http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bread-Machine-Bagels/Detail.aspx

Happy baking!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Daffodils!!

The tulip festival is something I've wanted to see for a long time... unfortunately they haven't bloomed quite yet.. but the daffodils have! So we took the hour drive today and will be back next month for the tulips! Gavin LOVED all the flowers and it was killing this sweet boy not to pick one for his mom. :) I loved so many of these pics that I'm sorry you'll have to gut through them all! (the colors we so fabulous.. these pics haven't had an ounce of editing!)

Smelling and hugging them!

Hoping they blow like a pinwheel I think :)

Loving that mint chocolate cookie I brought

Family pics! (What?! A pick of Devin and I in it too!)

Sneak peak at the baby belly... 6 weeks left to go!

Weekend getaway

For valentines I surprised Devin with a weekend getaway in Seattle. Unfortunately we didn't have a weekend that wasn't crazy busy until now to go! (I know it's only 15 mins away but we have never had a night away from Gavin) So Devin's sweet aunt and uncle watched Gavin and we enjoyed a weekend of walking, shopping, eating out, and being lazy. It was a perfect get away right before this next little guy joins our family!

We stayed at this awesome swanky hotel called

http://www.innatthemarket.com/
right across from Pikes Place Market.

The room was fabulous!

The view from our balcony:

Wandering around Pike's Place Market before we left. Don't you just LOVE the flowers?!