Lillian and big brother Quinn

Lillian Rose

Is the newest member of our family. Valori delivered her on Thursday morning April 10th. She is 20 inches long and 8.5 pounds. We are very excited to be her Aunt and Uncle!

Photos to come shortly (but trust me she is too sweet!).

Alive

So I should start by saying that before we left on vacation we had yet another snow storm. This winter alone we have broken many records and gotten over 100 inches of snow. Our plane went to take a turn and slid on ice (nothing big, if you didn't look out the window and notice we weren't on the runway path you would have never known) the morning we left and we were stuck for an hour. We were DONE with winter.
Returning home, most of our snow is gone and birds are starting to live in our birdhouse but yesterday was the day I felt the most alive.
I've been running indoors all winter and while its still a little cool (40's) I went around Back Cove yesterday. As soon as my feet hit the trail and I took a deep breath of the cool fresh air - I felt energized. Alive with energy. That is the only way I can describe the feeling. It was so powerful that even when I was tired I was so appreciative that my body ables me to do this that I am alive to be able to do it. I hope I can recapture that same feeling today, but if I can't I know it's there in me all the time.

Where we have been

Chris and I just returned from our vacation. We went on a cruise for 7 days with my parents. From swimming with stingrays in Grand Cayman, to relaxing on a beach in Honduras, mountain biking in Belize and a scooter ride around Cozumel it was absolutely wonderful! The best part was being able to spend time with my parents - my mom was awesome on the bike!