More misc. pictures

Here are just a few pictures that we took over the weekend. Ruthie was so proud of the cake that we made for Easter she had to get a picture of it. :)

Easter Sunday

Here are the pictures from Easter! We had company, which was really nice! Our friends Austin and Kristina came for the weekend and we had a great time. After church we joined some other couples for a late lunch and then relaxed the rest of the evening.

Botanical Gardens

On Wednesday, Ruthie and I went down to the Botanical Gardens with Kaiya. All of the tulips are in bloom and they were so pretty. We tried taking some pictures of Kaiya in the flowers -- and weren't too successful. Mainly because we were trying not to get caught by anyone working in the gardens. We didn't think they would appreciate me plopping Kaiya in the middle of the flower bed. :) In the picture with the pink flowers Kaiya isn't too happy with us because we decided that laying the blanket down was too much of a hassle and took too long (again - not wanting to get caught...) so we just plopped her down in the mulch. She didn't like that so much. And I'm still trying to forget about the little pieces of mulch that were in her diaper when we got home. :) Bath time!

Easter Dress

I found an Easter dress for Kaiya at Wal-Mart! It's a preemie dress so it actually fits her. And the weather is supposed to be in the mid to high 80s so I don't have to worry about finding anything to put over it. Anyway -- thought the picture was kind of funny. Aunt Ruthie says this is not a good sign -- I may not be able to get her in dresses very often. I'm still holding out hope. She does make it seem like torture, though...

Sleepy baby

See post below for info on these pictures. Now... it also looks like we put Kaiya to bed without clothes on. Not true... she just manages to wiggle right out of her clothes too... :)

Interview and more...

I was watching Kaiya this morning as she was sleeping in her crib and while I was standing there she managed to wiggle herself up so far on the sleep positioner she was sleeping on that her head fell off the back of it. So like a good mom, I ran for the camera to take a picture before fixing her. :) She slept through the whole thing.

This morning I had my interview at Westminster. I think it went well. I left feeling like it was really easy -- should it have been so easy? They asked me to share my testimony, asked what I think the needs of middle schoolers are, why I want to work with middle schoolers, why I chose counseling as a profession, how long will we be in St. Louis (ahhhh!!), and then how comfortable am I with the Reform Christian theology -- That was the hardest question because I don't know a lot about it -- and really didn't think it was a whole lot different than what I'm used to. So I told them that I don't know a lot about it, but I feel like if this is where God directs us that I'm very open and will see it as a learning process. They seemed to like that answer. And that was really about it. As I finished, the lady that I met with a couple weeks ago told the others involved in the interview that I came very highly recommended from several individuals. I really felt like she went to bat for me during the interview as well. She commented after asking me the question about the theology that when she was first hired at the school that she didn't know much about it either. Almost reassuring me that it wasn't going to be a big issue.

They said they would let me know as soon as possible. I'm hoping by the end of next week or beginning of the following. I would appreciate the prayers!

That's about it for us! We don't have much planned for this weekend -- actually I should say "I" don't have much planned for this weekend. Tony has tons of school work to do. Still playing catch up from the week he missed from Kaiya. He's pretty stressed out with all the exams, etc. And he sweetly took the night shift last night so I could be well rested for my interview today. Kaiya decided she wanted to stay awake until 3 a.m. for him too. Probably cause she misses him so much when he is at school during the day and studying at night. :)

I'm having trouble getting the pictures to post... so I'm gonna post this paragraph and try the pictures in a separate post...