Did someone say baby?

We are pleased to announce the birth of Sage McKenzie Schenck. She was born at 6:45 pm eastern time, and weighs 7 pounds and 12 ounces. Mother and baby are doing well. I will add pictures and more info tomorrow.

Taking our Circus to the Circus

Shaelyn brought home some tickets that got 2 kids per parent in free to the circus and $5 off the adult ticket. So we decided we would go and check it out. Shaelyn got to bring her friend Lilly, and they had a ball! We had some cotton candy and popcorn. Let me tell you, this is were they are making all their money. The popcorn was more expensive than at the movie theaters. I just figured this was a rare occurrence so we splurged a little bit.

Winston loved the animals! We saw tigers, camels, zebras, lamas, ponies, and elephants.

He also couldn't stop laughing and smiling at the transition acts. So what were they?

The Clowns! He was cracking up the whole time!

Here are the girls on the rings. The girls enjoyed them and the trapeze family but Shaelyn leans over to me and says," Mom, those girls are not modest, they need to wear more clothes" I agreed with her and had a big smile in my heart. I am so proud of her, I just hope that she continues to feel this way as she grows older, especially when she enters the teenage years.

Fun Family Photo Shoot

A few weeks ago, we were so privileged to have a photo shoot with one of my Great Friends the Saturday morning of Conference Weekend before Conference started. She is so A-mazing! I just love how they all turned out. Here is just a sampling! The Family!

Now that is a foot poppin' kiss!
This one just makes me laugh!

I didn't realize how big I actually was till I saw this picture!

My little Angel.

I love the freckles in this picture, he was such a ham!

One of the few smiling pictures she was able to capture. I am glad she got this one.

William did not want to smile at the camera, it was just one of those mornings. We seem to be having a lot of them lately. Hmm . . . I think he knows that there are some big changes to come.

The boys and me.

Muah!

Love this picture except for my fatty arms

Another belly picture.
This is probably one of my absolute favorites!

Thank you so much Sarah!

Spontaneous Trip to DC

We knew we wanted to go to Washington DC before we left the East Coast and we were running out of time because we wanted to go before the baby came and not be stuck 4 hours away and go into labor. So anyway, during Shaelyn's spring break and after Walter finished all the details for graduating we thought it would be a good time to go to DC. We decided we would go early Thursday morning but I got some good advice from a great friend who advised us to go the night before to avoid traffic. So Walter quickly booked a hotel Wednesday afternoon and we drove up an hour later and stayed over night. We got up early Thursday morning(6AMish) and went and saw different monuments and sights(7:30am to 10am) before all the museums opened(10am). Above is the Washington Monument viewed from the White House. It was hard to get the kids to sit still for a picture At least we have one were they are all sort of sitting :)

Here is a view through the fence.

There was a nice jogger who offered to take our picture. In the first one, Shaelyn wasn't even in the picture so she took another one and Winston decided to make it a funny picture. Oh boy! From the White house we decided to go and see the Lincoln Memorial. This is the Washington Monument viewed from the step of the Lincoln Memorial. They just about stayed put for this picture too. The kids took turns riding in the double stroller and one would walk at a time. William would have walked the whole time but he was just too slow. This is in front of the visitor's center. They have a beautiful court yard, and it was the perfect place to hang out till the museums opened.

This is a picture of the Washington Monument behind the trees and urn thingy.

It was a great place to stop for a snack. . . . and some monkeying around time.

The visitor's center.

Here is a bad picture of the dinosaur from the Night at the Museum movie. Winston didn't want to stand in front of it because he thought it would come alive. I was really bad at taking pictures inside the museums, I was too busy making sure the kids didn't get lost among all the people! We made it to 2 museums: the Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Natural History. The whole family was done by 12 noon. We walked about 5.5 miles and my feet were done. It was just the right time to head out of the city and go and get some lunch and go home. It was a great trip!

Is there a Dr. in the house?

I had to give a shout out to my wonderful Husband who has now officially completed everything, except the hooding ceremony, and is now a Dr. of Chemistry. Yesterday, Walter presented his final defense, and I was able to be there and watch him. He did such a great job! He has worked so hard and I am glad he doesn't have to stress about graduating anymore, now all he has to do is show up for the ceremony! Yeah! Okay, so Walter won't be able to fix your medical problems, but I just came across this picture and thought it was funny and had to do with the Dr. theme. "Open Wide!" I love you babe! You have come a long way!
Congratulations Mr. PhD!