Caty's Visit

This Tuesday my good friend Caty (her name is Catriona, so it is Caty with a C) came up to FINALLY meet Oliver. She was, I think, the 3rd non-family member to find out that I was pregnant. It was right before our Current Issues in Anthropological Theory course. She was so excited, she announced it to the teacher. He didn't really know how to respond. It was pretty hilarious. She has been a great friend to me ever since I have known her and it was so good to see her again. She just makes me smile all the time. She even brought me flowers! But I can tell you this much, she has definitely made her way to the top of the kidnap list! If Oliver ever goes missing, I'm sending the authorities right to her house! Thanks again for a great visit Caty--I'll come see you soon!

April Fools!

We had a day filled with April Fools jokes.
Shane started out the day very convincingly telling me that he bought a box of Magic The Gathering cards at work (they cost about $60) Now anyone who knows our financial situation will know that we can not afford to buy him those costly toys. He had me going for about 5 minutes, I just kept saying "You'd better be joking or I am going to be so angry at you" and just really trying to control my temper. After a while he said to Oliver, "You ready bud? Tell Mommy...April Fools!" Needless to say I breathed a deep sigh of relief.

We had our friends the Flanders over for dinner. They were joking around asking us when we were having our next one, and I said "Well I guess we should just go ahead and tell you...we are pregnant!" Brian looked shocked while Mariluz looked very excited. They both said congrats and then I said "We should also tell you...April Fools!"

After they left I was talking to my mom and I said "Well we were going to wait and walk over to tell you, but, well, we're pregnant again" "Oh." "Its these genes you gave me, mom![my grandmother is an irish twin]" "Well I warned you about those! (pause) Well...congratulations!" "Thanks, oh, by the way, April Fools!"
She said that when I told her we were preggers she thought "Oh no, what have they gotten themselves into!?"

And then finally, Shane called his parents to tell them the happy news. He told them Oliver was going to have a little brother or sister. His dad yelled into the phone "Again!? Already!?" Although they didn't admit it, I knew there was a sigh of relief from them when Shane said April Fools.

It was a good gag for the day and we pulled a lot of peoples legs! I was impressed with our ability to convince so many people!

Theodore Albert Rees Cheney

This week a great man, my grandfather, Theodore Albert Rees Cheney, passed away. This picture was taken on his 80th birthday (January first of this year) I am so grateful that he had an opportunity to meet his great-grandson and that we were able to document it.
Grandpa Cheney was an amazing man that had great influence on all of his children and grandchildren's lives. He was an author, photographer, and professor. He was always happy to help me correct any papers I had written. Unfortunately by the end of correcting one essay, the pages were littered with his characteristic green pen. He was the ultimate proof reader, yet still let me proof read his books before he sent them to be published. He would take me out on photography trips with him. A picture I took with him even won first prize at the Sandwich Fair (a big deal to me at the time!) He loved to share his wealth of knowledge. He once told me that he first majored in psychology before majoring in geology, then for his masters he majored in geography then communication, and then he ended up being an English professor! In short, there was a lot of knowledge there to be spread around.
He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. I am grateful for the knowledge that I will see him again someday and that this was not "good bye" but a "see you soon"or as Grandpa would say "Good Ribbons!" (good riddance)

giggle pot

whenever i'm eeling blue i watch this video and i just have to smile!

Easter

We had a really wonderful Easter. The Easter Bunny came in the morning (I had to point out the baskets to Shane!) We had a really nice church service (even if I was in the hallway for most of it) and I'e gotta say I really rocked the house with my piano playing in Primary. After church we drove down the Shane's parents house and had a really great afternoon. We did family photos since the whole fam was there and had a delicious ham dinner and an even better spread of desserts! We are so blessed to have such wonderful family surrounding us.
Best Buds!

I love this picture of them!

The Sargent Crew!

Armenian egg cracking tradition. We cracked 4 dozen eggs!It is a contest to see who's egg can break the other eggs

I think Shane won. Though he played dirty and gave his niece a raw egg!

Yum Yum! Fruit tart, chocolate truffle cake, blueberry pie, and choco covered strawberries!
What a perfect way to end Easter!

Amanda's Wedding

After the birthday party on Saturday Oliver and I went down to Derry to our friend's wedding reception. She had gotten married the night before at the Boston Temple and Shane went to that. About two years ago Shane baptized Amanda so it has been very cool seeing her progress in the church and find an eternal companion. I have never seen anyone as happy as her at the reception! They were a very cute couple.
matching converse's-i love it!

this is a dark image, but they're cutting the cake

Birhday Party Fun

Oliver's best friend, Leah, had her first birthday party on Friday. Her parents (and our friends) Tom and Ursula, own the Frozen Custard store Rock Salt.

Leah absolutely loves Oliver, but as you can tell from some of the pictures, he is still a bit iffy about her. Mum said they have to get married because these pictures will look very cute at their wedding. We just have to hope she likes younger men!


Cute couple!
Leah's excited to see Oliver...

Oliver's excited to see his toys!
Happy and Bulldog
again
Future wedding pic, right?
Leah loved her fairy princess cake! When encouraged to blow out the candle on her cake, Leah thought that it would be better to grab it! Luckily Tom was speedy in whisking her out of the way!

It was a super fun time. Thanks for a great party Morrisons!