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We had our pictures taken today in preparation for the holidays.  They turned out pretty good.

Kaity

Brae

Hannah

Me!

I’m four weeks old today, and boy have they flown by.  Just ask Mommy and Daddy.  Grandma sent some pictures that she took while she was visiting, so you get four pictures today!

Me with Poppy on my birthday

How cute am I with my little baby hat?  The nurse used a second hat to make a bow for me.

Me with Grandma the day I came home

Grandma was too busy holding me or the camera at the hospital to get any pictures of us together, so we had to wait until I came home.

All the kids

Here I am with all of my siblings.  We’re a good looking bunch (and almost enough for a basketball team)!

Baby girl - home at last

And finally, me with Mommy and Daddy.  If it looks like we’re all sleeping, it’s because we were (or wanted to be).  That last day at the hospital was exhausting!

After the birthday party, we headed out to Clinton Lake for the annual department picnic.

Anthropologists socializing

Lots of grilled food, good company, and plenty of room for the kids to run around like crazed monkeys.

Or sit like crazed monkeys, in Kaity's case...

Anne also organized a grad student vs. faculty volleyball challenge, but the grad student who promised to bring the volleyball was a no show, so we improvised.  Yay for moms, like Kristie, who bring extra stuff for the kids to play with.

Missed point

Kaity subbed for me, since I wasn’t in any condition to play volleyball. She’s a great server.

Serve!

The faculty won the first game handily, but the grad students rallied and beat them in the second game.

Volleyball challenge

It was a fun way to spend an afternoon, even if I couldn’t actually play volleyball.

Proving to Hannah that the camera works

And afterwards, we stopped by the movie theatre to see Star Trek.

One of the best Star Trek movies, though I still think First Contact is my favorite.

At our house, Easter means dyeing a bunch of eggs the night before, our typical big breakfast on Sunday morning (during which one of Brae’s dyed eggs was sacrificed to his appetite), lots of chocolate, and an Easter egg hunt in the back yard.

Found one!

(There were actually three hidden here, Kaity and Hannah found the others – after Brae had looked).

Hannah checking hiding places in the grill

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Brae turns 11 today.

Happy Birthday!

Technical specs:

• Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted
• Needles: Size 6 Bamboo
• Pattern: Inverness Diamonds, A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
• Cast on 29 stitches
• Repeat pattern 3x
• Bind off knitwise

Technical specs:

• Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted
• Needles: Size 6 Bamboo
• Pattern: Inverness Diamonds, A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
• Cast on 34 stitches
• Repeat pattern 3x
• Bind off knitwise

Technical specs:

• Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted
• Needles: Size 6 Bamboo
• Pattern: Inverness Diamonds, A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
• Cast on 45 stitches
• Repeat pattern2x, Repeat rows 1-10.
• Bind off knitwise

Brae’s Spanish square.

Technical specs:

• Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted
• Needles: Size 6 Bamboo
• Pattern: Moorish Lattice, A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
  • Cast on 35 stitches
  • Repeat pattern 3x
  • Bind off purlwise

Technical specs:

• Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted
• Needles: Size 6 Bamboo
• Pattern: Coral Pattern, A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
  • Even number of stitches
  • Cast on 30 stitches