Elisabeth

Here's our pretty little girl. She has the quietest side but also the most rebellious side (you wouldn't know it by the pictures). Here's Elisabeth leaning upon my lap.

I love this picture too... I couldn't decide so I put them both up. Isn't she precious here?


Homeschooling has started already! We didn't plan on it but I guess this is just how God intended. I bought her a Magnadoodle a while back. We started drawing letters of the alphabet. She then started coming to us wanting us to show her more letters... all the time. She now knows all the letters of the alphabet by sight. She can pick them out on our car or a sign and she is starting to draw several letters now too. We've always seen her as our smart one. She's as smart as a whip! Boy, I never knew she'd know the letters of the alphabet before three years of age. Makes us kind of proud! : )

Daddy and Matthew

Daddy and Matthew reading a book together. I love the way my husband looks here.
He has a real serious side I love about him.

Malachi or Leah?

One week to go and we shall find out if we are having a boy or girl. Now I'm back on the boy side of things again. I do hope we have another boy but won't mind if it's a girl too.

Names:
Malachi Obadiah Geraci
Leah Hadassah Geraci

Hadassah is the other name for Esther in the Bible - I think it's pretty

Yogurt Berry Drink

We have a yummy yogurt drink around here quite often. I make 2 quarts of homemade yogurt, put some in the blender and add fresh or our frozen fruit and some milk. Yum! I think this one is made with our cranberries from last year and blackberries from last year's pick.

Messy face!

What are you doing in here???
Looking so cute I just had to post this one too!
Matthew likes the yogurt drink too.

Daddy and Hanni

I love this picture. I just wish it didn't turn out red eye. Our little Hannah is nearly two years old. She is the one who is trying to climb on my lap now as I write. She just loves to be held and cannot stand to be away from us (especially her daddy) for a moment. If my husband even walks into the mudroom, she cries and screams like he's going to be gone forever. She is daddy's little girl but she loves us all. She's our little love.

Breakfast Burritos - Yum!

First we make our homemade flour tortillas. They are really quite simple to make. Once you make them you just can't go back to store bought and they are soooo cheap to make.
For four huge tortillas I mix 1 cup of water and some oil (1/8-1/4 cup) to a few cups of flour (I just keep adding until the consistency is soft but the mixture isn't sticking to the Kitchen Aid bowl anymore. Shape into four balls and roll out on a floured surface. Place a tortilla into a medium-medium hot pan and cook about 30 seconds or so. Flip over and finish. Ta-Da!

Okay, then I cooked some scrambled eggs, leftover bacon and added cilantro,
chopped green onion and cheddar cheese.

Here's my husband ready to devour his.

Father's Day

I came downstairs from taking my shower and this is what I saw. You can't get more natural than this. The kids haven't been dressed yet, Elisabeth on the potty and a kitchen to still clean from breakfast. Real life - Real daddy! He reads a lot to the girls. They don't know what they have and probably won't til he's gone one day. He loves his children and can't wait to have more. He's a wonderful father and I am truly blessed... we all are.

Three Week Countdown - Boy or Girl???

Oh, I can't believe it!!! We will find out on July 1st at 9:00 if this little bugger is a boy or girl. I'm kind of hoping for a boy for Matthew to play with but also am hoping a little for a girl again. If we do have a girl, I hope he can be blessed with a brother the following year. Yes, we want more kids! Why stop now??? We're just having too much fun!

This morning we all went outside for a while. The sun was out so we had to make a run for it. I thought I'd take my camera as we were bolting out the door. You can never have enough pictures of the kids!

Here's little Matthew grinning from ear to ear

What's he trying to say???

My thoughtful boy

Hmmm, still thinking... such a beautiful baby to me.

Hannah pouting all by herself!

Hannah making up with daddy

Raking some of our field

Elisabeth pondering whether she wants the purple one

Climbing up boards... Who needs to learn this in kindergarten
when we can learn how to walk on a balance beam at home???

Elisabeth growing all up. She'll be three in July!

More raking... now get to work!

Pretty girl - we love you Elisabeth

Some Pictures from our Visit to San Diego

On our way to San Diego. I wish the girls always were happy like this on our trip. It was a HARD trip. We felt so bad for the kids when all was said and done.

Hannah all tuckered out!

One of our rest stop stops. I packed salami and cheese for sandwiches, homemade potato salad and brownies and lots more. It was nice to eat some good food at some stops along the way.

Another rest stop stop.
Hannah is looking for a squirrel that kept looking for some handouts from us.

Here we're finally at Dad and Diz's home. I'm so glad Matthew got to visit his father in his home rather than a hospital in his last moments. He appeared a lot healthier than we expected him to look. We were really grateful for that. Matthew kept holding his father's hand sharing how much he loved him. It was really touching. I wanted to cry.

Good picture of father, son, grandson and granddaughter

Daddy and the girls. I made them these pretty skirts to wear at grandma and grandpa's house. Elisabeth's was a bit loose on the waist so she kept having to hike it up.

Mama and her girls

Matthew and his father having some quiet conversation

Here Hannah and Elisabeth are playing outside in the warm weather. Something that doesn't happen too often on the Washington Coast. They had a blast!

Matthew, Diz (their grandma) and the kids.

Hannah playing with the little stones

Matthew sharing his water with our son.
I love the way my husband looks in this picture close up.

Matthew and his brother Nick

Nick Jr. playing tickles with Elisabeth. Nick and Mary have the nicest kids... all about 17-21 years of age. They played, played and played with our kids. They were some of the kindest kids I have ever met... very kind and very considerate.

The Family
Here's about half of the family that was over that day.
Diz and Debbie made the best homemade enchiladas you could ever tear into. They served two generous portions which really made me feel at home. : )

Grandpa holding Hani (Hannah - we call her Hani a lot). From what I understand, he never held his children or grandchildren so this was a real treat to see.

Nick, dad and Matthew

Driving to San Diego

We will be leaving and driving to San Diego May 15th to visit with Matthew's father. He is pretty ill of health and we want to see him before he passes away. We will be gone for a week. Please pray that Matthew's father Mike will hear the words of his son about the Lord and that we will return safely. We also need prayer that the Lord's will be done on a very important matter concerning the rest of our and our children's lives. Thank you so much! We will post lots of pictures upon our return when we have the time. : ) Take care all...

Pictures of Matthew 5 Months

Here's our little Matthew at 5 months old (picture's a few weeks old). He's such a sweetie!

Matthew Sr. and Matthew Jr.

Look at those teethers! I love him so much. He is still such a easygoing, content baby.
I will miss his babyhood. It's been really enjoyable.

Primitive House

The home we are dwelling in was built in the early 1930's. There was a home on this property prior to the home that we live in. We call it primitive house. It was somewhat safe to walk into a few years ago when we bought the home. However, now the floor and ceiling are rotting and we are going to have to bring it down for the safety of our children or anyone else. I took some pictures before we bring the house down.

Primitive House

You can see here why we need to bring it down. The floor is literally caving in.

Some of the old bottles we've found underneath and around the house.

This is the living quarters where the people used to stay or so we've heard.
Later someone turned it into a sauna.