early-ish may

the entire month of may was a complete blur for me. probably for all of us. we sold our house, looked at 25 different houses with hope of buying, found no new house, moved into a rental, graduated coen from preschool, and hosted guests. we probably did even more things, but those are the highlights. thank goodness i was snapping pictures along the way, because it was a month that i can look back on and wonder how we even survived it. i can already say that we are better for it. life has slowed down and simplified tremendously, which was our original goal. here are some pictures from the crazy whirlwind of early may.

picking papa up from the airport

pancakes with papa

fishing with papa

sleepover with papa

 

slip dipity sliding

sharing ice cream

mama's day crepe making

farm school fishing

good morning sweet girl!

a nap in the shop for the shop baby. 

class of 2014

on may 30 coen graduated from moon garden farm school. gah. i can't even begin to tell you how much we love aunty mae and her school. i often refer to her school as "magical" and it was nothing short of that. the love and learning that went on over the past year surpassed any expectation i had going in. individually coen learned so much. however, the biggest joy to us is that he learned to be an active part of a learning community. it was a blessing and a gift that coen was able to be a part of the 2014 graduating class at moon garden farm school.

i will be honest. i cried 3 times that morning of graduation, before i even dropped him off. i was not sad because he is growing up. i am so very thankful that he is strong, healthy, and growing. but i will say that i was very sad to say goodbye to a very special season of life. if i could keep him at farm school forever, i would. but i know that God has great things for this boy, and i know that i can't simply freeze time. (even if kind of i want to!)

the graduation program was exactly perfect. the whole group preformed some adorable songs. each child memorized a shel silverstien poem, and then the graduates each presented a thesis presentation on a topic of their very own choice. after the presentations, they changed into caps and gowns and each received their diplomas. there may have been a few tears, okay a lot. but all from the audience, the kids rocked it. such a reflection of how safe they feel at farm school.

coen chose metamorphosis for his thesis. he created his poster board, and presented all the facts. he even took questions at the end. we are so proud of you, coen! 

congratulation, harper! 

congratulations, cooper! 

congratulations, coen!

we love you, aunty mae!

moon garden farm school class of 2014

 

 

easter 2014

we had a wonderful easter weekend at our house. on good friday we accepted an offer for the sale of our house, and hours later hosted a baby shower for our very dear friends. no joke. i was literally vacuuming when i got the phone call. heard the news of escrow and then hung up and continued vacuuming. i had a party to throw! the weekend continued with all the traditional easter hoopla and ended with an awesome worship service in honor of our Savior. i am grateful for the chance to fill the house with extra memories and love that weekend before we had to start packing our lives up in boxes.

celebrating the little loewen #3!

 

 the dying of the eggs. note that marin was not awake for this. very intentionally NOT awake.

empty baskets left out for the easter bunny. 

abracadabra! stuffed full of goodness. 

little sleepy bunnies. 

jelly beans! jelly beans! jelly beans! 

we stayed in our pj's allllll day, then fancied up for an evening service at church. thank you, Jesus for giving us these sweet souls to love and shape and kiss and hug.