To our friends scattered to and fro,

It goes without saying, but March blew by like a strong gust of wind.

Definite highlight was the 3 visitors that were here for 2 weeks 🥰

But honestly do Deborah and her children count as visitors? It been almost a year since she’d spent more than a flying weekend here- so we savored a more relaxed time. Alexander got a truck ride with Grandfather and Maria was VERY willing to get in on the experience too.

Deborah turned Mothers kitchen into a calzone factory and Mother and I both have a stash of breakfast, pizza, cheeseburger, and chicken bacon ranch calzones in the freezer. I’m trying to save some til after the baby comes- but it’s not easy 😂

Julia won Aunt of the year by bringing a large plastic watering trough into the garage and filling it with soybeans. The kids spent HOURS playing out there. Farm life at its finest.

They also put a few more miles on Grandfathers pedal tractor collection. The big boys are strong enough to drive them now. The one year olds- not so much- but that didn’t keep them from attempting to claim their spots. Some occasional refereeing was definitely needed 😅

Nate was on tour with We Care, and it was super special to have him around for one day when they stopped in Dayton for a banquet. I stole this pic of him and Maria off of their Facebook page. 🥰

I’m not sure if it was more fun listening to the twins and Zander and their innocent chatter, or trying to chase down the 1 year olds. But there was plenty of entertainment all around.

And I was glad for it. Ben had the chance to help a friend run a load to Portland, OR and so he jumped at the opportunity. They reloaded with apples in the Yakima Valley.

I attempted to keep the home fires burning and enjoyed the photo feed, but was so so thankful when he arrived home a week later. What an adventure!

Another very special event was an open house/baby shower that kind friends threw for us.

I’ve kinda been looking for anything jungle/lion/ROAR (hoping Baby Rohrer 🦁 is a tame one 🥰) and they did such a cute job including that with the shower. (Side note: Father gave the little bootie flower vase to my mother a few years ago when their oldest daughter was born 😅🥹❤️)

Sweet and Savory Crepes with so many options, yogurt parfaits, and egg and ham cups.

I looked longingly at this sugary goodness, but the low sugar muffins were a real treat too.

Bless these sweet ladies for all their hard work!

The kind ladies at church threw us a shower too and I set everything out for Ben to look at once he got home. It hit me again what a gift community is. Our baby has no idea how loved he or she is already. Such an undeserved blessing 🥹❤️

After Mr Rohrer had properly acknowledged all the gifts, we got the nursery all set up and everything more or less in its new home. Now to wait… 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

And so waiting we are.

Savoring lots of good memories in the mean time,

Kendra

Bonus Pic:

A shower is a very confusing event when you’re 3 and 4 years old. Deborah said that Alexander could not wrap his brain around what a “shower for Aunt Ken could be and why people were invited to it” 😂

Here’s a screenshot of FaceTiming the Showalter boys because they wanted to see our shower gifts. They got a pack of jungle animal masks and they were excitedly watching to see which animal gift I’d show next- they’d rush to find the appropriate mask : “A MONKEY! WAIT! DON’T MOVE!” 😂😂