Here and Back Again

So...the adventure of life continues here in the Meloche household or as Richard likes to call it: our homestead. We have moved (more about that later), Richard is heading up a new theological institute (ditto) and, seven months ago, we had a beautiful baby girl : Zelie-Marie Bernadette. Heeeeere she is...

These are a couple of shots from Zelie-Marie's Baptism. I'll be posting more about that soon (and by soon I mean probably within the next 6 months).

Here are a couple more recent ones:

The sad truth is I don't have a lot of pics of this cutie; it just goes with the territory of being the youngest of six.  But she's so forgiving I'll doubt she'll hold it against me.  This girl has got the best attitude: laid back and easy going...nothing like her mama. 

Next up we have Richard and the boys putting up fencing to prep for the Dexter cow and pigs he wants to get.  I told him I wanted a miniature donkey. I don't know why I want one - I just think they're cute looking; and you know what they say: Donkeys are a girl's best friend... or something like that.

Handsome cowboys.

Last week we drove to Mt. Magazine State Park in Arkansas and did a little hiking.  We also stayed at the nearby Subiaco Monastery (in the retreat house- not with the monks) which was lovely and oh so peaceful.

Miserable Isidore. Put those together and you get Miseradore.

Happy Isidore

Sweet Mila

Me and my crew...and Simon my bodyguard.

St. Benedict is the best.

Zelie-Marie's first selfie.

In other news, Ezra recently learned how to hot wire our lawn mower.

Recently, Mila, Ezra and Simon received the sacrament of Confirmation.  Simon, also received his first Holy Communion. Here's proof:

Then came 4th of July when the most daring of our children, Isidore, bravely held a sparkler in his very flammable pajamas all while keeping his eyes wide open.

Here's Augustin literally turning five right in front of the camera.

A Foxy Cake for a Sly Guy.

Choo Choo... Look Who Turned 3

For our Little Man's 3rd birthday (in June) we took him to the Oklahoma Railway Museum, replete with an outdoor picnic and train ride!  He had a blast despite the stifling Oklahoma heat pressing upon us like the dickens.  It was so sweet- he was all smiles that day.  See for yourself:

    

I will leave it at that for now as I have a host of other posts to publish...

Ezra's First Holy Communion

On May 29, 2015, Ezra celebrated his First Holy Communion.  Being that we have no family around, our friends came out to help us celebrate such a momentous and blessed event.  What a beautiful day it turned out to be!! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves - thank you Jeanette for being the awesome photographer of the day!

Oklahoma Dreaming

 No this is not the entry where I post the Before and After pictures of our house...patience my friends. As always, I have some catching up to do.

Here we have two turkeys and one ham on a swing.  In case you were wondering, we are on the St. Gregory's University campus waiting for Papa to play hookey ;)

Mother's Day.  What a true gift: no funny faces, no blinking, no silly gestures...  I daresay this is a photographic victory!

 Mmm...Baci chocolate.

 Can you believe this came from our garden? I heart Swiss chard! 

I heart this bearded gardener!

Look at Isidore sitting up and looking AdOrAbLe in his shark pajamas!

Here we have our first egg.  So after 5 months our little ladies are starting to earn their keep!

Stay tuned for more pictures (in no particular order): Ezra's First Communion, Augustin's 3rd Birthday and, of course, the Before and After pictures, I know I know.