Darby World

2006-11-06T09:52:00.000-08:00

Two monkies in their Pirate costumes. Aren't they so cute?? Stay in tune for the rest of the crew!

2006-08-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

Patrick and my 7th Anniversary was Sunday, August 20!
Crazy. It's been a great seven years, though.

2006-08-22T10:19:00.000-07:00

August 5: Ben & Sarah got hitched! Here we are outside the temple during the endless photo shoot!
From left to right:
Eve, who is holding Eve, Hilary, Hannah, Yours Truly, Mom, holding Esther, Sarah, Ben, Dad, Isaac (the floating head), Levi, Jared, Aaron, and Luke. Aren't we so cute?
It really was a great experience to see Ben and Sarah get married in the temple- a very CELESTIAL experience, hee hee.
Sarah is awesome and I am so happy to have her as my sister!

2006-08-22T10:12:00.000-07:00

A year of Esther! Our little angel was a year old June 6.

2006-05-05T09:18:00.000-07:00

Here I am in "The Boy Friend" in the role of "Polly Brown". It was a fun show!

2006-02-12T16:50:00.000-08:00

Caught in the act- Cat Cat supervising Esther's sleep. She LOVES Esther. She likes to come up and cuddle with Esther and wrap her tail around her. It's quite cute.

2006-02-12T16:35:00.000-08:00

The top dog in his cool hat.

2006-02-12T11:46:00.000-08:00

Three cute monkies.

2006-01-09T19:11:00.000-08:00

Three clean monkies.

2005-12-29T10:35:00.000-08:00

Esther is so cute in her new kitty outfit! She liked it so much she had to drool all over it to mark it as hers!

2005-12-29T10:27:00.000-08:00

Every good mother must have a picture of their children in the buff out where everyone can see it- and since we have no coffee table (and do not even drink coffee and therefore find that phrase abhorrent!) to place a framed photo upon, this blog is the next best thing!

2005-12-29T10:11:00.000-08:00

Alison Faye Darby- born December 24, 2005 on the bottom left AND Elias Connor Ekstrom born December 27, 2005 on the top right.

This continues the strange saga of our "Brothers Aaron" who went on missions at the same time, married their prospective wives the same month and NOW have their first childs within a week of each other. . .

Weird.

Yes, it's weird. Weird, but so awesome that we have a new neice and nephew!!! Congrats Aaron and Aaron!!! (And Lynze and Dine!!!)

2005-12-29T08:34:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day
Before and after the children were released.
We opened presents in the morning and we could have stopped after Esther's doorway toy you see here on the left- they all played with that the whole morning and very little with anything else!

2005-12-29T08:14:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve

2005-12-29T08:11:00.000-08:00

Esther lookin' good in her Christmas outfit.

2005-12-29T08:03:00.000-08:00

2005-12-29T07:57:00.000-08:00

Here is the amazingly talented Esther- caught, for the first time (that we know of), STANDING in her crib! And only just 6 months old- what a genius!

2005-12-29T07:50:00.000-08:00

What do you call two midgets in a pile of leaves?

Russel and uh, . . .well, . . .Russel

2005-11-29T13:04:00.000-08:00

Halloween 2005
Tigger, a cow and a pumpkin- what a combination.

2005-11-29T12:49:00.000-08:00

Here are the birthday people at their respective parties:
October 19
Patrick turning. . . well, REALLY old.

November4

Eve turning 2 and ripping open her presents.

November 6

Emily turning 26, I mean, 25 at closing night, which also happened to be her birthday.

2005-11-29T12:33:00.000-08:00

Here I am with photos from the Encore Player's production of Pirates of Penzance. The top picture is from rehearsal and I had to add it because I loved my lovely ghetto practice-parasol that kept whacking me on the face with the lace that was coming off at quite importune moments AND Fredrich is in there as well while we are rehearsing "Poor Wandering One"- he was awesome! Then a shot of the "Modern Major General" scene at dress rehearsal and "Seargent, Approach" and sometime in Act 1. We played from November 2-6 and it was so much fun!

2005-11-29T11:41:00.000-08:00

This morning Bear, our beloved Darby family dog, died.

We'll miss her.

2005-10-23T16:16:00.000-07:00

Esther-eating-her-first-bite-of-food.

2005-09-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

Isaac and his clone.

2005-09-19T04:57:00.000-07:00

I had to put this in here just 'cause it's so cute!

2005-09-19T04:54:00.000-07:00

Here is Paddy and Eve (and the everpresent blanket)right before he left for his ship. One last little snuggle!

2005-09-19T04:47:00.000-07:00

Esther lounging.

2005-08-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

Patrick and Eve outside the Darbys.

2005-07-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

Esther and Hilary:
Here is Auntie Hilary holding the freshly-born niece.

2005-07-28T14:29:00.000-07:00

Eve, Daddy, and baby Esther:
Hmmm. . . I'm not sure about this thing I'm holding. . .

2005-07-28T14:15:00.000-07:00

Evie and Mommy:
Eve really wanted to snuggle with Momma and wasn't too interested in her new little sister.

2005-07-28T14:09:00.000-07:00

New Baby Darby:
Here is the proud Daddy and big brother of Esther.

2005-07-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

Isaac and Fitzwilliam:
Isaac loved Fitz from the very beginning. Here he is seeing Fitzy for the first time.

2005-07-28T13:57:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Eve and the dogs-

Here she is the day after Grandpa Ekstrom brought home Fitzwilliam. As you can see, she's not too sure how she feels about this newcomer. She kind of has a "deer caught in the headlights" look on her face. (And you gotta love the cat's glowing eyes.)

2005-07-28T13:38:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Eve and the dogs-

Here is Eve under the table again with Bear. Every time we go over to G&G Darby's house you can find Eve under the table climbing up and sliding down poor Bear.

2005-07-28T13:15:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Eve and the dogs-
Here is Evie at G&G Darby's house, under the table with "Bear" and Chinook. The really funny thing about this picture is that, two seconds after this picture was taken, Chinook took off. The huge, fluffy, wolf-looking dog is afraid of our one-year old girl! Hee hee

2005-07-27T12:17:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Seward-
Ice cream is always nicer when being fed by your servant- otherwise known as Grandpa!

2005-07-27T01:04:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Clammin'
Here is Isaac after we got home from clamming and were washing off our "catch." While we were digging them up, he had to pet every clam caught. He would even go to the bucket and take them out and pet them a second or third time. Here he is, demonstrating proper clam-petting technique.

2005-07-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Clammin'
Eve really liked to play in the muddy holes and help Grandpa by putting the dug-up clams into the bucket.

2005-07-27T00:45:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Clammin'
Here is Isaac and his Mom (and Esther is there if you look really close). We went clamming at Clam Gulch and got a LOT of mud. . . and a few clams.

2005-07-27T00:14:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Trauma- Isaac's Recovery
Here is Isaac a week and a half after his accident. His recovery was truly miraculous! I thank Heaven for the merciful intervention that saved my little boy. To this day, he has nothing more from this accident than a fading scar.
You would think, however, that he would develop a fear of heights or at least a respect for large distances to the ground- Nope! A week after he was released from the hospital we caught him in anther windowsill- attempting to open a different second-story window. Ah! (Thankfully, his grandfather locked all the windows with dowels so opening them, for a three year old, is quite impossible.) I look forward with great anticipation to what mischief this little boy will get himself into in the future! (Not to mention any visits to the ER!)

2005-07-27T00:05:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Alaska: Trauma- Isaac's Peter Pan Incident
Here is my precious boy after falling out a second-story window at my parent's house in AK. The fall, which would have been lethal to anyone else, was merely shaken off by Isaac with one day in the NICU (in the picture above) and one at home spent lounging- the next day he was back to his normal self- as normal as you can be with stitches and bruises and one eye swollen shut.

2005-07-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

Our newest, tiniest Darby right after she was born-and her mother. Esther came into this world June 6, 2005, weighing in at 7.04 pounds and measuring 19.5 inches.

2005-07-26T23:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Darby World! The lovely blog of Patrick, Emily, Isaac, Eve, and Esther Darby.