He Lives!

I love that old song..."because He lives, I can face tomorrow, because He lives, all fear is gone, because I know He holds the future, my life is worth the living just because He lives." I can face sickness, I can face hurt feelings, I can face the unknowns of our future, and I can face each day with all of its joys and disappointments, excitement and fears. As a very wise and sweet uncle used to quote daily before He recently passed away, "This is the day the Lord has made...BE Glad! Rejoice in it!" Each day is a gift...especially when we serve a risen Savior. Each day is to be treasured and made the most of....especially when He loves us so much.

Easter is such an amazing time to be with family and friends, to celebrate life, to thank Jesus with our whole beings. I pray your Easter was full of thanksgiving and reflection and lots of good food and special moments!

Our Easter looked a little like this: Baskets with bubbles....
Sleepy, excited "good morning" faces.... And, precious exploration of Easter surprises.... After church, pictures were interesting...seems our one year old was more interested in having lunch than a picture made...hmmm...

the egg hunt

We had a Sunday school class party where there was an egg hunt that resulted in a basket full of treats - this girl loves some treats! There was an egg race and C's team won!
We had an amazing Easter weekend! Beautiful weather...sweet time with our friends and each other...a wonderful Lord who loved us enough to give us a reason to celebrate. Happy Easter!

spring fun!!

How is it that every single year I forget how busy Spring is? You would think I would anticipate the mile-long to-do lists, the late bedtimes, and the excessive eating out because we are never home. But, alas, no....I was blindsighted once again. We celebrated Christmas. We relaxed and hibernated in January. February began picking up some steam with my birtday, Valentines, the missions conference at church, and Disney. Then, BOOM! March began and off we went!

So, here is some Spring fun for ya...because I finally decided to download some pictures while Little Miss plays with her babies, My Buddy is in school, and the Bear is eating lunch.... We had a fun afternoon of playing in the sprinkler. Bear loves being outside! And, he adores playing with his brother and sister!
My buddy...how I love his quiet observant nature, his love of figuring things out, how he takes such pleasure in making his siblings smile... Little Miss had her program at her school and her first-ever line to say...she was sooo excited! She did great speakly loudly and clearly. Her daddy was so proud of her, can you tell?
Of course, much time has been spent on the ball field. I am sure glad my other two kiddos like the ball field as much as their older brother...they are all having a "ball" each game!
Little Miss and Bear - they are the best of buddies on Tuesdays and Thursdays as they play the days away...at least until he begins hitting her for her wanting to hug and hold him like one of her babies or her getting mad at him for messing up her party for her dolls...
And, this little guy turned 18 months old! He is still off the charts in heighth, 80th percentile in weight, and his head was 95th percentile. He is big fella! He can say MaMa, DaDa, sista for his big sister, bubba for his brother, "k-k" for milk, ka-ku for cracker, booboo for his hurt knees, and the sounds for numerous animals - snake, cat, dog, cow, duck, and bird. He still grunts the syllables of lots of words, which makes us laugh. This kiddo is still keeping us running most of the time....I won't even go into detail about how he locked my door to my washer (had to call Maytag), climbed my double ovens, or trampled my new verbena bed!

Happy Spring!!!!!