Oh Glorious Day

One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain

One day they nailed Him to die on a tree

Suffering anguish, despised and rejected

Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He

Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree

Living, He loved me 

Dying, He saved me

Buried, He carried my sins far away

Rising, He justified freely forever

One day He's coming

Oh glorious day!

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer

One day the stone rolled away from the door

Then He arose, over death He had conquered

Now He's ascended, my Lord evermore

Death could not hold Him

The grave could not keep Him from rising again!

Oh glorious day!

~Mark Hall & Michael Bleecker~

Grace's Trike-a-thon

Grace had the opportunity to participate in the St. Jude

Trike-a-thon at her school.  She raised some money for the hospital and they taught her about bicycle safety.  The kids then were able to use their knowledge about bicycle safety at school.  

We were there to cheer her on!  Carter did not like being trapped in his stroller, but it was for his own safety.  Ha!  He definitely would have been taken out by a three year old on wheels!

And, she's off!!!

Poor boy, wanted to be riding around just like the big kids!

We were so proud of our sweet girl who really knew how to ride and who raised the money for St. Jude by herself!

Free At Last!

And, he's outta here!

An Easter EGGstravaganza

My mom and I took a whole bunch of kids to an Easter egg hunt.  And, we surprisingly kept up with them the whole time most of the time!

Carter and Charlie's hunt was first.  Carter knew just what to do!  He was an awesome egg hunter!!!

Grace was a great big sister; she helped keep up with Carter's bucket while he knocked other kids down to get to those eggs!

Tripp loved helping Charlie hunt eggs...sweet brothers!

I LOVE this!  How did these kids get so big?  I wonder what those girls are talking about!?!

Next, it was time for the big kids' hunt.

I think the awesome egg hunter ability is genetic!  'Cause she found a TON of eggs too!

They were so proud of themselves!

Checking out the loot!

After cooling down in the shade (the high today was 84), we headed to the petting farm.  This was definitely Lily's favorite part!  She fell in love with this cute little baby goat! 

Carter liked being around the animals, but he was not a big fan of touching them!

Charlie hung out with this hairy pig for a long time!

Even though, he loved the egg hunt and the animals; he really loved this basketball game!  This is where he wanted to be the entire time!

true love!

And, this is where Grace wanted to be!

We visited with the Easter Bunny and then...

 ...it was time to go!

We had an EGGciting day!!!

my first babies

my mom just found my first baby doll and sent it home with us.

now, my first baby can play with my other first baby!

a girl is

innocence playing in the mud,

beauty standing on its head, and

motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

~allan beck~

What A Kick!

We have had some awesome weather lately, so we went to the soccer field at John's school and played a little soccer.  Carter was in heaven...an open field to run in and BALLS galore!

Grace was the goalie...she wanted to use her hands!

John got to share his love with us all.

Grace cannot be outside for more than 5 seconds without taking a water break!  Crazy girl...there was probably a time when she was 18 months old and we were playing outside and I gave her a bottle of water.  Now, that is what HAS to be done EVERY time.

"What a kick!"

He is so in love with soccer right now.  He is constantly kicking a soccer ball or looking for one to kick and he is actually pretty good at it!

Anybody want to play the Jacobs' family in a game of soccer?  We'd love to take you on!