4.22.2014

Happy Easter



After church on Easter, we went to my parents' house for lunch and some Easter fun!




We ate some yummy barbeque and a ton of deviled eggs.  Then the kids hunted for Easter eggs.  Each kid had to hunt for their special numbered egg.  This made it way more complicated than I had imagined it would, but in the end, everyone found all of their eggs!


Carter Man got busy eating all of his candy!



These three ate, sorted, and compared all their candy!


Next, we had an egg war!  Everyone brought a "special" colored hard boiled egg.  We drew names and the two competitors would roll their eggs toward their opponent's egg...the object: crack your opponent's egg, but not your own.  If your egg doesn't crack, you would move on to the next round.


I think, everyone had fun.


The cheaters were disqualified...no tape.  no plastic eggs.



It may have gotten a little intense at times. Ha!



The final round...Tripp versus Mimi!


And the Egg War Champion is...TRIPP!!!


Hopefully, we can make this a fun tradition!!!

After the egg war, we went to Grandma Great's house for dinner and another egg hunt.  And, yes, Carter ate all of that candy too!  But, the good news is...his candy is all gone and I don't have to tell him that he can't eat candy for breakfast or after his teeth have been brushed or right before nap time or...

4.21.2014

Hippity Hop Hop

Easter's on its way!

Easter weekend was fun-filled.  We went to a Easter egg hunt with sweet friends.


She's a sweet girl...she ended up putting some of her eggs back out for some of the little ones.


He ended up eating ALL of his candy before we even left.  Candy is his favorite!


~my favorite kiddos~


We stopped by the grocery store after the hunt and the kids got to decorate cookies in the bakery.  MORE sugar!!!





Coloring eggs was so much fun!  We also designed a special egg to compete in a egg war on Easter.





These kids are getting so big.  They don't even need much help anymore.  That's so exciting and so sad all at the same time!


He's such a mess...LOVE him!!!


our annual egg pic!
Yep, we pose with eggs.



Ready for bed...'cause Easter's on its way!!!

4.14.2014

Palm Sunday

Grace was asked to be the dead girl that Jesus brought back to life {Luke 8:40-56} during a song at church on Palm Sunday.  And...somehow, John and I ended up being the dead girl's parents.  


After a few practices (and, by few, I really mean over 6 hours including a dress rehearsal),...


it was show time!


Grace was so excited (and pretty too)!  She had been practicing so hard and she actually plays a dead girl really well!


Before our song, Carter, along with all the other kids in our church, came in waving palm branches and singing "Hosanna!"


Then, it was our turn.





There is strength in the name of the Lord.
There is power in the name of the Lord.
There is hope in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is he,
who comes in the name of the Lord.


4.07.2014

love.

Baby June and her family were in town and well, we love Baby June!


4.02.2014

build your kingdom here

We just celebrated our church's 5th anniversary and groundbreaking all in the same glorious day!  We love being a part of this safe, simple, home!