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.

love.

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

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!

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some random phone pics...

carter and i went to the library.

i got to read to grace's class!

this puppy was so sad because it was bedtime.

from the way back of the van, this cool guy rocks out to "the church song!"

grace was super excited that she got to pick out her own outfit for spring picture day...she wanted to be the cutest girl!!!

umm...chapstick, anyone?

my dinner date!

grace and john went to the grizzlies game...z bo is her fav!

she got to bake and watch movies and spend the night with mimi

we are going to hang out with some family tonight and eat grace and mimi's cake!  whatcha doin' ?

frozen family fun night

we started our frozen family fun night with this super fun scavenger hunt! (thanks to my sil julie's pin!!!)

the clues were all song lyrics from the movie and since these songs have been playing in our home, car, classroom, and heads for about 3 months now, it was perfect!

i didn't get any pics of the kids hunting because they were running or jumping or spinning or hopping the entire time!  actually that's not exactly true...i did get pics, but they were just blurs and flashes of colors.

at the end of the hunt, we found frozen!!!

so...we made a yummy frozen dessert!

then snacked and watched and sang and laughed and danced throughout the entire movie!

when the movie was over, grace jumped straight up and yelled "best. day. ever!!!"  and carter  got mad because we couldn't watch it again tonight.