He is Risen!!

Easter Sunday after church. We had nursery - it's amazing to hear a 2 year old say
"He is risen." Who has risen? "Jesus."

A willing subject who loved having her picture taken.


The blue sky is just awesome.

Not so willing, but he loves his mama.

Got him smiling by saying silly silly stuff. At least it worked.

Easter Fun

The kiddos decorating eggs.

We fixed a rabbit cake for lunch dessert. Bryce said we could take the "remains" to Mama Lou's for dinner.

Making the crosses on the hot cross buns.

Our finished product. To satisfy both kids, the bow tie has skittles and M&Ms.

Take me out to the ballgame

As we have warm days, the kids have been practicing ball. Bryce has signed up to play coach-pitch baseball this summer. His interest in ball was even more sparked when we went with my aunt and uncle to a Carolina baseball game.

Inchworm

Yesterday the kiddos found an inchworm outside to investigate.

"A real inchworm" says Bryce.

Bryce came in to do a little clean up task in his room.

He calls to me and says, "Mom, I know where the inchworm went."

OK, where??

"It came in with me."

Is it still on you??

"No, it's on the floor. You gotta come see it."

So, I finish up what I'm doing and go to his room.

He went out and got a piece of grass so he could take it back outside.

As he's walking through the house, Bryce goes "Oh, no." He's thinking the inchworm is about to fall off the grass.

"OH, WOW. I DIDN'T KNOW INCHWORMS COULD WALK UPSIDE DOWN!"

BLAH!!

That's just how I feel!!
That's how my morning has been!
That's how the weather is!
I have a couple of ideas for entries, but I need to download pictures.
I need to be loading the dishwasher.
I need to clean.
I need to be helping the kids with school/AWANA.
I want to know why we keep getting strep.
Does the list ever end?????

And just how self-centered does all that sound???
I'm so thankful Jesus is not that way!!
I tend to get so bogged down in the everyday "important" things.
I forget to marvel in HIS grace and mercy and actually enjoy life.
Life is so precious!!
Enjoy your day!!

Mini-Vacation in the Mountains

The kiddos first trip to the mountains and first time in a hotel room will be marked by many memories.

- Fast moving front dumped 12 inches of snow in the mountains

- The van refused to finish its climb up the mountain - we tried twice and even tried backwards and finally followed after the plow truck.

-A wonderful husband who kept us all calm and who made three trips to get all our stuff into the hotel (We couldn't get up the hill to the hotel parking lot.)

-It wasn't the vacation we expected but it turned out to be great - ate at good restaurants, read books and played games, played in the pool and played in the snow

-Our love and devotion to each other can be proven because three out of the four of us have strep throat. Thanks goodness for antibiotics!!

Bryce's "First" Story...

....without frustration or tears.

He was assigned to write a story after using a Story Grid to determine his characters, plots, etc. He was told he could write about anything and not worrying about spelling.

One day superheeros were in the jungel

then Megatron flew over them.

Then Optimus prime came.

They folt. Then Bumblebee

came. And Optimus prime and

Bumbelbee win the badel.