4/20/2014 -- Happy Easter

The kids got to go through their baskets(buckets) first thing.

From Grampa and Gramma they got gardening buckets with vegetable planters and seeds, and of course, chocolate bunnies, gold fish, fruit snacks and glow sticks - and a fun magnadoodle too.

From Daddy and Momma they got cleaning buckets with a few extras.  They were so excited to start planting food and cleaning the house.  Goy got started cleaning before church.

 After buckets, we made resurrection rolls.  No pictures of this because it was an all hands on deck project, but it really helped drive the message of the resurrection home.

Then they hunted for eggs. These eggs were empty except for 12 we would open at dinner (ham and potatoes) to teach the resurrection story.  Goy made sure his sisters had eggs in their bucket too.  He would alternate, an egg for Emma, one for Marion then one for himself.  He ended up with the least because the girls found some on their own, but he didn't care, he just wanted to have fun and make sure they were having fun too.

Then it was time to get everyone ready for church.  We didn't have time before church for a picture, so they are a bit disheveled after lunch with friends.  But they had so much fun this Easter and even prayed a prayer of thanks for Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, without any prompting.

I think we have our new Easter traditions.  But next year we might dye some real eggs or make some fun dyed deviled eggs.

There were so many sweet moments to the day that we didn't capture on film, but we will keep the memories for years!

Happy pre-Easter (or Easter Eve)

I sit here tonight pondering random things and wanted to share a sweet picture of my babies before they get all dressed up in the morning and look so grown up. 

May your Easter reflect on the beauty of Christ's  resurrection and awesome power of our All Mighty Heavenly Father.

God Bless you and check back tomorrow night for our Easter update. 

Love - their Momma

3/12/14 - Happiness

Happiness is major toy organization and snuggling with daddy!

Marching Along

Sorry for the ginormous break since last updating. 

I've been dealing with an injury that just won't heal. 

But we're marching along and doing our best not to get cabin fever too badly since I'm limited in my outings. 

Marion working on her shapes for writing. She followed me while I was doing chores and just parked wherever I stopped. 

One of Goy's favorite people. He works his way next to her or on her lap any chance he gets. She's also recently engaged, so we are praying her fiancé moves down here so we can keep them both. He's also one of Goy's favorite people!

And Emma Lue decided last night to start talking in earnest. Her favorite words are momma, dad, boo, gramma, bear and hi. We worked on love you tonight and she was trying hard. Will shoot for more frequent updates, ya know, like once every other month instead of every three :)

Night!

Merry Christmas

Happy & Patient (sort of)

Passed out!

I know everyone misses my daily posts of the kids asleep at night ;). 

A full day away from home, no naps! The girls passed out in the car at 4pm. 

And Goy still has energy to be silly!