Thursday, April 28, 2011

He is Risen!

Easter is such a special time of year. I love purposefully celebrating our risen King. The victory is His, and the whole Easter weekend I feel like I am in the midst of a victory party or a world championship celebration. It is an amazing feeling to know that your Father is the reason for it all and that He did it all for you. I just love it and all the fun that comes with a party!
Our church had a massive Easter egg hunt at Latta Park complete with egg hunt, face painting, balloon animals, friends and picnicking.
Henry wouldn't settle on just picking up Easter eggs he felt the need to pick up a hot chick too.
We decorated Easter eggs with Grandma.
We acted out the resurrection story with our little people and tomb.
And enjoyed beautiful services at Uptown Church on Friday and Sunday.
In our Easter best...

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Daddy Daughter Date

Tea with Belle and a show!
Not sure how he's going to top this one.

Cute Little Guy

Like father like son...

A dog and his duck or a duck with his dog?

Lazy 5 Ranch

We visited here today and it was a lot of fun. The kids loved it and so did the adults, even if the zebras made us a little nervous. Take some friends, a picnic lunch and head to Mooresville...we did!



Put Away

Monday, April 18, 2011

Lately...


It's been three weeks since my last post and while nothing super exciting has happened I thought I should still share some photos. I know I have some Kansas readers eager to see some kiddos, so without further ado I present to you "the latest"...
We enjoy Imaginon (a children's library a few miles from our house) and the dress up clothes they offer along with story time, puppet shows and riding on the "trolley" are truly superior.

And we certainly have been enjoying recent packages delivered to us from Kansas! Dressing up is always popular and a new tiara doesn't hurt...thanks Grams and Dog!

Arts and crafts are a crowd pleaser.And being silly is always in fashion ...as is using the potty! This little guy has nailed it. I have even found him going to the bathroom at 5am only to return back to bed for the rest of the "night." He is smokin' and we are so proud of him and all his transitioning as he prepares to leave his baby status and enter into his big brother role!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Mountain retreat

Last weekend our family headed up to Ridge Haven in Brevard NC for a little mountain escape. This is a camp I used to frequent every summer as a kid. It was very nostalgic going back with my own children for a weekend adventure. We hiked, played on the playground, learned the difference between rocks and seashells and hiked with sticks like Moses in a foreign land. Did we hang from trees? Yes, we did.

Did we use the ropes course as our own personal playground? Yes, of course.
Did we help ourselves to riding on abandoned construction equipment? Well, no but we sat on it and used our imaginations.
Waterfalls?
Relax by the fire? Oh yeah.