easter celebrations

Wow, we had a whirlwind of a weekend last Easter weekend, but boy, we sure did have wonderful time celebrating Christ's victory with family we love dearly!  

The first celebration was held the day before easter with our THRIVE group (they are part of our "family" too!).  We had a blast sharing a meal together and having a big egg hunt with all the kids who range in age from 2 to 16. It was wonderful and we are feel so very blessed to have such amazing friends, not to mention, our boys have a ball when we're all together! 

  

Next it was off to church on Saturday evening, a great service with an inspiring message challenging us to know, understand and live in the reality of the infinite value of Jesus.  So often, we filter our knowledge of Jesus through things and people, but we need to know Him, really know Him and live like it - that's what this holiday is all about! 

On Sunday morning it was off to Mimi and Papa's house for another meal and egg hunt.  One of the best parts was when Mimi made "Resurrection Rolls" with the kids.  It was a great way to involve and engage the kids while teaching them about the truth on why we were celebrating on this day.  It was a great way to start the celebration.  

  

 

That evening, we heading over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the last celebration.  We, again, had a wonderful meal, some great cupcakes, and Aunt Darby shared "Resurrection Eggs" with all the kids.  It was great watching the kids interact and talk about Jesus.  

  

Now, because we know that pictures are FAR better than words, CLICK HERE to see all our our pictures from our awesome Easter celebrations!    

christ is risen

egg dying

 

 

 

 

 

candles

the birthday boy blew out candles on his special birthday breakfast, on his cupcakes for lunch...

  

...and on his cake after dinner!  

two

   

Our “little” man amazingly turns TWO today!  

It’s incredible to think of how fast these years have gone and it’s amazing to think about 

how much love, joy and laughter Greyson has brought into our lives.  

And it’s only the beginning!

God’s way is perfect and He knew that Grey would be a perfect completion to our family.  

Thank you, Lord, for creating him so perfectly, for allowing us to enjoy this precious gift here on Earth.     

Happy 2^nd Birthday, Baby Boy!  

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength!  (Deuteronomy 6:5)  

revelation song

this weekend, we are playing/singing this awesome new worship song at church.  it is called "revelation song" and it's by an artist named kari jobe.  she is a worship leader at gateway worship and she wrote the song for her church.  she later went on to make an album and this was one if the hit songs on it.  it's unbelievable and perfect for this time of year!  take a listen for sure! 

revealed

people always ask, "who takes the pictures in your family"...

     

and there you have it, the truth is revealed (which does not come as any surprise for most of you), especially if you are familiar with this:  

spring has come!

we woke up this morning and found these beauties in our flower bed.  thank you, Lord, for your remarkable creation! 

The flowers are springing up,
      the season of singing birds has come...

~Song of Solomon 2:12

and, of course, no post can go without a photo of each of our boys!   

  

and in case you didn't notice already...yes, hudson is outside in his favorite 'cars' pjs and bright yellow crocs (a great combination, don't you think!?!?), in addition to walking around with a snack.  nice, warm days are the best!  God is good, and spring has come!  

sunshine

this past weekend was so refreshing!  the weather finally broke, the temperature was over 50 degrees, and the sun was shining!  we've been waiting for weather like this for a long time so needless to say, when the sun came out, out we went too.  the boys finally got to play outside again and ride their bikes.  they were ecstatic, can you tell!?!?

  

 

  

random

 

throughout the past couple of months, we posted about a lot of events that took place in our lives (i.e., disney on ice, snow pictures, etc.) but we realized that we had so many other random pictures too, that we didn't want to slip by without sharing. 

like this one of greyson: 

and this one of hudson:

how could we just let those pictures go unshared?!?!? ;-)  anyways, so CLICK HERE to see the random pictures that didn't really fit into any other post we wrote during the months of january and february.  some of the things that you'll see in the photos are pictures from rebekah's birthday parties, hudson's valentine's day party at preschool, a visit to the canal fulton fire department to visit uncle nick, and rebekah's cousin briana as she came from out of state and stayed with us for a weekend.  hope you enjoy the slideshow!