retreat

we had a awesome time at the ladies retreat last weekend.  here are the lovely ladies for cabin six…

exploring

the kiddos like to "explore" during our rides.

love this girl

"mostly girls want to be queens, but i like to dig in the dirt" -lyla

she loves rolled tacos

first greenbelt ride on two wheels!!!

sweet messages...

lyla has been writing messages (in her secret language, of course) and putting them in her “coat pocket" (her bathrobe).

she was showed me the messages, but had to whisper their content.  here are some that i can recall…

satan is a meanie.

Jesus is the best!

God is better than anything in the whole wide world.

you and dad are the best.

i don’t know how both Jesus and adam and i are all the best, but since she’s four i'm going to let that one rest:) her sweetness is oozing today...

the aquarium

spring, yay!

the warmer weather has been sooooo nice. rides and scoots on the scooters have been many. yesterday we found a bunch of snakes on the greenbelt. adam caught one and eli REALLY wanted to hold it...

Lyla and the two wheeler

she learned to ride without training wheels!

go, baby, go!!!

Easter

we had a really nice Easter.  the kids are getting older.  they understand more.  they “get it” as much as one can.   we made resurrection cookies on Easter eve.  each ingredient had a verse that went along with it.  as they put each ingredient in, Adam read the verse.  then they “sealed” (taped) the oven/tomb and left them in there over night.  in the morning we unsealed the tomb and enjoy the cookies, which have a hallow space in the middle representing Christ's empty tomb.  this will definitely be a tradition from here on out.

here they are coloring the eggs for the hunt…

one cool thing about buying a house in the fall/winter is that when spring comes your yard has surprises for you…

love her sweet smile here

love his semi-toothless grin…

after church we came home and had an egg hunt…

the hunters…