Happy Easter

Oh my! I could just scoop this boy up with a spoon and eat him! He is sooo cute to me! And I think Julia looks so grow'd up!

We started the weekend by heading down south. We were going to stay with cousins, Mallory and Morgan (it's no longer Brad and Shannon's, it's all about the cousins!) in Temple. But Morgan was running a fever and possibly contagious, so we decided to use one of our free room passes at the Embassy Suites in Austin.

We made a stop at Cracker Barrell for dinner and for the kids to play on the rocking chairs out front and run around a bit. It's a perfect midway place....



















Soooooo much fun! We got into Austin around 8pm and because we had already spilled the swimming pool beans, we had to head down to take a little swim with the kids. We got back....got ready for bed, etc. The room was set up perfect and Julia loved sleeping on her make shift bed on the couch with a chair pushed up against it.

The next morning we got up, Jason and Julia went down for a goodbye swim while Johnathan and I "packed" (yah right!). Then we all went downstairs and ate our wonderful complimentary breakfast.

After checking out, we headed to the Longhorn Coop to buy Jason a new Longhorn hat and the kids a t-shirt to add to their wardrobe. It was fine. Lots of cute things, although they would have been much cuter had we been surrounded by maroon things rather than burnt orange. Nonetheless, I obliged and took cute cute pictures of Father, daughter and son.


















We then headed to Zilker Park, sort of ate lunch there and played on the play ground. Then we met BMom and Pop and cousin Mallory!















Mallory hopped in our car and us girls followed all of the boys down to "Shay and Steven's" house on KENNA MIST (you had to be there).

We got settled in, got dressed to go to the Easter program (ShayShay sang in it), which the whole thing was AMAZING! I think I got saved again!

Here is THE cutest/sweetest pic of BMom and Pop with the girls.....I'm black and white-in this one!














And the next day we made a trip to see the dog park where Briley and Landry get to play with other dogs...then on to a kid park for the kids to play, then to lunch, then a long drive home.

These are pics from the park. And a pic of all of us girls with our flip flops on (Mallory and Julia switched shoes, just fyi!). We missed Shannon and Morgan's feetsies - we'll get 'em next time:


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We got up and were at our church by 9am for praise team practice, early service and working in childcare for second service. Then lunch out with Boppy, home for naps and an Easter egg hunt after naps.
















Whew! It was a long weekend, but so great to celebrate that we are His. Still amazed how much Jesus took on so we could live eternally. If you do not know the Lord, you will NEVER regret asking Him to reveal Himself to you. I promise your life will NEVER be the same. Happy Easter!

Hey, the Eighties Called.....

and they want your style back!

Friends, Jackie and Trevor Schelp, had an eighties party for Trevor's 40th birthday! I wore units, stirrup pants, my hair JUST the way I used to, big earrings, and eye liner on the INSIDE of my eye. And Jason.....well, let's let you take a look yourself!

P.S. Please extend grace. I know I look really fat in these pictures because.....well.....I AM! But hey, I'm a work in progress. I just had a baby (14 months ago!).

Enjoy!

Cousin Visit/Mom's Big Birthday

My cousin Craig (mom's sister's son) and his wife, Martha and daughter, Lila came for a visit from Boston.

It was mom's 65th birthday so it was perfect timing for them to come celebrate with us.

Even though the pictures are WAY out of order.....we went to the zoo on Friday, had a surprise birthday party that evening for mom, went to mom's on Saturday, church on Sunday and to the indoor pool in Frisco on Monday. We had tons of fun.

I really want Julia and Johnathan to know their extended family (on my side) as much as possible since they all live far away.

Anyhoo, here are pics from their visit:

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Happy Sert Praatrx Day!

"sit down, no, because I'm the mom......

....don't pull your brother like that, STOP!, what did you just say to me?, use your manners, say excuse me, let's go!, no no, come here, sit down, brush your teeth, time for bed, no touch, that's a no no, no you can't have candy for breakfast, hurry up, why did you just do that? and where did you hear that word!?, from ME?, ooops......"

These are just a few of the things I've said all day. In one day.....just one day. And there's just enough hours in the day to say all of these things in one day!

Tell me if YOU'VE ever had a day like mine!!! This describes it perfectly!

Make the Most of Mondays......

......cuz sometimes the weekends are tough!

I'm so glad it's Monday (have YOU ever said that?)! I was jealous that Jason and his entire family were partying all weekend celebratin' Pop's birthday without me while I was home taking care of sick babies.

BUT!

As much as I was glad to go to Walmart last night and get out of the house, it was such a blessing to take care of them all weekend. Julia is especially clingy and cuddly when she's not feeling well and I absolutely LOVED IT! And Johnathan needed me to be hands-on more than usual and I loved that too.

I didn't even mind getting up every 3 hours to administer medication. There's just something about being a mom and being needed....when they don't know they need me. I guess God designed it that way so that when they need to rely on us, we're to rely on Him.

So thank you, Lord for the blessing of being a mom. As tough as it is sometimes, it was kinda nice to "rest" in Him this weekend.....