Easter 2012 Highlights

Happy Easter 2012~always a fun adventure when Daddy sets the timer to take our picture! He always does a GREAT job! Love you Daddy!

Easter kicked off on Good Friday with egg-coloring! The kids did an amazing job with hardly NO mess. Their artwork on the eggs was pretty "eggcredible!"







The kids woke up to an M&M trail that led to their Easter baskets filled with a few special goodies




Rise Up! We didn't do sunrise service this year...went to church instead...Skip shared 4 reasons to "Rise Up!"


The apostle Thomas has been noted for his skeptical attitude. In fact, we refer to a skeptic as a "doubting Thomas." In this message from John 20, we consider four ways Thomas was able to rise up from doubt and become a joyful follower of Jesus. Click here for entire message.

1. Be honest (about your life, your past, your desires, your sin)
2. Be amazed (like Thomas was in John 20:26)
3. Be diligent (examine the evidence like Thomas as instructed by Jesus in vs. 27)
4. BeLieve!

vs 29: Jesus said to him, "Thomas," because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

My sweet boy met up with his BFF - these two are inseparable!
These two are crazy girls!
And well, the 4 together are just plain ol' silly!

I got to celebrate with my BFFs too!
(just yesterday My Lauren was in my arms, just hours old...now she stands as a beautiful young lady between her Nina and her mom!)





yeah, aunte Do sat in the sanctuary..woo hoo!

Highlights from the annual Easter Celebration luncheon at Auntie's house!

The girl in the BRIGHT hot-pink dress had to hug-n-pose with as many cousins/family as she could and get a picture taken!


1st time she sees her cousin Coby since X-mas break from college - she missed him!


Can't help but HUG her Pappa!

Finally, her only girl cousin arrives!

Gotta pose with Grandma!

Gotta pose with Uncle E-Ron!

Gotta pose with Uncle JackJack!

Gotta always pose w/the rest of the boys!



Cute boys:


Ya think we had enough eggs to hunt?



My sweet babies and their "find"





...we also had face-painting and kite flying!




Ended the day with water guns and SOAKED kids...should have gotten a picture of that...or all the wet clothes in auntie's dryer and wet towels all over her bedroom!


Came home exhausted, but had a great day celebrating Jesus' Resurrection!