Hume Lake - Women's retreat

I was able to attend the Women's Retreat up at Hume this weekend.  It is such a lovely place that always makes you just feel closer to God.  The mountains and lake are gorgeous.  The people are great.  The Christian music playing is so uplifting.

I went up with 3 ladies from my life group and then our church had quite a showing so we were surrounded by friends, new and old.

Aside from the amazing spiritual aspect - we got to do some really fun stuff.  Namely the high ropes course and then I got to try my hand a archery.  It was such a fun time!

Getting ready to climb the really tall pole

Getting ready to do the screamer - a free fall off a platform

Screamer

Screamer

Just call me Katniss!

T-ball

Justus started Tball for the first time ever on Monday night.  We signed up with a friend so he knows one of the boys on his team.  They are the gold Pirates.

Its basically everyone on the team gets a chance to hit the ball and run the bases then they all head to the outfield and all stand around in a big clump and eventually someone gets the ball that was hit by the other team and it gets thrown to home.  Pretty easy.

Justus seemed to really enjoy it.  He seemed to pay a little better attention and actually "get" the game.  There were definitely times he would fall down for no reason, but he hit the ball well and even got the ball once and threw it to home when in the outfield.

In the cage with his team

batter up!

Dont think he hit that one properly :)

Off and running!

Made it home

Chasing a ball while in outfield

Good game

Fun times!

What do you do when its all wet??

You find somewhere that you can jump in puddles and go exploring :)

Easter 2012

We had a nice Easter.  Church in the morning - it was the official reopening after having our remodel.  It was crowded but great.  Then Neils parents came over for Easter lunch.  Fun & yummy! We had Honey Baked ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, rolls, peach salad, regular salad & deviled eggs.

But first we had Easter baskets...

Kids Easter baskets

J checking out what the Easter Bunny brought

Havens turn to check things out

Wonder what he is saying??

Family pic at church

Getting ready to take some pics after church

Give me all your stuff....it cant be in the pic

Me frustrated at the kids for not really cooperating

The best I got

Then it was over to Don & Jeanine's to spend time with my sis and her family.  Although Haven and Neil didnt make it because Haven wasnt ready to participate.  So she spent the afternoon in her room while J got to do another Easter egg hunt....for money, with the big kids!

Spring Break 2012

We've been making it an annual affair to meet up with my sis and family at the beach over Spring Break.  The kids love spending time with the cousins and we just enjoy some relaxing family time.

This year Neil and I thought we would head to the beach just for the day.  But the more we thought of it the more we decided we should stay the night.  So the Thursday before the Friday we were to head over I started calling hotels.  Of course, many didnt have vacancy and the few that did has super jacked prices.   But low and behold God provided a nice place to stay at a normal price.

And it was pet friendly!

Not to shabby a view if I do say so myself.

So before we checked in we spent the day at the beach.

Then back to the hotel to clean up and rest

But first a little swim

And dinner with the whole fam.  There were 13 of us.

A walk to the end of the pier - a bit chilly but always nice to see the sun go down.

The next day we stopped at a winery to do a cave tour.  It turned out to be more of a cellar than a cave, but oh well.

Fun times at the beach!!