I cant believe they did it

Today at 3pm it was a cloudy, overcast 72 degrees and my kids decided it would be the first swim of the season.

I made it clear that mom was not joining them. I watched with my hoody sweatshirt on.

They sure had fun tho!

Easter Party for the Kids

Today was party day! I do love me some parties!

We started with a little crafty (My kids did theirs the night before)

Then played a whole lot

Then listened to the Easter Story & sang songs

Hunted Easter Eggs - Little ones first then the bigger kids

Havens stash
Played some more (Justus and Hannah - J if you love her, let her win!)
Haven and Keegan
Keegan and Justus
Ate lunch - Pizza rolls for the kids and Quiche Lorraine for the adults (Bottle for Elijah)



Jenn brought fun rice krispy treats all decorated Easter cute

Happy Easter!!

Fun with Paint

Every now and then I put aside my premonitions about difficult crafty stuff and allow my kids to indulge in complete creativity.

Yesterday was that day

I pulled out a big sheet of white paper, armed them with a plate of paint blobs and paint brush and let them go to work.

The best part was when they were narrating their artwork. Like "this is the pirate girl that just got bombed" or "here is dragon mountain"


Havens were a bit less mind blowing. More like "here is the rose" and "here is the rainbow"


Fun times!

Justus Preschool Easter Party

Today we got to celebrate Easter with Justus preschool class.

The kids got to go hunt some Easter eggs.

Then we all listened to a story
The kids sang Easter songs for us
We completed the party with some yummy food
Haven even got in on some of the action
Justus made this cross with the teachers help. He got to nail it together. I thought this was a profound craft.

Blessed

Lately Ive just been feeling....Blessed.

I have a wonderful husband who is all things perfect to me. He truly "gets" me and is so amazingly supportive of me. I have beautiful children who love life, love each other and who are seemingly so bent towards the things of the Lord.

I have great parents, Neils as well as mine, who support Neil and me and are a constant source of encouragement.

I have a Sister, Sis-in-law and two bro-in-laws that are just amazing. Having my sister near me is been such a joy to me and even though my SIL is far I still feel close with her.

I have friends that are rock stars. Simply put, I love them.

I have a church family that makes me smile and it is a great privilege to serve God with them.

My neighbors are wonderful. I couldnt ask for better.

Thank you Lord for my many blessings. Help me to use them to glorify You and Your Name!

Legoland - final day of Vacay

Our second day in Legoland was basically about hitting up the rides we somehow missed, taking a closer look at stuff we saw the day before and experiencing the opening of the Star Wars Miniland.

First we headed straight for the Sky Cruiser. The day before a lady told me there was an hour and half wait. So we didnt even attempt on the first day.

Then Neil and J did the Kid Power Tower where the parents have to haul you up and then you can fall down while in the chair. It looked fun!
Justus wanted to ride the cars again and we did a few other rides that we liked from the day before. We also walked through the Lego Factory Tour.


The ride that we missed that Neil really wanted to do was the Knights Tournament. He and J did it together. H was too small. It was really cool - basically like a giant dragon claw swinging them around.


Then it was on to check out the Star Wars new exhibit.




It was so crowed and there were Characters walking around everywhere - lots of red carpet and media. Pretty crazy.

The day before the park was not very busy at all, but this day it sure was.

Then we ate lunch and watched as the TV crews were doing their thing.

One last pic with the sand sculpture before we headed home.

What a great family vacation!