Easter Sunday

It was a nice day today. Long at times but nice. Church seemed a little off today. I think it felt weird because it was our first "official" service and we are still working out kinks. We had quite a few visitors today. After church we went out to see Grandma and Grandpa. They hid about 75 eggs in the backyard and the kids had a lot of fun looking for eggs and then eating all the candy. We watched a movie, Open Season, and relaxed. Afterward we met and picked up Hallie and went home. On the way home I had to laugh because Hallie asked how our weekend was and John responded, " I ate too much chocolate." The kids are now in bed and wiped out. Hallie and Jer are playing Go Fish and Old Maid. Their funny as they play, pretending it's some high stakes game. John is still on Spring Break tomorrow, then Tuesday everything is back to normal-I'm glad, I'm tired!

New Church-n-Stuff

Well last night, Wednesday, was our first service in our new church. It was so nice we all had a lot of fun. I'm really excited about our parenting class all the young couples are doing. The book is great and I can't wait for discussion times. I feel like we just got a whole new huge support network. Somewhere where we can discuss and get biblical ideas for parenting. The kids started Kids-4-Truth. It's like a Christian scouting program EXCEPT its focus is learning about God and his word. All of the kids got little sashes and books for class. Even little Macy is old enough to participate!:) They just love it. Joe and John already have their verse memorized and Hallie is almost there. Macy refuses today to talk about it. She'll warm up, I hope. I can't wait for Easter Sunday. That will be our first "official" Sunday service. Everyone is invited, come on down and see us.

Time With Mom

I miss my mom. Yesterday I had a great opportunity to spend the whole day with my mom and it was GREAT. We didn't do anything special we just spent time together. The older I get the more I really appreciate my mom. I realize more, to my dismay, how much I criticize my mom too. I always thought she should do this, that or the other or shouldn't. I'm sure I'm not the first to think I was smarter than my parent. But now as I spend time with her I realize she's HUMAN and in her humanity she makes mistakes, good and poor decisions, as do I. With maturity I have come to appreciate the good advice and hopefully started to encourage, rather than criticize during the poor decisions as I strive to edify my mother and be a good Christian friend to her also. I love calling her and listening to her voice and her comments and advice are always so useful. I often think how awful it would be not to have that and I think of how my mother lost her own mother at the age of 27, single with two kids. How did she do it? I thank God for exactly who she is! I thank God for allowing me time with her and for my children the blessing of knowing her.