A Rare Spotting

News flash!  This just in!  Our children ARE capable of falling asleep in the car after all!  :)

A Little Spring Fun

When we arrived at our new house to do some organizing, we found that Grandma, er, I mean, the Easter Bunny, had been there before us.  The kids enjoyed running around the yard picking up the 75 or so eggs that were hidden.  They got a kick out of the bunny ears too, but it seemed Caelum found them espacially humorous.  He giggled every time we came near him with them!

SonRise 2009

The 14th annual SonRise Resurrection Pageant was held, as always, on the Sabbath before Easter Sunday.  This is the first year we have gone with our kids, not sure how the "real-ness" of it would affect them.  We didn't get that many pictures because we were intent on spending the time answering the kids' questions and making sure they understood what was going on.  But it was a moving experience--one I would recommend to anyone.

I'm not sure if it was realistic or not, but they had a baby zebra just outside the city gates of Jerusalem this year (along with many other animals like camels, pigs, sheep, chickens, etc.).  He was really very cute.

The Last Supper

The Ascension

If Life Gives You Lemons...

...smile until you make lemonade?!  :)

So I'm Two Threes Now

As Brenner says, "Mommy, I'm one three, and you're two threes! Cool!"  Yes, yes...cool.  And I had a great birthday with my family.  Thanks to everyone I love! And praise the Lord for another blessed year of life!

Oh!  And my favorite birthday memory:

We are all gathered in the kitchen for dinner.  Aunt Mary Jane says, "Okay, who wants to say grace?"

Brenner chimes in, "I will! I will!"

We all fold our hands, bow our heads, close our eyes...

And Brenner starts singing:

"Amazing grace!  How sweet the sound!  That saved a wretch like me!  I once was blond, but now I'm brown..."

He sang the whole first verse of the song, then ended with, "Amen!" The words may not have been all correct, but he did "say grace" right?!  :)

More dirty laundry?

Hmm...I knew the loads of laundry were seemingly endless, but...maybe I should run the bath water too??

Brenner's Rainy Day

One rainy day, Brenner seemed restless.  He decided in the early afternoon that he wanted to go outside, rain or no rain, sure that his trusty orange hat would do more than it's job. He even struck his best "Gangsta Pose."  :)

Unfortunately, the rain was not deferred.  And the orange hat was a little less magic than Brenner had hoped.  :)  So he moved on to another project...he decided he might want to put together a puzzle.  Only he had a little trouble deciding which puzzle to put together...
In the end, he--and Daddy--and Aile--ended up putting together ALL the puzzles.  (Mommy went to exercise class.)  And it only took them about two hours...