Easter Weekend

Our Easter weekend started with a surprise deliver from Erika and Ryan. A adorable Easter basket with toys and treats. The kids were so excited to open it and Christian keep saying this is the best day ever! They have been packing the stuffed bunnies and chick around ever since, but have gobbled up all the treat. It was a very sweet and unexpected surprise. Thanks Ryan and Erika the kids loved. Saturday we had a lovely luncheon at the Grover's with lots of yummy food, a Easter Egg Hunt, and Egg decorating of course. The kids had a blast decorating the eggs but didn't care for eating them. We had a sweet experience Easter Sunday. After returning home from church and having a little snack, the kids wanted to watch a movie. Christian picked out a Jesus show(The Living Scriptures) He is Risen, which I thought was very appropriate being Easter and all. A few minutes into the program Christ is crucified on the cross. Mercedes turned to Christian and sadly said "Jesus die". Christian quickly replied to her "Sadie don't be sad, Jesus gets resurrected. It is okay". It brought a smile to my face and tears to my eyes, to hear this sweet testimony from my little Christian. I know that My Redeemer Lives and I Love Him.

Skiing with Daddy

We took the kids up for a quick skiing trip the other day, quick because it was freezing, but it was just enough. Christian loves to ski and is getting really good at and loves to race people down the mountain. After a hour or so he was pretty cold though and so was I, so I took the kids back to the car to warm up and let Joe get in a couple good runs. It was a lot of fun and hopefully we will get back up there a couple more time before all the snow melts. Christian and Mercedes just can't resist a good snow ball fight!

Kites, Bikes, and Slides

We love to go to the park and fly kites, go biking, or just play around on the toys. Here are some pictures of three different outings. The kite flying was so much fun and the wind was really blowing strong. Joe let Christian hold the string for a minute and the wind pulled it right out of his hand. Joe was running through the park after the string trying to stop the kite from flying away, it was pretty funny.(Thanks Honey for being such a great Daddy.) We also pull the kids around in the bike trailer and take lots of silly pictures, of course. I am loving the warm weather and playing at the park with my babies!

Elite Academy Field Trips- Fire Station & Discovery Land Gateway

Christian loves his school and one of his favorite things are the field trips because I always come with the kids. It's great for Mercedes to prepare for preschool and she loves having Christian's friends make a fuss over her. In February we went to The Discovery Land @ The Gateway and spent the day. It was a lot of fun and I would have taken more pictures but my camera died after the first few sections(Murphey's Law, I thought I had married out of that). Christian loved the construction site the most and Mercedes being the little mama that she is, loved playing house and shopping at the super market. Anyhow the kids had a blast, In March we went to the local Fire Station, learned about fire safety. It was great the kids practiced stop, drop, and roll and crawled under a black sheet pretending it was smoke. Christian loved seeing the Fire Truck and wanted to do a family night that night on the things we had learned. It was a great idea and helped prepare the kids for a fire/practice our escape. I love Elite Academy, Miss Tiffany(Christian's Teacher), and being a part of his school day, thanks for sharing it with us buddy. Love you! We look forward to going to the Clark Space Planetarium this month also!