Heading to Cali...

Heading to Cali for a few days....linguisa, Me & Eds, Chico and Family- heavenly!

Easter Festivities

Our Easter weekend began with an awesome opportunity to worship our Savior. We took Madeline and went with some friends (The Myers) to see Chris Tomlin in concert. What an awesome time of music and worship. Madeline had a great time at her first concert.

Saturday was spend in preparations for Easter Sunday. Madeline got to help me make cupcakes.....
and she got to experience the BEST part of baking- the clean up!!

Next was Easter Egg coloring. Madeline was AMAZED when she saw the eggs changing colors. She had a great time coloring on the eggs before we dipped them. She made an egg for herself, Mommy, Daddy, Ginger and Jesus.

Easter morning began with checking out the Easter basket. Now most of you have probably heard that Madeline did not like the idea of Santa Clause coming into her house. The gifts were OK, but him coming into the house was not. We passed the Easter Bunny in the mall a couple of weeks ago, and he got the same response as Santa...she wanted no part of it.

So Easter morning when she saw her basket and we told her that the Easter Bunny brought it, we got this look...Chris reassured her that the Easter Bunny left the basket in the back yard and that Mommy went out to get it. The dollar store shovel and rake we a hit!!

Here is Madeline in her Easter dress. Check out the shoes..she is all about flip flops these days.


We hosted a cook out for our small group. Nothing better that burgers and 'dogs on the grill, kids running wild and an egg hunt.



On a side note, Madeline went to the doctor today for a follow up for her collar bone. The doctor said she seems to be healing perfectly. We have to go back in 3 weeks for x-rays, and she should be completely healed in 6 weeks. Praise God.

Jesus conquered the grave.....

¹On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. ²They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. ⁵In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ⁷'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' " ⁸Then they remembered his words.

⁹When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. ¹⁰It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. ¹¹But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. ¹²Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

First Broken Bone....

We have our first broken bone...ever. Chris and I have never broken anything, so Miss Madeline wins the first broken bone award :(

Sunday afternoon she was running down the hallway when she slammed (either slipped or tripped?) shoulder first into the laundry room door. She cried a little and said she needed some ice for her shoulder. We kept an eye in it...no bruising, no swelling, and she could move it. As the evening went on, she started to favor her left arm and would cry and wince in pain if she held in out in front of her or reached across herself. So, we decided it was time to head to the ER.

We told her we were taking her to the Emergency Room so someone could help her with he shoulder. Of course the 20 questions began- "Why are we going to the 'mergency room?" "Who is going to help me there."

They took x-rays of her shoulder and clavicle, and there was the cause of the pain- a broken clavicle. The doctor said that this is a common fracture for kids and it'll heal up on its own. Here she is wearing her fashionable sling...


Keep the little Miss in your prayers...it's gonna be a long 6-8 weeks, but she is tough and she'll get through it!!