Easter Weekend

This past weekend we celebrated Easter. A time of remembrance when our Lord & Savior conquered death!! Our church had what was called 'The Resurrection Trail' for us to participate in all week in order to help remember the real reason for Easter. Each day we followed a set of clues to a 'Resurrection Box' that contained some scripture verses leading up to Christ's crucifixion on the cross. We also got some candy and signed a guest book. It was great fun to hear all the stories floating around of church members adventures finding the box. We never got lost!

By the end of the week Paw Paw came for a visit! We had a lot of fun riding bikes around campus and fishing!

One of the nights we also went to the Forks of the Wabash for a walk after filling out bellies with a yummy pre-easter feast :)

My pix are a little out of order....but we also got to do an Easter egg hunt!!

Unloading the loot !

And of course what Easter weekend would be complete without our own egg coloring :) Here Daddy is helping Keira.

Paw Paw helping Kanaan

Easter Morning...well this wasn't her actual Easter dress. We weren't home 5 min. and she wanted to change again. (Mom-Sandi, she LOVES this dress! It is on her EVERYDAY! Seriously she says it is so comfortable and makes her feel pretty :))

BBC Easter Egg hunt after church service. This is Josh Pyper (our Youth Pastor) helping Kanaan.

HAPPY EASTER 2012!!

Happy Birthday Fun

Happy Birthday to Kanaan!

Fun on the swings at the park

Putting Keira's fishing pole to use.

We had a blast!

Pulled in a lot of seaweed :)

Pull!

And ended the afternoon running down a BIG hill!

Happy Birthday Kanaan! We love you so much and can't wait to see what the next year brings you!

March Madness

Notice that while the weather was chilly and cold and our kids were kept indoors I did great uploading pictures! Now that it's warming up out there the pix haven't been as frequent! We've been to busy living life :) Here's what's been going on...

Do you find it strange that I like to take pictures of my kids sleeping!? They are so precious, I can't resist :)

Keira's Dance class! They had an open class where Mommy & Daddy could watch. She is in the pink skirt and pink sweater top. Her recital is May 18th! Mark your calendars!

Movie Night at Nana's School!

Kanaan's new bike! Here he is previewing it :)

Play time at center place play place in the mall.

Tuckered out from all that play...w/ his truck.

A hole! In our house!

A trip to Lowes and we're back on track :)

Painting time

Warm weather brings outdoor fun!

Spring has sprung!

Or should I say Summer!! Ha, guess I had to re-sync our thermometer

Happy Birthday to Kanaan!

and Happy Birthday to Gramma Sandi and Annika too!

Celebrating St. Patrick's day with a run & green Ketchup :) Who Knew!?

A is for Aaaaaligator!

Mommy/Daddy gift to Kanaan - a new big boy bed and bedding! Nana completed the ensemble with spiderman sheets and a lamp :)

Fishing! We spend Kanaan's actual bday at the park eating lunch, playing at the playground and fishing! Keira had gotten a fishing pole for Christmas and hadn't gotten a chance to test it out for real. More pix to come of bday day:)

February finish

So! The photo challenge = epic FAIL!! Ha ha! Maybe I'll try again in a couple months to finish off the challenge. In the meantime our family has gone through a rough couple weeks. I honestly think we all had the flu - or some sort of it. It's taken us since my last post I think to actually feel good. And that's just speaking for myself! No fun folks. So here are some pictures over the last couple weeks as a catch up. They are pretty random & include some from the challenge so just bare with me. :)

Saying 'YES to the Dress!' If you've never seen the show on TLC it's a lot of girliness and fun for mommy & Keira to watch.

Mom & Dad Boothman came for a visit!

Kanaan feeling like one of the big boys working on his truck.

Daddy came in 2nd in the 1,000 lap race in MI. Here's the team :)

Nate, Dad, Chase (cousin) & Jason

More tinkering. Give him a screwdriver and he's set for HOURS!

My model and my first semi-successful sewing project of the year.

Cheeese! Gotta love these close-ups. Can you see the sickness in all of us? HA!

Here's my inspiring person! You can just spend a day with her and know that she has so much imagination and inspiration tucked inside. She can be anything she wants to be someday :)

Nature pic. Notice all the flags in our yard. The utility company has literally invaded our neighborhood. :/ I just hope they're not going to be digging up my yard next!

Something old. Old clothes going to Goodwill!

Keira was so proud of this outfit ensemble that she put together herself! Although she didn't make it out the door in the flip flops.

Old t-shirt! Chell and I are attempting to make a quilt out of our old t-shirts.

My bathroom is nearing completion! Here is a finishing touch! A toilet paper holder! Ha ha!

The sink is coming along. Today (2/28) I finished putting the final coat of polyeurthane on!

Let's hope March brings with it some warm spring weather! These kids are ready to get outside and play :) Tomorrows forecast is 64 degrees and possible rain. We'll take it :)

Project 366 -Focus On Gratitude

This February I decided to take on a photo challenge for my Project 366 Photos. And I will admit that I've found it harder to follow the suggestions that they have for me rather than just take my own random pictures! But at the same time felt like I needed to focus on some gratitude!

Feb. 1st - Favorite Food

Feb. 2nd - Smile

Feb. 3rd - Happiness! Our final Christmas gifts from Gma & Gpa Good.

Feb. 4th - Leaves. These aren't quite leaves, but felt it applied...tulip buds maybe?

Feb. 5th - Morning Sky. This was all I got for this day. Fog & lots of it!

Feb. 6 - Books (and some puzzles too :))

Feb. 7th - Something Funny. Kanaan is always making us laugh!

Feb. 8th - Favorite Color. This month it's RED of course! Valentine Cake pops!

I realize too that today is the 11th and I'm just posting thru the 8th....that's the thing about challenges too, you can fall behind and still be able to catch up when you need to! More pix coming soon :) Have a Happy Valentine's Day everyone!