Project 52: Week 15

We had a fun play date with some fellow photographers last night. It was so nice, we all took pictures of each other with our children. It is very rare when you take so many pictures to ever get in front of the camera. I hope we can do it again. It was a blast!

Chicken Play

The kids new favorite activity since we have warmer weather is to go get the chickens out and chase them around the yard. They love it and I am fairly sure that the chickens enjoy being out too. We are working on their new coop and I think right now their old one is a little cramped.

We purchased five chicks a little over a month ago. We got two barred rock, two buff orpington (we already have three of these hens and we love them), and one frizzle. The frizzle died on the third day we had them and the others are still going strong.

Above is one of our barred rocks and she is standing where our soon to be garden is! I am so excited to get that garden going soon.

Blake likes to try and train them.

 They seem to love him to pieces. This is one of our baby buffs. We are still trying to think of good names and we have had them for over a month now. We need to get on that.

*please excuse the play set mess in the background. we had a small tornado a few weeks ago and have a huge mess on our hands. the hubs was rebuilding our fence as I was taking these pics.

Lucas wanted to put her on his shoulder too but she was more interested in standing on his back.

Paisley cracks me up with them. She makes the funniest faces when they do things. We have to teach her every day over and over again how to be sweet to them. She is not very gentle with the babies but she is getting there.

Easter 2013

This post is going to seem so long. I took a ton of pictures of the kids yesterday and I am probably going to share almost all of them! Ha! They woke up to see what the Easter Bunny had brought:

Then we headed out for a wonderful church service:

Don't they look precious? Okay, I am partial...

We headed home after church to whip up some food to take to our first Easter celebration of the day. We went to my grandparents and had some delicious food and watched the kids play and hunt some eggs.

Then we hurried off to visit the hubs side of the family. We also had some wonderful food there and of course another egg hunt.

We came home after a long day of having a blast and worshiping God and we were beat! But we all managed to settle down together to catch the conclusion of The Bible on the history channel. Have you been watching? It was amazing. I have the entire series recorded so that the kids can watch it all.

I am so thankful for the real meaning of Easter. I am so glad that my babies know that it is not just about a bunny. I am so thankful that I have a saviour who paid it all for me!

I just love the lyrics to this song:

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

O praise the one who paid my debt

And raised this life up from the dead!

I hope that all of you were as blessed this Easter as I was. 

Project 52: Week 10

1. She was just happy to finally be able to hold one.
2. He is happy to have an animal he is not allergic to (my poor baby).
3. Just happy :)

Happy Easter!

He's all mine ladies!!

Blake on Easter morning. We failed to get pictures of them and their Easter baskets! :(

My little family outside the church on Easter morning. Blake and Cagney's brother got baptized so this was an extra special service for us on top of it being Easter!

My love muffin waiting to eat at his Papa's house. We went over for a cookout with the whole family.

I now wish we had a sidewalk in front of our house. He rode up and down the entire time. He was trying to yell Cowabunga!! but instead it came out "Runga Bunga!!" He said it over and over and laughed his little head off.

Now that is a good looking man I scored myself!! I am so lucky!

Someone has been into the dirt cake!!

Dad had to get in on the fun. He always does. I'm just glad he made it in one piece.

Egg Hunt! It was very hard for me to keep up with this little guy. Being 22 weeks pregnant and all, along with the 80 degree weather. (I know, if 80 bothers me I don't know what I'll do come August!)

Brooklyn and "Ukie" hunting eggs together. That's what she calls him, Ukie.

On the run and NOT slowing down!

He managed to score a whopping 27 eggs!!

Cousins actually getting along for a minute, but not for long! HA!

Lucas posed, while Nick and Blake pretty much fished the entire time.

Let us not forget the real meaning of Easter. It has nothing to do with the Easter Bunny, or egg hunting... Easter is to celebrate that He is Risen!! He died so that we could LIVE! If that's not love I don't know what is, and I don't know about you but I am so grateful! What a wonderful God we serve!