Captured by sister, right before the sneeze!

Resurrection Trail

This morning the kids and I had the opportunity to do a Resurrection Trail at one of the (thousands!) of churches here. It was so great and I am so glad we went - it really set the tone for Good Friday. There were 12 stations to walk to and each one had actors dressed in character and we were able to "walk" as Jesus did on Good Friday and have a hands on experience with some of the things we read about in the Easter story. Here are a few pictures from our day

From Trail

Getting ready to walk - Jordyn wouldn't smile because she was upset there were no girls there for her to walk with

From Trail

Caden with a couple friends from the church

From Trail

Caden with teachers and kids from his Sunday school class


First station, a donkey. His name was Eeyore =)


palms


Getting ready to wash parents feet

From Trail

good thing I didn't wear socks! It was in the 80's today =)


30 pieces of silver


Pilate


hammering nails



empty tomb and celebration with the "angels"

It was such a great morning and we all loved taking part in it. There were hundreds of people lined up in the parking lot and radio stations there. At one point, they asked us to yell "crucify him!" over and over and I got teared up! So memorable and we will defiantly be there next year.

Etsy...

...is a dangerous thing!! I have been doing a little shopping on the site lately and here are a few things I am eagerly awaiting arrival on!


This baby tag blanket. Of course it will say Griffin instead - funny thing is that I requested his middle name put on as well (which is Reed) and I think I had them spell it "Reid". Tracy and I argued over how to spell it when he was born and I won with "Reed" but am realizing that "Reid" is probably the correct way and he was right all along...


This binky clip, monogrammed with my baby's name. The fabric will be different, though. It will match the tag blanket.


This cute little tie onsie - my favorite!! I am really hoping it comes in time for Easter.

I just have a thing for monogramming things! At least no one will have to guess his name =)

Snuggle Luv leg warmers came today!!

Hint

Does anyone want to buy me a present? I HAVE to have this for Griffin's room!! And one for each of the other kids, too!

Garage Sales!

I went to my first garage sale of the year last weekend - the morning of Jordyn's birthday slumber party. There was a sale just down the street where they were raising money to send their daughter to Hatti on a mission trip. I bought a few baby books for Griffin at $1 each - does anyone else think that is way over priced??! I bought them anyway to help support the cause. Would have felt wrong to talk them down on the price =) I also bought this great bookshelf for $10 to put Jordyn's littlest pet shop collection in.




The family was so sweet to offer to deliver it to my house for me. The father and son loaded it in their truck and followed me back to my house. They were a home schooling family so I rationalized that it would be safe?

I also got these blocks for Griffin. He loves them =)


After we set the bookshelf up in Jordyn's room I was admiring the view she has out her window...


Beautiful, right? Once all the trees get their leaves in we wont see the water as well. But until then it just makes me happy to glance out and see it across the way.