Haaaaaaa!! Love it!

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Man, I can't tell you how much I hate Mondays...

back to housework, cleaning up after the weekend, trying to get back to our normal routine, etc. etc. etc.

Here are a few things that are making me happy today, since I need some of those reminders at the moment:

-Kari Ann came over to visit today
-Got a lot of creative ideas spinning around in my head
-I just won this
-My May Crop Addict kit is on its way to me
-Heard a really great sermon yesterday and it's still rolling around in my head (a huge feat for someone who has a chronic case of mommy brain)
-My brother graduates from police academy next week (dude, does anyone else automatically think of the Police Academy movies and the guy that can make all those cool sound affects when they read that?)
-Em turns three on Wednesday
-Only 16 days until the Event!
-I got some really cute & flattering jeans this weekend at Kohls.


Alright, gotta run... I need to take a shower... clean up the house some... you know, since it's 3pm and all. ;)

I'll leave y'all with another layout I made for Scrap Etc... this one is using new Heidi Swapp, some Jenni Bowlin, and Making Memories.

Later dudes!

Labels: faith, family, layouts, links, pictures, Scrap Etc.

Sisters make good coloring buddies.






Have I mentioned I think our house is haunted?

See the evidence below. ;)

Pretty darn spooky.
Oh, whew!

Labels: family, home, kids, pictures

Here's some design team work for Scrap Etc. using the new Fancy Pants Clear Albums, Papers, and Felt.



I love these little albums so much. So incredibly fun to use!

Check out that awesome little Heidi Swapp chandelier crystal- oh my goodness, expect to see me using these a lot because I am addicted!

Labels: Craft ideas, family, kids, mini albums, Scrap Etc.

Love it love it love it.

What more can I say? :)

Labels: Crop Addict, layouts

Whew, what a weekend! It was beautiful and relaxing and full.

Friday the Hubs was off, so he got to spend some time with the fam and with Quinn playing disc golf. It was a nice surprise, as I didn't expect him home that day! :)

Saturday was full of playing outside in the pretty weather and preparing for the next day. We cooked out that evening and had Ginge & Donnie over for a much belated birthday dinner. I recently "spiffed" up our screened in front porch so we can eat out there, so we all sat out there and really had a relaxing evening.

Sunday was Easter, and we are working on trying to make it special and meaningful for our family. Shaun and I have done a variety of fasting for Lent in previous years (that's a whole 'nother post for another time) and would like to eventually incorporate it to be a family thing... so we want to start making a tradition of Easter being that special day when we celebrate Christ's resurrection and the breaking of our fast. Anyways, all that said, we did decide to do Easter baskets as part of that tradition, to signify the celebration and the gift of grace.

The actual gifts were not so "spiritual." ;) We gave Atticus a lion bubble maker and Em a Strawberry Shortcake computer game, along with loads of chocolate candy for the both of them. I love this pic because if you look closely, you'll notice the respective gifts did not go to who we planned them for. Hee!

I didn't get a good pic of the three kiddos in their Sunday best, so I'm planning on hitting the Botanical Gardens next weekend and doing pretty spring pics.

Here's some remaining pics from our weekend! The kids LOVED the bubble maker- thanks to the Dollar General for that one!

Labels: faith, family, kids, pictures

Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance.

She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, breathlessly panting, "They took the Master from the tomb. We don't know where they've put him."

Peter and the other disciple left immediately for the tomb.

They ran, neck and neck. The other disciple got to the tomb first, outrunning Peter.

Stooping to look in, he saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Simon Peter arrived after him, entered the tomb, observed the linen cloths lying there, and the kerchief used to cover his head not lying with the linen cloths but separate, neatly folded by itself. Then the other disciple, the one who had gotten there first, went into the tomb, took one look at the evidence, and believed. No one yet knew from the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead. The disciples then went back home.

But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping.

As she wept, she knelt to look into the tomb and saw two angels sitting there, dressed in white, one at the head, the other at the foot of where Jesus' body had been laid. They said to her, "Woman, why do you weep?" ...she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn't recognize him. Jesus spoke to her, "Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for?" She, thinking that he was the gardener, said, "Mister, if you took him, tell me where you put him so I can care for him."

Jesus said, "Mary." Turning to face him, she said in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" meaning "Teacher!" ...

Eight days later, his disciples were again in the room. This time Thomas was with them. Jesus came through the locked doors, stood among them, and said, "Peace to you."

Then he focused his attention on Thomas. "Take your finger and examine my hands. Take your hand and stick it in my side. Don't be unbelieving. Believe."

Thomas said, "My Master! My God!"

Jesus said, "So, you believe because you've seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing." ....

These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it.

(Excerpts from John 20, the Message translation)

A few shots from our Easter weekend... check back tomorrow for some more! :)

Labels: faith, kids, pictures