Easter and Catching Up

Hellllooooo out there! I know it's been a while. I'm afraid my classes have left me no time for anything but family, church and homework lately. I love being in school, but I can't wait to be done! One more semester and then I'll get a year off. :)

On a different note, Easter has come and gone and we had a great weekend. Our church has a general conference every six months and it happened to fall over Easter weekend this year. I always love hearing what the leaders of the church talk about. I walk away feeling optimistic and energized. The Easter bunny visited Saturday night and in the morning after a sweet little devotional about Jesus and the resurrection, the boys and Ellie ran all over the house, searching for their eggs. Dan made a little video of it I think I'll post. It's kind of long, but I want to remember it. :)

The rest of the day was spent watching conference and being together. The chocolate and candy hit the kids systems at about ten a.m. and they were bouncing off the walls for most of the day, but it was fun just being together! I am very grateful for families. I don't know where I'd be without mine. I feel so blessed! Here are a lot of pictures from this weekend and a few catch-up collages from the last few weeks. I'm going to be hitting the homework hard this month, so I don't know when I'll be able to post again. Hopefully soon though!

Here is the Easter morning link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-fZgqsGCrQ

Peach tree blossoms.

Coloring the eggs that no one likes to eat. Hard boiled eggs are hard to handle even when they aren't tinted blue and green! It's a tradition though, and you can't fight tradition!

O loved his orange hands.

Look at her hold that crayon!!!

How old are you Ellie? She loves coloring on anything and anyone.

I liked this picture two ways, so lucky you...you get them both!

Swimming, sprinklers and Daddy love.

WARNING...the following collage is not for those of you who might be "weak of stomach!"

Ellie had a little accident last week while I was walking with a sweet fantastic friend of mine. I call her that because she helped me clean up the mess! I couldn't lay her in the car, and it was all over the stroller....it was soo gross! I laughed my head of the whole time while Ellie just smiled. Thanks for your help Ashley!

Logan's idea of "prison" for his bad guys.

Dan noticed this pretty little flower growing out of the bricks on our porch. It was so pretty, in such a tough spot. I think a lot of us are like this. Life is never easy, but we can still thrive and be beautiful!