Palm Sunday

This past Sunday, we began our celebration of the great miracle of our Lord's resurrection. Bridge Kids (which I have blogged about before) is such an awesome program at our church for our kiddos. This year, they emphasized that though the story is sad, it is also the best story every told... and though these kids are young, it is still important to keep the story real and share with them what Jesus went through for us. It is amazing to me how much Logan is absorbing this Easter story and how passionate he is about the tomb being EMPTY when Jesus rose from the dead. He is understanding how Judas betrayed Jesus and how when Jesus asked for water, he instead received something quite "gross" (vinegar), and how painful a nail in your hands and feet and a crown of thorns on your head would be.

Now, please understand, we don't only depend on Bridge Kids to support our kiddo and teach him this story, but it sure has been quite a help to keep the conversation going at home. We love the coordinators and our Children's Minister so much and are very thankful for the church home we have been blessed with.

Here are pictures from their performance on Sunday.

First they did their memory verse and sang some songs.
I just love this picture of how excited he gets when singing,
"Ha, ha, hallelujah!"

and "He, He, He saved me!"

Logan was part of the resurrection program.
This is him opening the 7th egg, which was empty, representing the empty tomb and Jesus' resurrection!
This is the video of Logan opening his egg

Thanks to my brother's awesome birthday present, I can now create really great home movies. I say "can" meaning that it is now possible to create great ones. This is my first and I'm still trying to figure out the program, so it's nothing special. But, nevertheless, check out the video of the whole Bridge Kids Performance...



Some cool things to note:
All the kids that opened eggs range from 3-6
Scripture readers were 1st-4th graders and used their own Bibles
The one kid (a favorite of mine) that memorized his scripture!
How some of the kids are a little quiet and hard to hear, but you better believe it, my kid is never quiet!

We were so blessed to have my parents join us for church on this Palm Sunday. Afterward, we hit up our usual food spot and enjoyed a great lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. Ryan didn't make it through lunch, he was a tired boy!

My mom and Ryan

My parents with the boys
(now that Ryan's wearing big boy clothes, the boys can match!)


When Jeff put Logan to bed that night, he prayed,
"Thank you God for letting Grandma and Grandpa come to church with me and for them taking us to eat at Sweet Tomatoes."

Welcome Baby Emily

Last week, Jeff's cousin gave birth to her first child...

a beautiful little girl, Emily Bly Posson.
Her facial expressions were hilarious!

We were so thrilled to meet her!
Little story here...
Earlier in the week I was preparing Logan for what was to come and the conversation went like this:

M: Logan, on Saturday we're going to Andrea and Ben's to meet baby Emily.
L: Oh, mom, I'm so glad God decided to take her out of Andrea's belly because I've been waiting to meet her.

So, these pictures did mean a lot to him I'm sure!



Logan took this picture himself... not too bad!
(Andrea holding Ryan in the background)
Jeff with baby Emily
(How's he look holding pink instead of blue?!)

Ryan and Ben
Sweetness!

Again, trying to get a group shot isn't very easy...
and surprisingly, the older child is the one that is most difficult!
Pretty cute how he was able to hold her with one hand
so he could try to hold Ryan's hand too!

A great one!
and this is the same pic as above, but zoomed in on Emily.
Apparently when I said, "Say cheese!" SHE LISTENED!

Spring Break

So, I know Spring Break doesn't mean the same to us as it does to people who have kids in real school 5 days a week, but we had a great one anyway!

My best friend Rachel is a teacher, so we took advantage of her time off and went down to see her for a couple days. I was VERY sick (later to find out I had a sinus infection) and the weather on day two of our visit was really crummy, but watching movies and having some time to not do anything, it was kind of nice. And, with my being sick, Rachel was a HUGE help to me and kept Ryan in her room for the night! Yay! :-)

On day one, we met Rachel at a farmer's market and did some strawberry picking. Logan LOVED this and I'm sure this is something we'll be doing a lot more of in the future!

"Twist and pull"
That's what he said every time he picked one
S0 many to choose from!
It was a bit chilly, but Ryan had fun watching from the stroller!
Swings at the farmer's market!
Very serious about this "task" and he wanted to wash all of his by himself.

Proud little strawberry picker!

That afternoon the evening weather was beautiful (thank heaven for daylight savings!) so we went to the local park and had some fun!

Looking for the ducks to feed

Finally got a couple to come to them!

Ryan's first time at a park... not just in a stroller

Big brother showing him the rocks!

My sweety!

Gotta love a merry-go-round!

And slides are always fun!

Ryan in the swing...

SO happy!

We were very happy to have done the park on day one, because like I said, day two was horrible weather and called for a day inside watching one Disney movie after another! :-)
Thanks Aunt Rachel for hosting us... we had a wonderful time!

Later in the week, we just had to celebrate St.Patrick's Day!


Two handsome Irish boys!
Tooting his own horn...
Ryan and Grandpa

My parents are very big into this holiday,
so they took the boys for dinner and some fun at the mall!

Ryan LOVED his first carousel ride!
Held on and sat up strong the whole time!


We wrapped up our Spring Break with my friend Avery coming into town with her two girls, Brynn and Camdyn. I can't believe it had been a year since we had visited one another, but the kids got along great and lots of fun was had by all!

Day one... at the park!

Day two of their visit, we took advantage of our new Children's Museum membership and made the trip downtown for the day. Thankfully Jeff was off, so little Ryan stayed behind with daddy. I say thankfully, because the museum on the last Saturday of Spring Break= CROWDED!

A lot of pictures from the Museum!

Camdyn
Logan and Brynn

Brynn... mirror fun!
Hello Cami!

Sweetness!



Face painting
They were both cats, and while I was doing Brynn's, Logan picked up the brown and colored over his "whiskers" telling me he was a "dirty kitten." Ya know, the naughty one that soiled his mittens? Yes, he meant that one!

We had to try to get a picture of all 4 kiddos...
It was a bit challenging and to prove the point, I have included just a few of the many shots that were taken.

Hmmm...

Brynn and Logan had more important things to discuss,
and Cami was looking for something to get into!

Everyone look at Ryan?
No, we did not tell them to do this!

Dylan wanting to join in on the fun!

Where ya going Cami???
Yes, this is what it's like to take a picture of 4 kids under 4!


A couple of good ones!!

Maybe the best! :-)
Brothers!

Ryan was off to bed and then it was...
Story time


Having them here for a few days was so much fun! Everytime we see them I repeat how much I wished they lived closer! Next time we see them, we'll get to welcome baby girl #3 for this beautiful family!