Easter 2012

1 Corinthians 15:20a "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead" 

Happy Easter!!  We are so thankful for that empty tomb.  Jesus conquered death and because of that we will spend eternity with Him in Heaven!  Thank You, Lord.  There is no greater gift.  

It was just us this year so it was very relaxing.  We had a  low key day just hanging out.  We went to church, dyed eggs, had our Easter egg hunt, went through the Easter story and our resurrection eggs, then  a delicious dinner of grilled chicken and trout, caesar salad, fresh green beans, sister shuberts rolls, deviled eggs (why are they called that?  we all want to know) and homemade chocolate cake for dessert.  

Family picture after church (did you think we had time before church?  No way)

Easter egg hunt in our yard

Daddy does a great job hiding eggs

My kids and their pottery barn easter baskets.  Or Wal-mart bags.

 

Jake didn't want to participate, but he sensed something good in them (we stuffed them with cash).

 

Meet my brother!

I obviously don't do much with my blog, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to link my brother to Kelly's single day.  He is a 38 year old successful real estate agent in North Dallas.  He loves working out, practical jokes, watching football and anything to do with Texas A&M.  He is class of '96  from A&M and received his MBA a few years later.  His greatest joy is being a father to 7 year old Brayden and 4 year old Annecy.  He has partial custody of them and does such a great job!!!  Let me introduce my younger brother, Scott.

Here he is with my adorable nephew Brayden.    

This is Scott and me with our 90 year old grandfather.  We are Bops' only grandchildren and he has been bossing us around from the day we were born.  We LOVE our Bops.  

This was a quick picture I took after he ran the Dallas 8 mile turkey trot with my husband and son. Scott is on the left.  My husband is not available and my son is far too young for me to play matchmaker:).

I would love for Scott to meet someone to share his life with.  He is so much fun, and outside of my husband and kids, my favorite person on earth.  

Will talk for food

Everyone knows teenagers aren't  huge on talking to their parents, especially boys.  So I've found that if I have a pantry full of junk food, Jake will bring his friends over and I get to visit with them.  I try not to ask many questions, but listen a little bit, then leave before they are sick of seeing me.  We snapped a few pictures of them having an afternoon snack of chips, oreos, and gatorade.  Funny, I invited them all to stay for dinner saying I had plenty for everyone.  They each declined, saying their mom had something planned.  I'm not sure what happened, but they left, then came back within 15 minutes and joined us for dinner.  

Back to School bash 2011

The boys attended a youth group back to school bash complete with food, a wonderful speaker, and a disgusting mud pit they loved.  We heard from friends to bring old towels, blankets, and trash bags to pick them  up.  When Darryl arrived to get them he texted me "how am I supposed to find them?"  It was THE event of the weekend and tons of kids attended.  I could not believe what they looked like when they got out of the car.  Jake's shirt was WHITE when he left.  Seriously.  We threw their shirts away because there was no way I would ever get that mess out.  Darryl hosed them off in the driveway and we sent them straight to the shower!!