Weekend Fun!

This past weekend Daniel's parents came to visit. On Friday Daniel was off work and the weather was beautiful, so he and his dad did yard work! The rest of us played outside and enjoyed the day!:-)

On Saturday, Grace Anne had a soccer game and it was COLD! We could not believe how the day before we were wearing shorts and then the very next day we were bundled up with blankets! Anyway, she did great! We were very proud of her, she ran after the ball and helped her team kick it to the goal several times! She seems to really enjoy soccer, she has a game this week on Friday and Saturday!

The kids enjoyed having Granny and Papa here this weekend. Daniel and I also enjoyed having FREE babysitters here!!! We were able to go out to dinner and to an arena football game on Saturday night!:-) Well, that is about all of our weekend, hope you have a blessed week!!!

Jesus is Alive!!! Happy Easter!!!

What a wonderful day we have had as we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord and Savior! We had a fun filled weekend with the kids. Daniel and the kids colored eggs last night, they had a blast! I have posted pictures from today of the kids and their Easter baskets, and pictures of them at church today. We got some exciting news after church today, our niece Emma received Christ!!!! What an awesome Easter present!!! We are so proud of her and the decision she has made! She is not just my sweet little niece, she is now my sister in Christ!!! I hope you have a blessed day!!!


Their masterpiece!!!!

Here are some pictures that we took at church today:-)

Zoo Trip/Egg Hunt

We went to the Zoo on Friday with Scott, Brandy, Drew and Bryce. It was a beautiful day!!! We have season passes to the zoo, and this was the best trip yet. This was the first time that all the animals were out and about. The kids had a blast, I think the monkeys were their favorite! They were putting on a show!!!:-)

We were gone all day, when we got home the kids were ready for bed!!! I have posted several pictures from our trip. We had a great time!!! We are looking forward to another outing with our friends!

Today, we had our egg hunt at church. I guess we were all still tired from our fun filled day at the zoo because we did not get up until 9:00 this morning and the egg hunt started at 10:00!!! We had to hurry and get ready so we would make it on time. The kids were a little tired, but once they got there they had a good time. I took a few pictures of the kids from this morning's egg hunt. That's all for now, check back later this weekend for more Easter pictures!:-)

Easter fun has begun!!!

Our little pirate!!!!
Drew and Evan having lunch:-)!!!
Drew yelling "HEY!!!!" at us when we picked him up today from school:-)
Showing off all the eggs he found!

Grace Anne's class enjoying their snack

The best of friends!!!! Lily, Grace Anne and Emma Claire
Checking out each other's eggs:-)

The first two pictures are from yesterday. We went with some friends to see a play and then we headed over to McDonald's for lunch. Drew and his buddy Evan had a great time wearing their pirate hats and eating lunch together. I did not get any pictures of Grace Anne and her friends, they were too busy playing! We had a great time and look forward to hanging out with them again soon!!!

The next pictures are from today. Both kids had their Easter Egg hunts at school today. The parents were invited to Grace Anne's so I got to go. She had a great time!!!! Drew's egg hunt was just for the kids, but I did take some pictures of him when we picked him up from school! They both had a blast, and are looking forward to all the other egg hunts they are going to this week:-).

We have a busy week planned. Tomorrow(Thurs.) the kids are going to another egg hunt with thier friends Emma Claire and Evan while I have lunch with Daniel and the Senior Adults from church. We are going to the Zoo on Friday with some friends, and we have 2 more egg hunts on Saturday, so I will be posting more pictures soon!!!!

Pictures from the Women's Retreat!!!

Me, Brandy and Wendy, you will notice that we made sure we had our caffeine!!!:-)

Me with some of the sweet girls in our Sunday School class!

We had a wonderful time. I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends!

Grace Anne's first concert/Lori's weekend get away:-)

What a weekend!!! I went on a women's retreat hosted by our church at the beach while Daniel and the kids had a fun filled weekend at home.

I left on Friday at lunch and got back today(Sunday). I had a wonderful time. It was good for me to get away. The retreat was very good, it was focused on friendships. During the sessions, I got to spend time with some women that I did not know. It was neat to see God working and forming these new friendships. I also got to spend time with friends that I already had a relationship with and it was cool how God allowed our friendship to grow closer and stronger. We also had some free time, so I shopped!!! I am thankful for this weekend, it was refreshing for me and helped me to be able to have some "me" time. I think that all women need to get away and have a time to refocus. I believe that trips like this helps me to be a better wife and mother because I am able to be alone with God and have that time to reflect on Him without all my day to day distractions. I left me camera at home so Daniel could take pictures of their weekend. I have asked a friend to email me some pictures that she took of the weekend, I will try to post them soon!:-)

Daniel and the kids had a great time together. On Friday night, Daniel took Grace Anne to her first concert. They went to see TobyMac(a christian hip hop artist). Grace Anne loves to listen to his music. She sings and dances to it all the time. She enjoyed her first concert and was very excited that her daddy bought her a pink TobyMac T-shirt!!!:-) Drew had a babysitter while Daniel and Grace Anne had their outing. He had a great time with Mrs. Jennifer and enjoyed not having to share her with his sister:-).
On Saturday, Grace Anne had a soccer game, and soccer pictures. Of all the days to have pictures, I should have known it would be when I was out of town. I am looking forward to getting the pictures back and seeing how her hair was fixed!!!:-) The kids enjoyed the weekend with their daddy. Daniel is so good with them, he is the best daddy. I thank him for all he does for our family and for encouraging me to go on this trip.

We will be getting ready this week for Easter and celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. This is my favorite time of the year! I will post pictures of the kids Easter parties at school later this week!!!! I hope you have a blessed week.

First concert
Drew hanging out watching soccer
Our little soccer player