{ Easter 2012 }

What was the most wonderful thing about this weekend?
It was spent doing nothing, nothing but spending time
together and relaxing. We really needed this. After our
wonderfully full weekend one week prior and the serious
sleep deprivation we’ve been living under lately, it was
just what we needed. Tim and I kept remarking all
weekend about how stress free we felt. We couldn’t
remember feeling this way in a very long time.

Before this post becomes “candy coated”, however, let me
just say that nights around here have been pretty rough
lately.  We are diligently working on combating our dear little
18 Month old’s three-hour middle of the night “I want to play”
time and temper-tantrums-by-day phase that he has developed
this past week. We’re determined to “win”, but in the mean time
there’s not a lot of sleep happening around here!

Saturday morning we took Oliver to the Easter Egg hunt put on
by our church. He went to his first egg hunt last year, but he
couldn’t even crawl at the point so it meant nothing to him.
This year he actually had a lot of fun putting his eggs in the basket.
He had even more fun running down the hill over the very muddy
grass, which kept his dad busy!

Afterwards we enjoyed hot drinks back at the host's house and the
Easter story told with “Resurrection Eggs”. This was our first family
event with this church so it was a good opportunity to meet other
parents and kids. We have been earnestly praying about where we
should be attending church now that our family has grown and our
needs have changed. We are feeling pretty much at peace about
beginning to attend this church, but it is also hard to leave where we
have been, in some ways, especially for Tim.

When we returned home, I got the kids fed and down for naps while
Tim grilled burgers. The PERFECT way to spend a lazy Saturday
afternoon. We enjoyed sitting outside together and talking. When
Oliver woke up he joined us and had a grand time exploring the
wood pile. It was a good day to be a little boy (in between learning
the hard lesson of coming and stopping when called)! In the
evening we took a family walk up on campus. No camera that time,
just good memories.

Sunday morning we had planned to go to church here in town, but it
was a very rough morning for me and we just didn't get out of the
house in time. We decided to head down to my parent's church (and
my church before I got married) instead. It was great to see everyone
again.  We then headed over to my parent's house for a scrumptious
turkey dinner.  It is always so fun to see my parents with the kids.
They are head over heels for these two!

After dinner we all piled into the car and went for a
walk down by the river. It was the perfect outing for
a beautiful spring day!  Oliver took a nap, which
was an added blessing!

Happy Easter!  He is Risen Indeed!