I just love being with family, and the spring weather, and watching the kiddos play.
This Easter was fun because the kiddos were able to do so much more than last year.
Of course this brought great expectations for this new momma.
Expectations for great weather, cute easter outfits, great pictures, and a beautifully behaved child enjoying an Easter egg hunt for the first time...........
We decided to watch church on T.V. via the computer since we didn't want to fool with going to an unfamiliar church, with an unfamiliar nursery.
Sounds like a great plan right?
Wrong,
trying to cook brunch while we all managed 3 cranky kids,
who unknowingly all had hand, foot, and mouth virus resulted in a very choppy Easter sermon consisting of us walking in and out of the room trying to console crying children,
and managing food cooking in the oven.
So I can't say that I got much out of our Easter sermon.
And after we "watched" the sermon and ate brunch I went outside to disappointingly try to get some cute photos of Brooks with a mysterious rash around his mouth.
I thought , Seriously? First Easter with Brooks walking in a cute little Easter outfit and he has a rash all over his body,
particularly around his mouth?
ewww,
and he was definitely not his normal chipper self.
but then I took just a second to stop,
put down my camera,
and think,
about what God has done for me,
how Brooks rash on Easter reminds me that
Easter means everything,
without it,
we are stuck in a world with a nasty rash,
in a world with no hope,
no cure,
no relief,
a world where expectations are never met,
but with Easter,
God has interceded on our behalf,
so the little things like hand, foot, and mouth do not have a strong hold,
they don't win,
instead we can have hope,
a promise for a better day,
we have the chance to look to Jesus,
and to know him,
"Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us." Romans 8:34
And on another note.........
William and Henry Allman were born!
How fitting that the miracle of these two boys was displayed on Easter Sunday!
New life,
Congrats to Sarah and Andrew and we can't wait to watch William and Henry grow!
and I really was able to get some cute pics!
First time walking on the beach
the fountains were really the highlight of the week!
daddy's
right of passage, eating sand
trying to get a pic of all 3
Easter bunny brought him a lot of his favorite toy, balls
d-daddy putting out the eggs
trying to show the kiddos what to do.....
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