Happy Easter

I know... I'm a little late wishing you a happy Easter... and I think I may have said it before when it was actually Easter... hmmm...

Well I know, everyone tells me, I have a valid excuse for ignoring my blog. But I do miss it.

Since I seem to now be past the icky-sicky days of the 1st trimester, and am hoping to regain some semblance of normal energy any day now, I do hope the have more frequent updates. If nothing else, we have had some very cool family times in the last few weeks I want to share, and of course, pictures!

So here is a glance at how we spent Easter day.

We were up super early for the 8 am church service. Had awesome worship and heard a great message about finding the Upside in uncertain times, and considered what it would have been like to be a follower of Christ that first Easter weekend.

Then we hit the road for Dallas (Oregon). The kids were greeted with Easter baskets:

Maggy's first mic

Hannah's got the gear

Zak and Noah got some really cool 3D robot puzzles

that kept Daddy busy for a solid hour.

We had a delicious dinner and wonderful fellowship.

Grandma set up a scavenger Easter egg hunt and games in the barn with prizes.

We returned home in time to transfer 4 sleepy kids from their car seats to their beds, and felt a great joy to be blessed with such an awesome family.