Bluebonnets

After our visit in Weatherford on Saturday, we made our annual trek to Alvaredo to meet the Eden family for pictures in the bluebonnets. For some reason, the bluebonnets had not done well there this year, so we didn't get to experience the acres of flowers that we've enjoyed so much in the past. We did find a few good patches, so we managed to get some great pictures anyways.

A Day in Weatherford

God created a beautiful day for us on Saturday, and we spent much of the day visiting friends in Weatherford. They have a beautiful home set on 110 acres. After a wonderful lunch, Robert and Mr. Ken took the kids 4-wheeling to explore their property, while Ms. Nancy and I had some quality visiting time.

The kids also enjoyed riding this smaller 4-wheeler around the yard:

And pretending to drive the big 4-wheeler:

Camden even got to drive a "tractor":

We did a little porch sittin':

And enjoyed the field of Indian Paintbrushes next to their house:

It was a great day spent with some great folks!

Easter Weekend

The kids dyed Easter eggs on Saturday morning. I thought that since they are older now, they would be able to be somewhat self-directed this year, while I frosted cupcakes for our next event. Bad assumption. I think I have finally gotten all the dye off the coutertop!


After dyeing eggs we went to our church's annual Easter Eggstravaganza, where we helped out at one of the booth. From there we headed to our Easter celebration at our apartment church. It was a busy afternoon, but a lot of fun.

This year Kenna got to help hide the eggs for the egg hunt at the apartments. Of course, she also joined in on the hunt (that might not have been quite fair, but she didn't get too many eggs, so I guess that's okay!).

After church on Sunday we spent the afternoon at Nana and Papa's house. We got this nice picture of the whole crew before eating lunch:

I can't believe how tall Kenna is getting! In several of the shots we took she is covering up Nana's face - next year she'll definitely have to stand in front of Papa!

After lunch we had our annual family egg hunt. The weather was beautiful, so we actually got to have it outside this year!

Some of the eggs contained candy and others coins. After the hunt the kids all counted their money, one or the other dissappointed to have less than the others. So, they convinced my dad to buy some of their candy. Nana made the observation that Papa bought the candy once to be put in the eggs to hide, and then he bought it again from the kids - I guess that's what grandfathers are for!

At lunch I was talking about a Passover Seder service that we had had at church the Thursday before Easter. A Jewish believer came and told us about much of the symbolism of the Passover meal and how it all points to Jesus. I relayed the fact that the unleavened bread served at the Passover is scored, or striped, and is pierced. This is done so that the bread won't rise. Jennifer cleverly pointed out that they tried to do that to Jesus too, but it didn't work. Amen, Sister!

Praise God - Jesus rose!