Easter Fun!

 Oh we had such a fabulous Easter!

It started out all beautiful and sunshiny.

The girls hunted for eggs at home,

 

 

and found their baskets.
 

Then it was off to church.

 

Littlest Miss busily colored ♥

 

During the service, the skies opened up and it poured!  My MIL and I gave each other "the look" because ~ obligatory Easter photos!

But just like magic, the sermon concluded, the rain stopped, and some sun peeked through.

Hooray!

 

Look how adorable ~ Grandma coordinated perfectly with the girls!

 

And we ended the day with an egg hunt and YUMMY dinner at my mom and dad's.

 

 

 

 

 

 How did you spend your Easter??

Hope it was a lovely day! ♥

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother/Daughter Tea

Last weekend the girls and I got to attend the most fun tea ever!
My mother-in-law had been planning a mother-daughter tea at our church, which was special in itself, because sometimes us mamas of younger kiddos get left out of fun when we can't bring littles along.
 

 

She asked if the girls would be interested in participating in a "fashion show".
Since this tea was all about laughter and friendship, it was a very special kind of fashion show :)
Sierra had to wear a "dinner dress" complete with McDonald's wrappers.
Makenna wore a "slip over sweater" and "sunglasses".
Kam was decked out in her "tea dress", adorned with fragrant peppermint tea bags, of course.
 

 

 

And Miss Tay . . . well, she just got to sip tea, eat cupcakes, and spend time with her bestie.
Because you can't always count on three year olds to follow through with plans, ya know?
 

 

 

 The minute we got home, Sierra and Makenna were begging to plan another event soon.
 

 

 

 Because what little girl {or big girl!} doesn't love dressing up, sipping tea, yummy treats, and time spent with friends?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter

Easter kinda snuck up on us  this year.
So we didn't get to the egg coloring until Saturday afternoon.

  

{Kam *was* enjoying the egg coloring, I promise.
She just kept making these "I'm bored" faces.}
 

 

Once the eggs were done, we moved on to a little baking . . .

 

 

And food prep the rest of the day.

 

 

 On Sunday morning, I made the girls pose for 2.3 seconds, so I could get a group shot . . .
 

And when Daddy came into the house, we decided we had an extra second to spare, so we tied him up, gagged him, and forced him in to a family picture.

 

 

And then it was off to Church . . .
 

 

 

 

. . . Where we got to spend the morning with some of our very favorite people <3 p="">

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Search

We are looking for a new church. The church I called home for close to 8 years isn't really an option anymore. I mean, it is. It's not like the church up and moved or vanished into thin air, or anything. I could choose to continue to go there. That would be the "easy" choice, really. I taught Makenna's Sunday School class at that church, my Mother-in-law taught Sierra's class. Much of our family go there. The girls' friends are there. It's the "comfortable" choice. But after a lot of praying for, years really, over whether or not we should stay, I heard God loud and clear when I was in the hospital on bedrest with Kameryn. We were to find a new home. There have been signs all along. I just didn't want to pay attention. Searching for a new church is hard. And it's not all that comfortable. But, finally, after four months we are officially searching.

Yesterday we attended services at a local church. There are many to choose from in our small community. Not even a stop light in this little town, but there are many, many churches. We chose the Community Church. It was a nice service with friendly people. I think we'll go back.

It got Sierra's approval. As we were getting in the car to go home, she said "I like that church!" As usual, I'm not sure how Makenna felt about the whole thing. In typical four year old fashion, she was a constant ball of energy. Legs flailing, princess underwear-flashing, and lots of chatting through.the.entire.service. I did the "shhhh" sign several times, but I'm not sure her whispering is any quieter than her normal voice. You know the whisper-shout, right? That was totally Makenna. "NANA! WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE PRINCESS??" Yep, apparently it was absolutely essential that Makenna knew who my mom's favorite princess was right smack dab in the middle of prayer.

As for Kam, she did great. For the first fifteen minutes she tried to eat her hands {is it possible that we're teething already???}, after that I had to move to the "cry room" to feed her, then she was out like a light for the rest of the service. All in all, it was a good day. Wish us luck in our search for a church :)