Family Easter Pictures

Nana's front yard always has the best egg hunts. Abigail didn't want to change out of her Easter dress so she wore it all day long.

Grandchildren Easter Pictures

I just can't help myself, they are so beautiful!

I love how she is ready to hold the baby and their sweet response to him. They love him so sweetly.

Some of My Favorite Easter Pictures

Where did this most adorable sweet thing come from?

Our family is growing

Where did these beautiful grown up girls come from?

Let the hunt begin

Sister secrets are so sweet

Hannah is the best Wednesday School teacher

There is always fun, silliness and games

Rachel was a bridesmaid in her friend's wedding the day before Easter

Abigail driving Nana and Mr. Walter

Easter Pictures

Hannah plays the guitar at church and lead the singing at our Sunrise Service.

The picture never changes, but the children do!

Robert snuck up behind Hannah and scared her right before I snapped.

What Kind of Mom Forgets to Color Easter Eggs?

You guessed it, me! Last year, I almost forgot and we ended up coloring eggs at 10:00 the night before.

Since I had a dozen boiled eggs in the refrigerator, I went searching for a recipe to use them. It turned out to be an Eggs Benedict Casserole of sorts.

8 slices of hard white bread
10 hard boiled eggs
Several hands full of fresh spinach
about 1/2 cup of bacon bits
1 stick butter
4T flour
1 3/4 to 2 C milk
1/2C sour cream
3/4 to 1t Dijon mustard
3/4 to 1t yel­low mustard
1 C shred­ded ched­dar cheese

Butter one side of the bread and place it butter side down in a 9x13. Sprinkle spinach and bacon bits over that. Slice the eggs and layer over the spinach and bacon.

(This part is copied straight from the site as she makes roux a lot more often than I do.) The next step is to make the cheesy mus­tard sauce to go over the top! This will need to be done in a sauce pan on the stove, as you are basi­cally mak­ing a roux. You’ll start the sauce by melt­ing 2T of but­ter over medium-low heat. Add 1T of the flour and mix it in with the but­ter (a wire whisk is good for this). Then, slowly add 1/4C of milk and con­tinue stir­ring. Alter­nate adding in 1T of flour, fol­lowed by 1/4C milk until you have a rea­son­ably thick roux and have used about 4T of flour to about 1 3/4 to 2C of milk. Stir in sour cream & mus­tard. Then, add 1/2 to 3/4C of shred­ded ched­dar cheese (or cheese of your choice).

Pour the roux over the eggs and top with about a half cup of cheese. I let mine sit for about hour to let the roux sink into the bread, but it can be cooked right away or put in the fridge overnight. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, until it starts browning and gets bubbly. 

I really liked the change of pace from the typical breakfast casserole. The bread was a little too soggy so I might not let it sit before cooking next time.

Since I didn't have everything the original recipe called for, I gave you what I did. I'm sure hers was good too.

While serving those who are sick there are only two choices to make. The choice to serve as Christ or not.  Many times the sick and ailing can't or won't be considerate to those helping them. I have to decide how to respond, will I be Christlike or will I become annoyed and feel sorry for myself? On days like today, it is easier to think Christlike. After all, it is Good Friday. Jesus, the Ultimate Servant, suffered and died for those He came to serve. He was spit on and beaten, yet He did not turn away. But in the midst of numerous requests, full trash cans and mounds of dirty laundry, do I remember Christ? Not always.

Valentine's Day

Does it make a person sound more spiritual if they say, "Oh, I don't celebrate Valentine's Day - I tell my wife I love her every day," especially if they say it in a condescending tone of voice?

There are plenty of examples of celebrations in Scripture. There were many festivals - festival of booths, Harvest celebrations, David dancing before the Lord when the ark was returned to Israel, etc. It seems that it's okay to celebrate life in special ways. Today, why not say I love you in a more flowery tone with sweet aromas? (Think Song of Solomon.)

The only two examples of birthday parties in the Bible ended very badly, but that doesn't mean we aren't without excuse to celebrate life and big events. It doesn't mean you have to, only that it's okay.

This Mother's Day, try making sure your mom knows that you are grateful that she chose life. On Father's Day, be glad that your father raised you the way He did. I know there could be a lot of baggage there, but God has you where you are for a reason. Learn from it. Be grateful. Be grateful at New Year's that the calendar is still turning for you. Prepare for Resurrection Sunday ahead of time so that your family understands its implications. Glory in the colors of Spring, Summer and Fall. Be thankful for the quietness of Winter mornings.

This morning there is a bird chirping outside my window. He may not be telling the love of his life Happy Valentine's Day, but he is certainly bringing praise to His Creator. And no one can deny he is celebrating life today. So put on your pink and tell someone that you love them in an especially sweet way.

Easter Pictures

Cousins are so much fun!

He really does love those sisters.

Some pictures just have to be posted.

The race is on.

Easter Pictures

Our traditional family picture

A sweet relationship we love to watch grow




A fun tradition

Hannah loves to play with the little boys and they love her too.

The girls and Nana

Group hugs with Aunt Amy

Sarah and Micah (Anna and Andrew's second)

I am already growing too much!

The entire group, except we missed Christy and Corey!

Spring Baskets

Every holiday that comes around I have all of these great ideas about how I plan to use that occasion to point the children to Christ. We've had some opportunity to sing songs this week about the death of Christ and had a few really good Bible times in which Lydia actually got the message. I am in the process of putting together the Resurrection Eggs to tell the story of Jesus tonight. I'm sure most parents are like me in that we wish we could do more. Life is very crowded and we have to really work hard to make sure we take the time to teach our children the true meaning of Easter and every other holiday. While we colored eggs last night Lydia and I were able to talk about new life in Christ. The girls got Spring baskets this morning and, yes, they know I put them together. The baskets are usually filled with little things that they need (or want) and I have found on sale over the past few weeks. This morning Aunt Thelma was pretty excited to get her own bunny and talked to it very sweetly while I got her breakfast ready.

While playing with Lydia who is 4 years old, Rachel, 18, said, "Hey, you want to have an egg hunt?" Lydia, with great joy said, "Yeah!... What's an egg punt?"

Images from Easter

What a glorious day to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord. We started off with a sunrise service at our home and breakfast with our church family.


This is some of the kids in our church gathered in their Easter best. We left our house and went to worship with our dear friends in Baldwin. We can worship there with women who have been faithful Christians for nearly eighty years.
















The afternoon was filled with fun and games at Nana and Granddaddy's house with lots of cousins, aunts and uncles. This is Mary with her best cousins examining the loot after the family egg hunt. The next moment had Nana sneaking around to all the kids' baskets to make sure all got a dollar in an egg.



Here is two of the sweetest little boys you'll find. I'm glad God placed them in my family. I get to steal kisses and whenever their moms aren't looking.






























Rachel's traditional picture with cousin Josh.