Sorry that I'm just now posting. I'm having an absolute BLAST working in our home. =D
Unpacking, organizing, and DECORATING!!!! It's so fun. I decided that I just couldn't wait to decorate until all of our walls in our house get finished...for only Jesus knows WHEN that will be (possibly years),....so, we're hanging pictures and I'm having so much FUN!!! I'm hoping to post pics soon (along with the rest of the pics from our weekend in AL.)
We're leaving for another deputation service tomorrow, Lord willing.
I hope that y'all had a good Easter. Our family did. Here's some pics from our day.
~When we started planning our deputation back in Colombia, I asked Phillip to PLEASE leave Easter open so we could be at our own church and be with Laura and family. He did just that, and we had a wonderful weekend together on Easter. ~
~The kids colored eggs at U. Daryl and A Laura's house on Saturday night.~
~My wreath I hung on our old ice box sort of reminded me of an Easter egg. =) ~
~The cute little "empty tombs" that the kids made. Gram crackers, peanut butter, choc. donuts, mini Oreo cookies, and coconut colored green. Thanks A. Laura for the idea and supplies to make them.~
~Our kids' Easter baskets. (I forgot a pic of all 5 baskets.)~
~It's not often that you see CANDY CANES in Easter baskets. But, someone had sent these to us, and so I put them in our kids' Easter baskets. =) ~
~2 tired little kiddies with square eyes ready to dig into their Easter baskets.~
~Resurrection rolls for our Breakfast. (Only the marshmallows from Gram were too hard to melt away to make the EMPTY TOMB. =) ~
~Easter Sunday morning Sarah and her cousin Darla each quoted a verse of "When I survey the wonderous Cross."~
~Noah and Sarah playing hand bells with all the kids before Sunday School.~
~I was so delighted to find this dress for Mary at a thrift store in Pell city, AL. THANK YOU, DON & MELINDA, for buying it for Mary so she could wear it for Easter.~
~4 of our 5 children on Easter.~
~We invited Daryl, Laura, and their family over for dinner. Laura ( my sister) and I each made part of the yummy meal.
The kids colored these eggs and then they wrote JESUS on the eggs and we nestled them down in "grass" for our centerpiece on my table.~
~I was happy to find these fun plates and napkins at Dollar Tree. Don't you just love that store? =) ~
~On Saturday I got to unpack my crystal goblets, my 2 cake stands, and my pretty hand-painted pitcher...
that I packed away around 12 1/2 years ago... before going to the mission field. Getting to unpack and use my things again was like CHRISTMAS at Easter. =) ~
~Then we dipped the edge of our goblets into yellow sugar and put "Peeps" on the ends of colored straws to add a festive touch to our drink. =) ~
~As you can see, little by little Jesus is helping us to find chairs for our dinning room table. I'm HAPPY! =) ~
~Elijah and his "twin" Levi. They were born within just a month or two of each other.~
~My sister Laura and me in my kitchen on Easter Sunday afternoon.~
~That night Kimberly, and her cousins Brittany and Natasha sang a special for church. Jesus really helped them.~
~Kimberly made this fun cake in the shape of a cross. We frosted it with 1 package of vanilla pudding, 1 cool whip, and 2 teaspoons of jello to give it a slight tint of color. You can hardly tell it in this picture but it was a lime-ish green. We put pastel Jelly beans around the edge. I was sad that the cross was too big for my cake plate, so at last minute I had to put it on this tray.~
~We did "Resurrection Eggs" with U. Daryl and his family. It was a special time.~
~Emily P. took these next few picture for us after church on Sunday morning of Easter. Thank you, Emily!!!~
~Our Mary
~Cousins and a friend from church.~
~Mary and her side-kick/cousin Darla. =) ~
We had a very special Resurrection Day. Aren't you grateful that Jesus arose?!!! Oh, What a Savior we have!!!
