Go Aeros!

What a pleasant surprise when my friend, Lisa, invited us to the Houston Aeros Minor League Hockey game on Easter afternoon! It was our 1st hockey game as a family and we had a blast! We all go into screaming and cheering and hangin' out with our friends! The funniest part was when we were watching the cheerleaders (who had little clothing on) and Colton said, "Why do they have their tummy on?" Meaning why is their tummy showing and not under cover like normal! :)

Thanks, Lisa, what a great game and the Aeros won to make the event even that much cooler! :)

Happy Easter!

Easter morning the kids slept in a little! Yea! Then they found that the Easter Bunny had come and left TONS of eggs all over the downstairs for them to find and their baskets filled with all sorts of goodies! It was a really rainy morning, but the boys had so much fun finding eggs and sorting through all the contents of their eggs and baskets! We had breakfast all together, got ready, and had an awesome worship time at church! Riding the golf cart to church from the parking lot and back is always a big hit!

Thank you, Jesus, for dying on the cross and raising from the grave to save our sins! We love you!

"He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay." Matthew 28:6

Braden's long awaited day...

Braden got his cast off! Yes, this is outdated, but the event was special for him and he was so brave and so excited! I pray he doesn't break anything else... but in my heart-of-hearts I think there are many more casts in his future.

You are sure one-of-a-kind, Braden, and we love you so much! Now if we could just get that energy focused... :)

Coloring Easter Eggs!

Again... it comes back to traditions! As always we enjoy dying Easter eggs every year. Each of us design several eggs. Usually I write all our names on one, Tom draws the Space Shuttle, etc... But the past couple years the dye wears off the wax crayons. Bummer! But none-the-less they were still beautiful eggs. We did a few Clone Wars egg wraps too. The night before Easter the boys enjoy carrying on the tradition that Tom had when he was a little boy of putting out "nests" made out of Easter grass around the house so that the Easter Bunny will know where to hide some of the eggs.

Just as the egg brings new life, we too, have new life in Jesus! :)

Eggstravaganza!

Our church did not host their Eggstravaganza this year. Instead, they encouraged everyone to have a smaller version in their own neighborhoods. Many of us teamed up with the Swiggards for a fun morning of Eggstravaganza excitement! There were TONS of eggs to be found, lots of cute faces to paint, sweet Easter crafts, so many yummy treats, bounce houses to tip over, a Veggie Tale to watch, Resurrection eggs to tell the story of Jesus death and resurrection, and games to play that got rained out... All that fun was followed up with a fantastic hot dog bar lunch with plenty of dips and other sweets. A few brave souls even stayed for some chilly swimming!

What a fun way to bring the Easter message to our friends! Thank you, God, for the Swiggarads and their gift of hospitality! :)

Andrew gets the Bear Badge!

Andrew is now officially a Bear Scout! I thought he would die when the older scouts had to draw on his face, but he held it together and I think he was actually quite proud. All the different colored marks on his face stand for a different part of the boy scout trail. Pretty neat! He was also so proud to make a batch of brownies all by himself from box to cut up on the plate! All I did was take them out of the oven because he was doing the dishes (which I had to redo later)! After we arrived at the Blue and Gold Banquet, he discovered an egg shell in one of his brownies... oops! :)

Two great accomplishments, Andrew! Way to go! :)

Breaking Boards!

What a treat to be invited to "break boards" with our friends, Caleb and Nathan! We went to Premier Martial Arts and had a great afternoon breaking boards, learning about self defense, saw a cool martial arts demonstration, and had pizza. All three boys broke at least 2 boards... even Colton! It was so awesome to see them decked out in their Gi breaking boards with the palm of their hands! Thanks Hannemanns! :)