Day Trip to Savannah

Last Friday, Marcie, Max, Mason, Brandon, Emma Tucker, Will, Walker and I packed into the suburban and headed off to Savannah for the day. We went to Uncle Bubba's for lunch and then walked on the beach for a few minutes. It was way too windy and cold for me. The sand was blowing everywhere and for those of you who know me well know I hate sand! I was ready to get back into the car and head home. We were going to get the children out on River Street, but they were getting tired by now. Brandon decided to just drive down River Street instead.

Sillies

This morning, Will and Emma woke up very early and were playing in the play room at Gamma and Poppy's house. Emma looked outside and said, "Where'd the eggs go?" Will, who is only 19 months old, said to her, "In the basket." We thought this was hilarious. Will's vocabulary is blowing our minds. Walker has started talking his head off the last few weeks as well. Emma has developed a closeness to God that we can all aspire to. This morning, when her Daddy told her to get out of the bathroom, she said, "Daddy, don't tell me to do that." When he asked her why he shouldn't tell her what to do, she said, "Because baby Jesus likes me." I guess she thinks Jesus's fondness of her is her get out of jail free card.

Easter with the McGills

the kids favorite of the day
Kirby Lynn and Will hunting eggs

Morgan

Mason

Marcie, Mason, Holly and Kirby Lynn

Grandmother, Pops and the children

the gang

Will waiting so patiently for his cupcake

finally eating our cupcakes

We spent the afternoon at the McGill's house today and had a wonderful time! They cooked an awesome lunch and afterwards the children hunted Easter Eggs one more time.

Katie's Journey

Tonight, was the last night of our study of Hebrews and how sad I am. I loved meeting with these ladies weekly and completing mission projects with them. Katie Folden was our guest speaker tonight and what an amazing testimony she has to tell. If you ever need a speaker for your church, small group, WMU... ask her to come. She is also an artist and paints or does a chalk talk while she is speaking. She has wonderful gift in art and uses it as she speaks to you. She has been called to go to Japan and she hopes to leave in September. I am adding her blog as one of my favorites so we can all follow along on her journies now. http://www.katiesjourneys.blogspot.com/

Brandon and the boys

churchwide Easter Egg Hunt

Yeah! No rain! It was a beautiful day for an Easter Egg Hunt and the kids had a great time playing and running around. It was at the Mark's Farm in Mansfield and it was an excellant location for an Easter Egg Hunt. Marcie and Max drove down to join in the fun and brought Mason too. Once again, Will was all about hunting the eggs and Emma Tucker and Walker didn't care too much about it. Emma Tucker was excited to see the Easter bunny until Will had a screaming fit so she joined in the fun of screaming too. Later on, Marcie and Max had their picture taken with him and she was just fine.

Will and Walker's Easter Egg Hunt

Another Easter Egg Hunt was rained out but we still had fun. It was much more relaxing than Emma Tucker's. The class is all boys and they hunted eggs inside the classroom too. Will was the first one in and immediately started getting eggs and putting them into his basket (he calls it his purse... bless his heart). I'm not sure if they had practiced at school earlier this morning, but he sure knew what to do. Walker had a late start because he ran down the hall to another class for a minute. Walker didn't want the eggs in his basket.. he would throw them, dump them out or put them into the sink. They immediately figured out there was candy inside and began eating. It took this class of boys awhile to find the eggs because they were all too busy eating the candy instead of hunting the eggs. It was really fun watching the boys interact with the other children and Emma Tucker be a big sister. I was really proud of her too. She didn't even try to get the eggs because she knew it was her brother's turn. However, that didn't stop her from eating the candy too though. They had a great time and didn't want to leave school today. It helps that they love and have some really great teachers too. We are going to miss them desperately this summer.