Wonderful PJ saturday again!

The kids and I lounged around the house today!  I cleaned, they messed up what I cleaned and it was a wonderful day all around!!!  Last weekend, we didn't get a PJ saturday because we attended a birthday party and we went to a museum called KidSpace.  It was put on by a group that works with families who have children who are deaf/hard of hearing.  It was fun to have lots of other kids who are signing, parents who sign and siblings who sign. The kids had a blast climbing around all of the museum exhibits and looking at the ants, bugs and everything else.  We "adopted" a caterpillar and we are watching it build it's cocoon and learning about the stages of the development of the butterfly.  The kids are really enjoying that.  These pics of Ecrissa are from the playground near the museum.  She is such a dare devil and loves to be upside down.

The following are pics from today.............If only you could hear the screams and giggles that go along with that face!!!!!!

And this is my fat and purple toe..........

My almost certainly broken toe!  It's a good thing that I had designated today to be a restful PJ day because walking really isn't the most comfortable thing to do!  I think both kids have stepped on that particular toe at least 30x each today!  UGH!!!!!

Now, we are settling in for the night. We are putting on a movie and cuddling into my bed as a family and will most likely all fall asleep in my bed watching a movie that we've probably seen about 30 times.  I'm so looking forward to cuddling my munchins!  G'nite!

Just a sample of our celebration......

The kids and I had our family pics taken on our year anniversary of being home from Haiti.  It was so fun!  Here are a few of the pics!!!!

So grateful!!!!

A week late, but Easter was a wonderful day for us!

Last Sunday was a great day for us!  The three of us celebrated Easter together.  They had a blast with their little baskets, miniature egg hunt in our apartment and then a morning at the park with our church family.  It is quite a blessing.

I have really been overwhelmed the past couple of weeks with God's love for me.  It is sorta sinking in (and I say sorta because it's beyond the comprehension of my human brain) that God chose to love me.  He willingly created me, knowing what a failure I'd be, knowing the mistakes I'd make, and knowing how I would never deserve His love.  Yet, He created me anyway, and CHOSE to love me.  He loves me unconditionally now (knowing all of my past, present and future sins) and will always love me.  It sorta blows my mind, that His love for me is so strong that He loved me before I loved Him and before I asked for forgiveness.  I know this is true when I look into the beautiful faces that stare up at me every day.  I don't know why He blessed me with them and I DO NOT take them for granted.  I know that they are a gift to me.  Not some reward that I earned, but a gift from a loving father.   I know that I love them with all of my heart, knowing that they will not be perfect in their lives.  Knowing that they'll be "naughty", knowing that they'll sin.  I still love them now and forever.  The interesting thing is, that I don't know what they'll do that will be "naughty" but God knew/knows exactly what my failures are and still He loves me.  I can't imagine that anyone can love more than I love these 2 amazing children, but God says that His love is stronger......that blows me away.  I am so grateful that this love is available to me and so grateful that this is also true for my children.  That God loves them more than I could ever imagine.   You see why this is only "sorta" sinking in?  I don't have the ability to comprehend or the words to express the enormity of God's love.  For that too, I am grateful.

My prayer tonight is that all will accept and bask in the love of our Lord!

Having fun..................

Coloring Easter Eggs!  Today the kids and I ran some errands and colored easter eggs.  It was lots of fun!  They did so much better this year than they did last year (I think they broke almost every egg last year!)  This year, they didn't break any and we had tons of fun!

Off to Good Friday service at Church and to have a common meal with our Brothers' and Sisters' in Christ!  What a wonderful day!

GO STATE!!!!!!! 

(just in case you haven't noticed, I'm very excited for tomorrow's game!!!!)