Easter...

We had a super busy weekend, but a great one celebrating that Jesus is alive! These are the pictures from Sunday before church. Our church had 4 services for Easter Sunday, so we worked in the nursery for 3rd service and went to the 4th service at 1:00. Between the two campuses, our church had 15,870 people in attendance (9 services total at 2 campuses!) There were 157 salvations, not including the kids services (over 300 salvations, including kids!) God is amazing...God is ALIVE!!! By the time we got home it was 2:30, so we ate a light lunch, put the kids down and I started working on a Jewish dish that I was taking to the Passover "Seder" we had that evening with our life group. I made a Noodle Kugel and it came out of the oven just in time to head out! We had a great time at the Seder...very interesting! We were all exhausted by the time we got home, but thankful for a great day celebrating our Savior!!!

Here are a few pics of my Easter sweeties...

~Sweet Easter Princess~

~Lovely in Lilac~

~Glamour Girl~

~So, I can't even believe these shoes she's wearing. They are a size 1, as in big girl size. Not even a year ago, I bought her a size 11 (so in the last year, she went through 11, 12, 13 and now a 1...oh gracious!) But aren't they CUTE!!!~

~walking to church~

~Sweet Daddy with Sweet Kids~

~Take 2~

~me and my babies~

~me and my sweet girl~

I have more photos from the rest of the weekend and earlier on Easter morning...will post soon!

Lynzi's day at Kindergarten...

Here are the pictures from Lynzi's Kindergarten Preview:

~Kinder Lynzi~

~Lynzi and Asher~

~growing uP~

~Evan is our next door neighbor and they are excited to start Kindergarten together~

~in front of her school~

~Lynzi finishing her juice with Mommy~

~Evan and Lynzi ready to go in~

~Kindergarten Classroom~

~Evan is all smiles after the bus ride~

~Evan and his mom Angie~


~Asher boy...thinks he's ready for Kindergarten too~

:)

busy girl...

Little Miss Lynzi has been a busy girl lately. She started soccer practice again. We were glad to find out that has her same great coaches as last season. This season, her team will be navy blue and they deemed themselves the "Sharks" (much to Lynzi's disagreement...she thought they should be the "Kitties"!!!) Haha. She's one of the youngest on the team this year but she's pretty much the tallest too!

The most exciting news of the day is that she got to go to "Kindergarten Preview" at her elementary school today. She has been counting down the days for this (and at first she thought she was actually starting school on this day...so we had to get that straight!) She was so happy to get up and go today. I think I was as excited as she was! Ryan came home from work to go with us. Our next door neighbor boy (Evan) is starting Kindergarten too, so we left at the same time so they could go in together. When we walked in, they directed us to the cafeteria, where they had donut holes and apple juice for the kids. Parents turned in paperwork and signed the kids up for their kindergarten screenings, which are in May. Then the principal greeted us and introduced the Kindergarten teachers. They split the room in half and sent one group to one of the Kinder classrooms with 3 of the teachers and the other group to another classroom with the other 3 teachers. The kids sat on the rug and parents in the chairs. They gave us a sheet of what the kids need to know before the fall (all of which Lynzi already knew, OF COURSE!!!) The teachers talked to the kids and one read a book (which each child got a copy of, along with an alphabet chart!) Then they sang a song and learned the dance moves. Then came Lynzi's favorite part...THE BUS RIDE! They lined up and walked out to the curb, where the bus was waiting for them. The teachers rode with them and parents stayed behind to finish paperwork. She was all smiles and can't wait to start school "FOR REAL," as she states it!

A few funny things she said on the way home. She was looking over the alphabet chart they gave her and saying the letter with the picture that is next to it. She got to Q and there was a quarter pictured (she doesn't have all of her coins down yet) and she said, "Q, q, PENNY!" And she stopped for a minute because she knew that didn't sound quite right!!! Then I was going over the "need to know" paper with her and it had normal personal info (name, parents' names, bday, etc). This question wasn't on there, but I just asked her anyways b/c she's told me the answer just out of the blue before. So I asked her "where were you born?" (As in, what state?) She looked at me and said, "I don't know....a hospital?!?!?" (Like, duh...where else would I have been born?!?!!!) It was funny.

This week she has 3 birthday parties to go to and a playdate! Good thing soccer practice is cancelled for spring break!!!

Lovin' this girl...but have to post pics later because my memory stick won't work in my computer right now. :(

The time has come...

We moved Asher to his "big boy" bed!!! He got his cast off yesterday (Tuesday) and we were afraid of him crawling out of his bed and hurting his sensitive leg (I'm not sure he would've tried it because it's so sensitive, but it's such a normal/routine thing for him to hop out of his crib that he might not think about it until it's too late!) So we changed his crib into the toddler bed last night before bed! He did great and was pretty excited about it. Lynzi thought it looked like a train for some reason, so she deemed it his "choo choo bed" and of course he liked it all the more better then. Now when we mention his big boy bed he grins from ear to ear and says, "choo choo!" He still hasn't put any real weight on his leg since the cast came off yesterday, so I also thought it might be a good time for the transition into the toddler bed since he wouldn't be so apt to getting out and roaming around the room b/c he's not getting around great just yet. So my other thought was that he would start with a good habit of staying in his bed! Anyways, we did our normal bedtime routine with him and he only got out once after we left...then went right to sleep after that and slept all night! I just now put him down for his nap and he did great again. Yay. :)

I had mentioned awhile back in an Asher update that he had started potty training and had really taken an interest in it. Well, as you can imagine...that came to a screeching halt once we got the cast on! That would have gotten messy really quick. So I'm hoping that once he's acclimated to his cast-less leg once again that he'll breeze right back into potty training...we'll see how that goes!!!

So, as for his leg, when they took off the cast...the lady had her circular saw thing and warned us that it was really loud and he'd probably cry from the noise, but assured us that it wouldn't cut or hurt him...it just vibrates, so it tickles. She turned it on and started cutting the cast off and Asher looked up at his Daddy and started cracking up!!! It was so cute...he was all smiles as he just giggled. The nurse was quite impressed since she expected tears! Then they took him to x-ray. The doctor came in to look at it and said that it was actually a clear break, rather than the "classic toddler fracture" that he originally thought it was. But he felt like Asher would be okay to go without another cast. We have another appointment for a final x-ray in 3 months to make sure the growth plates are growing back the way they're supposed to. So, now we're just helping him figure out how to walk on that leg again.

Oh, and the poor baby has an ear infection! You would NEVER know it though. Sunday he woke up and kept pointing to his ear and saying, "ouch". He did it consistently throughout the day, but was completely fine otherwise, with no other symptoms. I went ahead and made him an appointment on Monday morning and she looked at the non-hurting ear and said it looked gorgeous, then she looked at the left ear and said, "He's right...he has an ear infection!" I asked why he wouldn't have a fever, since there is infection and she said fever is not a good indicator of an ear infection...it's behavior change to watch out for. But she said in Asher's case, I guess that's not a good indicator either...as he happily hobbled (this was the day before his cast came off) out of her room! The doctor told the nurse as we walked out, "That is the HAPPIEST ear infection I've ever seen!" :)

Still as sweet as ever....

~last pic with cast on~

~cast coming off~

~watching intently as she starts cutting it off~

~Daddy laughing at Asher laughing~

I was taking these with Ryan's phone and everybody's heads were in my way, so I couldn't see what I was getting....but I thought this ended up pretty cute (even though 1/2 his face it cut off...you can still see how cute his expression is!!!)

~happy boy~

~there goes the top half~

~safe in daddy's arms~

"hmmmmm, now what do I do!?!?"

~skinny leg~

~gettin some lovin'~

~big boy bed~

~sleepy boy...long day~

Lynzi Grace is 5...

Lynzi's birthday was last Thursday and we had so much fun celebrating ALL week! We had her birthday party on Monday night, while Grammi and PawPaw were still in town...it was at Incredible Pizza (or "Crediblin Pizza" as Lynzi calls it!) She had 15 little friends (and 14 adults) to help her celebrate...Strawberry Shortcake style!!! Here are some fun pictures from the birthday party:

~Birthday Princess~



~Happy Birthday Lynzi~

~Daddy, Birthday Girl, Mommy~

(brother was running the hallways with pawpaw)

~F-I-V-E~

~The Party Crowd~

~Lynzi and Gideon~

(one of her "boy" friends)

~cutie by the car~

~proud of her very own birthday sign~

~L-Y-N-Z-I~

"happy birthday to me"

~Pretty girl with prezzies and "pupcakes"~

"cheese...can i open my presents now!?!?!"

~spinning the prize wheel~

"oooh, a piggy bank..."

~pin the gem on Strawberry's tiara~


~Daddy and Li'l Bubba~

~driving...one of his may favorite things to do~

~Asher the race car driver~