thankful.

and a little sad this is over.  it was a great time.  

so blessed! :)

Easter Weekend with Family

Blessed Easter to you all.  What a thing to celebrate.  

  so wonderful to celebrate with family!  We saw all of our immediate family (less one on each side) on Good Friday, not including Kevin's Mom who we saw the next day.

 Steve & Amy's new house (below) is amazing!

 and Kev's Dad rented the Youth for Christ building for our family thing...lots of fun for everyone. :)

 visiting the Grandmas.  Zachary is always a hit. :)

 

and Grandma's roommate is a very sweet lady, she loves the kids.  

Hope you all are having a wonderful Easter weekend!! NExt up...in 10 minutes is Joshua's FIFTH birthday!!  He has been one year bubs(blankie)-free. :)  On his birthday last year we told him about the new baby we were expecting, and the announcement leaked out from there.  :)  He is our clever, determined, strong-willed, independent little sunshine with looks and character like his Opa!!  How we love our Joshua Matthew.  Thank you, God, for the blessing of children!!  

 

 

yup. Zach likes Florida. :)

 

 driving, not so much...but we managed with the help of some baby Einstein.  :)  He was pretty good, actually, he just didn't like it when he was wide awake and totally restricted and it was pitch dark all around him.  it meant a few desperate stops at gas stations on the way down, looking for a charger that could plug in our laptop when the battery died (since ours was STOLEN out of our car a couple of months ago..grrrr...) but it was sweet relief when we found one b/c a screaming baby in the car is no. fun.  All in all, though, a very pleasant trip I thought!!  kudos to kevin who does all of the driving and lets me sleep most of the way.  :)

very sad to say our plans changed en route as we had to avoid our first stop due to the flu... (hope things are on the up & up at Pete & LL's house)..so we arrived in Florida a few days early and have been loving the break.  :)    

 LEGOLAND!!

apple fries!! :)

 sweet baby kisses

 Zachary's first swim!!

 loves it. :)

thankful for family memories together.  family....one of God's most precious gifts!

Hope you are all well!!  love to you all.