Worth 1,000 Words: Our (Early) Easter Weekend

Oh my word, I’m behind.  We’ve had a busy week already and it’s only Tuesday!

We did a little Easter celebration with the kiddos this past weekend.  We’ll be in Nebraska with the grandparents over Easter and we’ll have LOTS going on there, too, so we wanted to go ahead and celebrate the resurrection as a family before we do it again with the rest of the fam!

Easter tablescape
Easter tablescape
Bunny breakfast
Bunny breakfast
Sawyer's Easter basket
Sawyer’s Easter basket
WD's Easter basket
WD’s Easter basket
This girl loves stuffed animals!
This girl loves stuffed animals!
Wryder was all about the chocolate!
Wryder was all about the chocolate!
He even put them on his plate...
He even put them on his plate…
We did a little Easter egg hunting...
We did a little Easter egg hunting…
Someone, in their underwear.  Girl can't handle the heat...
Someone, in their underwear. Girl can’t handle the heat…

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Checkin' out their loot!
Checkin’ out their loot!
She was quite pleased!
She was quite pleased!

We were outside pretty much all weekend.  We did some clean up and organization on Saturday and daddy’s been getting the lawn ready for spring.  He had a good helper…

In her underwear...again.
In her underwear…again.

Mr. Rick came over on Saturday, too and gave the kids a ride on his new toy!  Wryder was quite uncertain at first…

Almost in tears...
Almost in tears…

Sister was FIRED UP!

Love that smile!
Love that smile!

Wryder cried quite a bit but then the rest of the day, he kept saying, “Rick ride!  Rick ride!”  Silly boy.  This girl had a ball!  She almost refused to stay home with us, as she wanted to go work with Mr. Rick.  We told her we’d set that up one day that was convenient for him.  We’re blessed to have such wonderful neighbors!

Sawyer and Mr. Rick
Sawyer and Mr. Rick

By Sunday night, we were all pretty pooped…can ya tell?

Tired babies...
Tired babies…

Life in the Light

We fell in love with this place at dusk and it’s still my favorite time of day here…

Home
Home

While we were out doing chores tonight, Wrex called me into the hen house.  We’ve had a momma sitting on eggs for a while now and he decided to check in on her.  We have some roosters so there was a good possibility that she would hatch some chicks.

We got out the cell phone flashlight to take a peak…

Is anybody home?!
Is anybody home?!

We found a pleasant, awe-inspiring surprise!

See the baby?
See the baby?

How awesome is that?!  We could even see him/her moving around inside that amniotic goodness.

Isn't it cute?!
Isn’t it cute?!

I so clearly see the hand of the Lord IN His creation.  Tonight was no exception…

Thankful to live in rural America…

Thankful to be surrounded by life…

Thankful He reveals Himself to us…