Ansley's Baptism

On Sunday, April 14th 2013, we baptised Ansley.  Baptism's are always special times in our family.  Josh's mom or Nana made Ansley's gown, blanket and bonnett(which was too big but precious).  I am so thankful she was able to make this for her and I hope one day if Ansley
has a little girl she will be able to pass it down to her. Josh's aunts and grandmother made the trip from Ohio which made it that more special. Ansley is truly a gift from God and this baptism reminded us of that. I am so overcome with emotion as I think how blessed we are that she is ours. The boys did a great job standing with us as Pastor Al and Pastor Kevin performed the ceremony. We had lots of family and friends there and we are so thankful for everyone's support!
After the baptism we all headed back to our house for lunch. It was nice to just hang out with our family more and celebrate this special day!

Easter lunch...

We have hosted Easter lunch for the last 4 years or so.  We look forward to having family and friends over every year!  We always have lots of yummy food and of course the Easter egg hunt is a huge hit for the kids!  There are sooo many eggs and the kids must get 5 buckets of eggs a piece...thanks Papa and Nana for filling them up every year!

Easter 2013

Easter is always a special holiday!  We try really hard to teach the kids the real reason we celebrate Easter and how awesome it is that Jesus died for us!
  It is always exciting for the kids that the Easter bunny is coming and they cannot wait to see what they get.  Parker was very into it this year and was so excited about his Diego game he got.  Landon couldn't wait to see what was in his basket and his favorite thing was probably his compass.  This was an even more special Easter for us as it was Ansley's first Easter!  I had so much fun picking out her Easter dress and dressing her up! 
We are so blessed that Jesus died for us and that on Easter Sunday he rose!  We headed to church to celebrate this gift where we had an awesome Cantata.  God is good!!