Happy Resurrection Day!

He became sin
Who knew no sin
That we might become His Righteousness
He humbled himself and carried the cross

Love so amazing
Love so amazing

Chorus:
Jesus Messiah
Name above all names
Blessed Redeemer
Emmanuel
The rescue for sinners
The ransom from Heaven
Jesus Messiah
Lord of all

His body the bread
His blood the wine
Broken and poured out all for love
The whole earth trembled
And the veil was torn

Chorus:

All I hope is in You
All I hope is in You
All the glory to You, God
The light of the world

Jesus Messiah: Chris Tomlin

Taking the Monkeys to the Zoo!

We have had a great time with Papa, Granny and Blake this week and were sad to see them leave this morning. To make us feel better we went to Shipley's Do-Nuts for breakfast! :) Yesterday, since it was their last day, we headed to the zoo so everyone could run around and be loud! It was perfect weather (minus the pollen) and not too crowded. Most of the animals were out and about and very entertaining. We love it when family comes and visits us. Who's next???

our two monkeys!!

run, run, run...

Granny, Blake, Allie, and Papa

The fish weren't eating the fish food but the swans were.

watching the swans eat

Allie loves the elephants

Blake playing in the waterfall

Allie and Blake had fun playing on this thing

coloring eggs for Easter

Blake Goes back to Pre-K!

Yesterday we made bunny cupcakes and went to the jumping place for a birthday party. Today was the Easter party at Allie's school. Papa, Granny, Blake and I went up for the egg hunt and party. The class was generous and let Blake participate in the egg hunt even in the class picture! We met Justin for lunch at Chick-fil-A then went looking for the Easter Bunny but we had just missed him. We painted flower pots this afternoon for Great Granny Sayne's birthday and then headed to the church to see Dennis Lee (ventriloquist) Live. The best part is Allie has someone to play with her and I haven't had to all week! Thanks Blake :)

making bunny cupcakes

bunny cupcake minus the chocolate sprinkles for whiskers

looking for eggs

Granny trying to keep up with Blake and Allie to take pictures

class picture plus Blake (the older looking kid)

class picture minus Blake

waiting for pictures to be over

checking out all the loot!

Blake took this picture

Allie keeps saying that she is the shortest kid in her class. This proves it (her flower is yellow).

riding in the hotdog bus at the mall

busting the confetti eggs she got from school (on the trampoline, of course)

letting their balloons go after the program at church

Cinderella and the Museum

We had a fun, full Monday. Blake wanted to visit the Mayborn Museum while he was here so we went there yesterday. That night we caught Cinderella dancing with Prince Charming! :)

Blake doing a solo dance :)

Dancing at the ball

Cinderella with her glass (rubber) slippers

Riding the bus at the museum

forecasting the weather

2 different forecasts at once

tea time

bustin' a move

surrounded by bubbles

Blake had fun creating a dam to hold the water

Allie calls this room the "back then" room

Grandparents!!

Friday was a big day for Allie. Both sets of grandparents were coming for a visit! She was so excited but had a terrible time waiting until the evening when they were arriving. She sat outside on the steps for most of the afternoon before she came inside. Finally, Grammie and Flake arrived. We had a wonderful pizza dinner at Rosatis along with Sarah Lou before heading to T-ball pracitce. After we arrived back home, Papa and Granny from Georgia arrived with cousin Blake. Everyone had a great visit before Grammie and Flaked headed to Sarah Lou's to spend the night. Blake and Allie decided to sleep on the couch bed that night. I think it was midnight when they finally stopped talking and went to sleep! Everyone got to enjoy Uncle Dan's BBQ for lunch on Sat. before Grammie and Flake had to head back to Dallas. Later that evening we met Carrie Lynn for some bluebonnet pictures. Papa and Granny will be here until Friday so we have lots planned while they are here. I have to remember to take pictures of everything!

We were told to come down the hall to see something. Blake was playing the harmonica and this is what we saw!
I had heard Allie saying, "dead for real" earlier but I didn't know what she was talking about. Allie has been a little obsessed with death since our dog is getting ready to go to 'doggy heaven.'

Got to have one with Blake in the picture!

Grammie, Flake and Allie

This one was dark but I thought it was cute with Allie's arm on Grammie.

Watching the big game!

T-Ball Practice

Well, tonight was our first practice in T-ball. Justin is coaching Allie's team of 10 preschoolers. Thankfully there was another dad who offered to assist coaching. Practice was a new insight into my daughter. First of all, the field was muddy because of some heavy rains that we have had the past 2 days. After the ball rolled into the mud, that was it. Allie didn't want to touch the ball or get her glove dirty. She sure didn't mind jumping in it with her new tennis shoes! Peyton, one of Allie's friends, was just as hesitant about touching/catching the ball as Allie was. Next was batting. I will say, she has a great swing! She also is pretty good at fielding except for the fact that she will run across the field to get the ball way on the other side. But then again, so did all the kids. As with everything, after about 30 minutes, Allie is done. She began to pick flowers, look around and whine for "coach Justin." She wouldn't even run the bases at the end. Our practice is late and it was getting close to bedtime but she also threw in a lot of drama. For preschool t-ball first practice I have to say overall, not bad! I guess it was the great coaching :)

Ready to play!

Checking out the mud on her fingers

Carefully reaching for the ball because it is in the mud!

What a throw! She's warming up to this.

Catching the ball

Tired already!

Great little batter

A little help from 'Coach Daddy'

Great hit!

Chasing after the ball; all of them!
Yep, she's done.