Game Night

Mom Date

Promised the Kids after I did my 20 Miler that morning-

I'd take us all out for ice cream

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Road Trip

Sometimes, 

when Dad needs to do a quick Road Trip,

we tag along,

and do Pleasure Things,

while he does Business Things.

Saturday Things:

Run 18 Miles

and 

come home to a sweet bouquet of flowers waiting for me,

by one of my biggest fans,

Kids first day of Spring Soccer

First Day of Coaching soccer. EVER.

(with my Co-Partner, my sister)

And our Mr.s coach the older kids' team,

and

a backyard BBQ,

with some dynamic synchronized trampoline routines 

(not pictured, 

due to the hazard of flash photography during the show, 

wink, wink)

Holy Week & Easter

This year for Easter, I found some Great ideas, that I Loved and our Family Loved!

Using this link to Mercy River:

http://www.mercyrivermusic.com/2015/03/how-to-celebrate-easter-holy-week/

that I found through Pinterest,

I found a whole new way to celebrate Easter ALL week,

involve the kids, AND Teach them!

Every day, for the week leading up to Easter,

we did a little activity, had some learning,

read Scriptures about the Savior's last week,

and some activities involved watching video clips.

If you follow the link above,

she has a plan for each day,

and I stuck pretty close to it!

It's so Great!

Everyday,

the kids were excited for what we were going to do next!

 

On Passover Thursday,

We (my sister and I) prepared a kid friendly 

Passover Feast.

(Ideas, also from the link above)

We met the kids at the door as they came in from school,

and offered them scarves to cover their heads,

had Pandora playing traditional music for us,

and ate by candle light,

 

The kids absolutely LOVED it!

Also, 

from Mercy River, I followed this link:

http://www.mercyrivermusic.com/2014/04/jesus-baskets/

And this year,

instead of baskets full of garbage,

(I HATE filling their baskets with sugar junk!)

I gave them 

Jesus Baskets!

I was THRILLED with this Idea!

Things to lead their Easter thoughts back to Jesus.

However, 

we still had a backyard Easter Egg hunt,

because Mr. talked me into letting them have some un-holy fun. 

And sugar. 

And can I just share one of the things that I looked forward

to doing Easter morning,

 with so much excitement that it was ridiculous?

I scared the living day lights outta them

by blasting the Hallelujiah Chorus to rouse them from their slumber!

Hey, Jesus lives, I wanted them to know it,

and be excited about it! 

Definitely doing that all again.

04.01.15

1st Grader brought home a seed that they had sprouted at school,

After sitting on my counter for several days,

he invited me outside with him to plant it. 

He was very pleased.