Easter Day Celebration

After church on Sunday we went over to a friends house and had lunch and fellowship. The "children" (7 college students, 1 high schooler, 2 middler schoolers, and Danielle) had an egg hunt. Mary (our hostess) had a special egg hunt for Shoshannah. The college students were funny to watch find their eggs then add up the money to see how much gas they could buy:)It is so refreshing to spend time with these young people. They love the Lord and are so polite and respectful. Special memories and new friendships were formed.

Act 2

Andrew Easter Drama Act II

Acting in the Blood

It seems that the acting bug runs in our family or at least so far in our boys. Throughout his years in youth ministry, Craig Ellis was on the high school drama team and Childrens Ministry Drama Team. Well, then along comes Andrew. He started serving as a puppeteer with our preschool ministry, then learned how to run the sound board, and then lights for our Contemporary Worship Service, and started on the high school drama team. He had been training to be part of the gymnasitics team and the leadership asked him to think about joining the drama team as they needed more actors. Andrew prayed about it and the rest is history! This past year he joined the Children's Ministry Drama Team. Our Children's Worship Hour is called Kids Thang.
He did hear through the grapevine that his performance last week had given him an "OSCAR" nod!:)
I do not have a video of that performance but do have video of Easter Sunday.


Andrew Easter Sunday Drama

We are so blessed

Today we had the pleasure of attending our Easter morning services. For us as a family it is a day of service. Our older children served this morning in our Children's Worship hours.

Danielle is a memember of our Praise Team. I can't post video as it involves many children so you get a picture. Danielle loves to worship and it shows in her smile and praise.

First Egg Hunt

We always have our Egg Hunt on the Saturday before Easter. I thought it would be only Shoshannah this year, but Danielle let me know that Arielle got to hunt eggs until she was 12. So, last night Danielle and Shoshannah dyed eggs. They had lots of fun with that. Today, Andrew and Craig hid eggs, Arielle took photos and Mom watched.

Last year, was Shoshannah's first Easter with us and she was sick. But this year she is really getting into the whole thing. Singing Hosannah and waving her palm leaf saying Jesus is coming. I love watching her learn new things.

But she really likes the egg hunt thing, she was quite the competitor. Following along behind Danielle and wanting the eggs Danielle found.

New Places to Visit

We have lived in Chesapeake for almost 8 years. Today we ventured out to a new park about 16 miles from our house. It is the park in which Craig Ellis proposed to Gina. This park is in the boonies but a nice place especially if you like to hike. What we found is that the trails are not stroller friendly. But the kids had some fun.

Celtic Woman

On Friday night I attended a Celtic Woman Show. They are awesome. Craig had bought me ticktes for my birthday. He was skeptical about going but he came away from the show impressed. If you get a chance to see them they are worth the cost of the ticket. I will try to attach a youtube video.



One of my favorites

Spring is Here

Spring

A New Spring Day

The weather has hinted at spring for the past few days. So the girls and I headed out again to Botanical Gardens. Most The gardens were mostly bleak but with few signs of new life. We had a great time.