Winter or Spring ~ Pictures Speak for Themselves!

well, a lack of an update means there is really no news to report and surprisingly enough the sickies have stayed away for a little while!!!! of course, that being said, kelsey woke up with croup this morning. we have started breathing treatments three times a day and hope to not have to go to the dr.s office for it. we have enjoyed our time away from them. i love our dr.s office, but when your going everyday, it gets to be a little much!!

i have a question to propose (if your easily offended, please skip this section). i have a myspace account which i use regularly and have met quit a few people in my area. i posted a bulletin inviting all in my area to our church service for easter. i also sent out emails and messages to many that i keep in contact with. no one seems interested. this upsets me a little because i feel that if i had invited them to a bar, most of them would have rearranged there schedules and joined me. we wonder what is wrong with our country when people can't take an hour from their day to go to church to worship the God that has put us on this earth. He's the reason we are here. It's one hour out of 24!!!! Anyway, this has been nagging at me for a while and i had to get it off my chest. Honestly, easter is not about family and friends and easter bunny's, and eggs. it's about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins and rising again. have we really lost the whole meaning of easter. that being said, i do do easter egg hunts for my kids, but we take the time to go to church and worship Him! (we go every sunday and wendsday, not just on easter though). anyway, i'm sorry if i step on some toes, but i think this is an issue worth stirring up controversy! Just in case this stires up some emotions and convicts a few, here is the info for our easter service :

Calvary Baptist Church
Main St.
Turner, maine

the church service starts at 11 a.m. and goes till noon or a few minutes after. i hope this gets a few off their butts and where they should be! p.s. this is for people that do not have a church, not just if you are not going to my church!

here is a link to a story i received in my emial concerning easter. please read it: http://www.promiseofgod.com/doyou_believe/



****now, if you chose not to read the above, you can pick it up here! a couple of days ago we had the biggest storm of the season....in SPRING!!!! the calendar says spring, but someone forgot to inform the weather here in maine that it is indeed spring. it took my hubby and i 3 hours to clean out, and that was with a shovel and a snowblower!!!! i think i heard we got somewhere between 14 & 16 in. here are the pictures:

hubby's car

our backyardmy van
hubby's truck
our dog (notice the trampoline ~ we set this up about a week ago when there was no more snow)

today, we went down to our local grocery store where they had a easter egg hunt in the aisles. we have never done this before as it is very early. i thought we would try it and even though we had to get up at 6:00 am on a saturday morning, it was actually not bad and the kids had fun!!! they had 3 different age groups, with the 4 and under group going first at 7:30. it didn't take the girls long to figure out what they were doing, and the eggs were hidden very easily! we also invited caleb to join and he came too. here are some pictures of the three of them:

some up high ~ kaylee

some down low ~ kelsey

caleb ~ he figured out fast what to do :)

kelsey (l) and kaylee (r) ~ checking out their loot

next was the 5-7 yr. olds at 8:00. even though jordan doesn't turn 5 till next sunday, we decided to put him in this group. he didn't do as well as the others as there was way more kids and he was too busy staying in one spot. here are his pictures:

jordan before the hunt jordan doing his easter egg hunt


last was latoyas group. they went at 9:30. she did very good, here is her picture:

i think we will do it again next year as they really did have alot of fun.

fyi: we will be having a b-day party for jordan next saturday at 2:00 pm. it will be at our house. i will try to get a hold of people this week, but this is a heads up just in case i get busy and forget to invite you!!! i can't imagine i would get to busy.....LOL.

anyway, that is all for this post. i might still have a few friends! i hope you atleast enjoyed the pictures.

HAVE A VERY HAPPY EASTER!!!!