We Egged Their House!!

I love this tradition!

We go out and egg friends houses at Easter time :)

Yes we do!!

I am proud to say I have taught my kiddos that this is a good thing.

It blesses the family.

Here are some pictures of our "eggings" this year.

We drive up to the front of the house, then jump out and...

 hide Easter Eggs!!

Then we leave this at the door and get out of there FAST!!!

Just a little basket with a note.

Wait, here is the printable Aimee made for us.

Cute huh?

Well we are off to "egg" our next house!

Love days like this!!!

Teaching Lola To Walk

Okay, totally love this dog, but she is ridiculously hard to walk.

She gets distracted so easily.

Bird!

Bike!

Dude running!

Bird!

Another Dog!!

Bird!

Seriously, she then drags you barking to whatever has caught her attention. It is not fun.

So we got a new lead after getting her fixed and it is AMAZING!!!

It is a gentle lead and it has made such a difference walking her.

She is doing so much better that Belle can even walk her now!!

I had a video but it is sideways.

:(

Granted there were not a ton of people at the park but still it is a good start for our bundle of energy!!

Create in me by Gia Lucid.wmv

Poor Baby

Lola got fixed.

She is so not happy.

She is still super hyper though!!

To keep her calm at night Belle has been camping out with her.

This is the only way Lola will just sleep.

Too cute!!

Keeping Lola covered in essential oils, Peace and Calming and Theives.

Hope it will help her heal faster.

Our Bible Verse this Week

Working on Hospitality

So our family has been working on serving others.

Hospitality is our focus this week.

We invited a good friend over and her little munchkins for lunch.

We started our lesson by making a menu.

LUNCH

Bologna sandwiches

Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches

Melon

Green Chicken Salad

Goldfish (for the toddler to snack on)

Apple Juice

Lemonade

Cookies for dessert

 Then we went to the store to buy the items we needed.

:)

Rebecca went to work making dessert, COOKIES!!

Yes they are as good as they look!

Belle was in charge of making the sandwiches.

Sorry it is blurry.

She put together the lettuce, chicken, cheese and cucumbers for the salad.

I cut the melon because these kids love it tooooo much!  There would not be any to serve if I left it up to them it would all be in their bellies!!

Here is what the girls put together for our friends.

Oh here are the cookies up close.

It was a lovely afternoon.

The girls served the food, entertained the kiddos, and cleaned up.

We got to fellowship and grow stronger ties with a family we love.

We even had a gift of a flower to send them home with.

They did such a good job!

 

We are going to do this again in a few days with another family we adore.

 

 

3 John 1:5

The Message (MSG)

Model the Good

^5-8 Dear friend, when you extend hospitality to Christian brothers and sisters, even when they are strangers, you make the faith visible. They’ve made a full report back to the church here, a message about your love. It’s good work you’re doing, helping these travelers on their way, hospitality worthy of God himself! They set out under the banner of the Name, and get no help from unbelievers. So they deserve any support we can give them. In providing meals and a bed, we become their companions in spreading the Truth.

 

Adding a Little Color

Spring is here!!

I love all the new beginnings in the spring time.

This year I had Belle paint up some containers to put a few new plants for the season in.

Recycled items being reused.

Love doing that!!

She did such a lovely job too!

They are so bright and cheerful to look at!!

:)

We started planting some veggies while the creations  were drying.

A few tomato plants...

... red pepper...

...jalapeno...

...we have onions, lettuce, strawberries and herbs.

Belle has some beans planted too.

I think this year I am going to have her photograph the growth for a report/lapbook.

She planted all those plants herself too!!

 

Then we went over this Bible verse from 1 Corinthians 3:6-9,

 ⁶ I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. ⁷ So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. ⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. ⁹ For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

 

It is truly important for us to remember that we must plant the Word of God in our hearts. We must water it with reading the Bible, doing good works, learning from our elders at church and such...we must help it, our faith, reach for deeper roots. Only with God can it grow. 

We WANT to grow with God!!

 

Simple lesson to start.

 

We are the seeds.

God helps us grow.

 

Watching the plants and continuing on this lesson I hope will make it a forever embedded lesson in her heart. 

Well we are off to the garden center to pick up some flowers for our new brightly colored pots.