Our amazing friends from WI, the same ones who selfless-ly moved us out to CO, came back for another visit...sort of a pit stop on their way to California ...and we got them for a total of 10 days. It was AMAZING! They are great people, who teach us everyday by their marriage, the way they parent and their great faith! They are in our lives because God knew we needed their friendship! AND they have raised 4 adorable, sweet, and smart children, one of which we have the privilege to be God parents for. So.....in a nut shell we were thrilled to have their family of 6 even though they had to deal with some trials while they were here, most involving their car not working properly in the mountains.
Then it was birthday month!! At the beginning of March, as sort of a birthday gift to myself, I finally took the plunge and cut my hair. I had been talking about it for what seemed like forever and then was able to just go and do it. It was long enough that I was able to donate 10 inches and end with a fun, easy to do bob. I reminded myself to take before and after pictures and then completely forgot once I got to the salon so check out the other pictures and you'll get a glimpse of the change.
Both Jason and I had birthdays in March and what is so great about birthday month is all of the free items you can get because it's your birthday. Coffee, dinner x2, appetizers, and ice cream!!!! Plus I was able to organize a surprise party for Jason with most of our friends here. It was a great night filled with food, people, games, and cake. Jason and I both enjoy Oreo's so for the last few years we have shared an amazing Oreo birthday cake I found on My Baking Addiction.
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| Oreo Birthday Cake from My Baking addiction |
After the excitement of our birthdays Easter was right around the corner. This is one of my favorite times of the year. The signs of Spring are here, people are starting to get outside again and most importantly it is the time of year we focus on the sacrifice that our Lord made. This time of year is also a very busy one with Jason working at our church. It seemed like he was at church all of Holy Week in preparation for the main three services of that week. We were also able to host an Easter dinner on Sunday for some friends who weren't able to make it back to their homes. We were blessed with amazing weather so besides dinner the day involved horseshoes, corn hole and washers. McKenna was even able to spend some time playing in her sandbox which really tuckered her out.
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| 'Family' photo with our good friend Andrew on Easter |
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| McKenna's Easter nap |
Now that Jason's work life has calmed down, Easter is the 2nd busiest week of the year for him, we are able to look forward to a few things in the near future. In April we get to fly to MN and WI where Jason has a work conference and while we are there we will get to celebrate a very important 90th birthday and spend some quality time with our family then this summer our little girl will turn 1!
Life is treating us good!
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| Playing in McKenna's Crabby Sandbox while Dad grills supper |
