Easter.

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

"In Christ Alone"

I can hardly sing this song in church because it is SO powerful. Most of the time I have to just worship without singing, because if I sing along I start the ugly cry. You know what I'm talking about.

Saturday I heard about an Easter egg hunt at a church here in town that "hid" 20,000 eggs. We took the boys and had a great time.

We had to bribe this child off of the toy equipment in order to pick up some eggs before they were gone... he could have cared less.

He finally listened and picked up about 10 eggs... then back to playing.

Cohen had a blast, obviously... ha!

Our church service yesterday was one of the most powerful I've been to. After church we had a very low-key day {including a nap for mommy!}... it was a great day celebrating the resurrection!

I kept finding myself getting frustrated that my boys would not cooperate and take cute Easter pictures.... then my husband so kindly reminded me that this is our life... a 26 month old and {almost} 6 month old... they are not going to just look at the camera and smile. Guess he's right... so I'm at peace with the not-so-great pictures I got of them together.

This was Cohen's first time sitting/standing in the grass, so he was too busy to look at Mommy.

We met some friends for lunch at On The Border. They also have 2 boys, close to the same ages as ours, so we thought there was a high chance of it being a complete disaster. Luckily it was great and we really enjoyed our lunch with them! All 4 boys were great!

Cohen's basket ... aden & anais blanket and burp cloths/bibs, an outfit, and books & a block.

Jaxon's basket... Thomas bath squirters, Thomas book, "Emily" (a Thomas train), shoes, and a puzzle. We're on a big Thomas kick around here.

The boys looked so cute... it's so fun getting them dressed up for holidays. Thanks again Grandma for the outfits and shoes! <3

I am so thankful for my boys... you know it's so easy to get caught up in things you don't have and in doing so all you're doing is giving the enemy free-reign to tell you lies. We may live in Texas and be way too far from our 'extended' families, but we have each other. We have love, health, and happiness and I couldn't be more thankful.

It was a beautiful Easter day and I hope yours was as well.

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Philippians 3:10-12