Easter 2014

He is risen! He is risen, indeed!

We had a wonderful time celebrating our first NC Easter as a family. Our friends invited us to spend part of the weekend with them in Oriental. We love being so close to the coast! This was an easy trip for us and it was super fun, too! Hannah and Emerson are three months a part and play really well together. Ashley and I are both pregnant with our second and, if all goes according to due dates, these two will be two months a part. We are so fortunate to have met a family we really connect with that have children the exact ages of ours. 

The girls had a blast playing with one another. They dyed Easter eggs, made Easter cookies, and just had fun being together. 

We headed home after naps on Saturday. Riding back through small town NC was fun for us. We stopped at a little hole-in-the-wall BBQ joint for dinner and we were in heaven! I see more small trips through NC and exploration for us in the future. 

Sunday, we got up early to see what the Easter Bunny left before heading to church. He did not disappoint! 

We were proud of ourselves for getting up and out of the door in time for the first service at our new church. That was a miracle in and of itself :) The service was very nice; however, we missed our PRUMC church family tremendously. I really missed singing in the choir with Scott. There's nothing like singing, rejoicing, and worshipping on Easter Sunday with Scott and the PRUMC choir. I've been stalking the website waiting for them to post the service online. Wes and I have missed that church more than words can say, especially during the special holidays. It's the church we met at and where our story began. Although this blog is really dedicated on keeping folks up-to-date on the kiddos, I'll have to write about that one of these days. It's a pretty neat story and one I didn't even fully grasp until Wes proposed..... I digress. 

After the service, we headed back home. We weren't able to get a good family picture this year,  but did manage to snap a few fun ones. 

Hannah had only a few minutes to peruse what the Easter Bunny left before church, so she enjoyed looking back through her basket of goodies. While I cooked lunch, she and Wes watched Frozen (an Easter Bunny treat) and ate bunny marshmallows. It was sweet hearing H explain the movie to her daddy. We had the typical Easter meal of HB Ham and I cooked broccoli and sweet potatoes to go with it. We had a wonderful family meal, just the three of us and were able to focus on all our many blessings. 

Happy Easter to all!!