Easter-He is Risen!

All the kids sang for our Resurrection Sunday

Service! They did a great job:)

We had a wonderful special speaker who

told his story of having a logging accident

that nearly killed him! The Lord was

faithful to him and he has continued

the prison ministry that he was and is

still a part of. To God be the glory

great things HE HAS DONE!

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at my

parent's house! They work well together

as a team and are always so

hospitable!

The boys loved the Easter candy and money

inside their Easter eggs:0

Sporting their new sweaters that I got on sale!

Sour Vitamin C-Josh's New Haircut

Vitamin C: Is it really as sour as Dad

seems to think that it is?

What strange faces!

Josh finally let me buzz his hair!

He has complained about me combing his hair

for some time because it was long and

thick. Finally I talked him into letting

me cut it short so he doesn't really have

to even comb it!

We wanted to do "before" and "after" shots but

for some reason that day the camera was in Daddy's car!

Of course he bumped his head that same day

and had a bruise on his newly displayed forehead!

The Last of Basketball

We finished the basketball season this past

week. It was a fun time, but I'm glad to

have some more time at home now!

We had beautiful weather this past couple days

and got outside to ride bikes and play

baseball at the park.

(Mom and Dad lost 4 to 8.)

Alex and his friend from church were on the

same team together-The Cavaliers!

Pop-pop and Nana were the best fans

of the season! They made it to almost

all the boys games, I think!!

We SO appreciate their faithful support,

especially since it is a 40 minute

drive each way.

Upward had a night to go to the the Blazer's game

as a group. After the game the kids were able

to go down on the court and shoot from the

free throw line. (Michael, Alex and Josh

all missed-oh the pressure!)

Alex and Josh with the Blazer mascot!

(Whatever he is!? We've never figured it out.)

Michael enjoyed help from Ehren this season.
He helped every week at practice and
at the games! (Ehren is Connor's dad. Connor
was on Josh's team with him this year.)


The awards night for basketball included a speaker
who did a great job sharing with the
kids through his "dummy" and his tricks
of illusion. It was a fun night, where each
kid got an Upward backpack and had
their name announced by their coach as
they went across the stage!

Stuff!

Here are the new spy guys in the

neighborhood-complete with light sabers!

Joshua lost his first tooth @ 7 1/2 years old!

He has been waiting and waiting for it to happen.

(Alex lost his first tooth at 5 1/2 years old.)

His tooth was very loose and finally was knocked

out when he was playing basketball in the hallway.

(We have a hoop that hangs on the back of the

bathroom door.)

Not sure what this is.



The boys like to listen to a Christian singer called
Toby Mac. Josh decided he needed a soul patch
and other writings on his body.
Alex followed his lead!

Videos of Jay!

I never got the videos uploaded completely from

the previous post-Sorry all! I'm having trouble

for some reason-maybe they are too long?

Here's one that finally uploaded.

Weekend Visit With Family

We so enjoyed our weekend with visiting family!

Grandpa Fred AND Matt, Mindy and Jay

all were here in town on the same

weekend. We watched the boys

playing basketball. (Jay cheered along with

the cheerleaders!)

We had a wonderful dinner Saturday night

at Pop-pop and Nana's house.

I must have been talking a lot

because I actually didn't take many pictures

Here are a few with some cute videos of Jay!

Math Quiz with your host, Josh!

Home school is the perfect place for creativity!

Josh likes to mix things up. He made his math

lesson into a game show, with the numbers

competing against each other:)