Easter, Teenager and assorted fun!

Well, today we officially entered a new stage of parenthood-the teenage years!

So, today we went to Easter Services at Grace United Methodist but then the rest of the day was hanging out at home and fixing one of Cody's favorite meals.  Burgers, oven baked fries, baked beans, angel food cake with cool whip and lots of strawberries!  Yesterday we ate at Cici's pizza with Lee, Lyndi and Drew and then stopped at Toyz R Us and Cody used his birthday money for LEGOS, Star Wars characters and an XBox game.  So, he will be entertained for the upcoming Spring break.

The Easter Bunny Loves the Beach too!

The kids found boogie boards and squirt guns and buckets of stuff to help them in sand and shelling adventures.  So, next weekend for are planning our next trip to the beach.  Hopeful that it will rain but that just has not happened in awhile down here.  So, I am sure we will be able to work on our tan again!

Here the kids all ready for church.  Amberlyn has made lots of new friends at Grace Place.  And
Cody is enjoying seeing his Octane friends at services.

Yesterday Amberlyn was able to go an Egg hunt at the church.  They had a huge service before the hunt and the kids were loud but they sang and danced and just had so much fun!!!!

Last week we had another visit with Grandpa Chester.  Hopefully it will not be the last this sesason, as he is itching to get back to Ohio in time to help plant the beans.  He wanted to stick his toes in the water at Howard Park while we were up.  It was another great weekend on the gulf.
Hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend. 

The title of the sermon this morning rings true everyday-the outrageous love of God never fails us.  Something we usually do not think about daily-but if we did it would certainly make each day better!