Easter weekend

Good Friday:
We participated in an inter-denominational Stations of the Cross through town on Friday morning. It was so cool to see so many different people from different churches taking part in such a prayer filled and special service that was so well attended. We hope that this becomes a tradition that we can be a part of each year.





Then that afternoon, we went to lunch and bowl at the bowling alley. Now this is not typically something we would do on a Good Friday, but we had promised Will a while back that if he had a week with no x's on his behavior chart at school we would go. And that just so happened to fall on this week. We are so proud of him for making a change in school and really becoming the well behaved, awesome kid we all knew he could be. He was never a "problem kid" but just had to figure out how to harness his energy and control his busy, and yes, sometimes, bossy little self. That can be a tall order for a 7 yr old, but we are really proud of the little man he is becoming.


We had a ton of fun bowling too! And speaking of the little man he is becoming, Andrew just might have a future as a professional bowler. Ha! The kid really is good!
This turned out to be the perfect way to spend the day.


Easter Sunday: Everyone was up bright and early to check out what the Easter bunny brought. We hunted eggs, ate lots of candy from the Easter baskets, cooked breakfast and looked up to see that it was only 7:35 am!!! So we had LOTS of time before church at 11:30. Will our children ever sleep past 7:00? I'm starting to think not! And probably the better question, shouldn't I have become a morning person by now? Because I DEFINITELY am not.


Mass was wonderful and so beautiful and meaningful!
Afterwards, the Knights of Columbus hosting and really nice Easter egg hunt for the kiddos.








We came back home and had a delicious lunch and took it easy for the rest of the day.
We also dyed eggs, went to a birthday party and did a little playing and working outside somewhere in the weekend but I don't have pictures of any of that unfortunately.
But, it truly was a perfect Easter weekend and I am as thankful as ever for - faith, family, and friends! Thanks be to God!
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Hey batter, batter...Andrew's 5!

This cutie pie had his 5th birthday this weekend and oh what fun!

Nonnie came in on Thursday evening to spend the long weekend with us and then Katie, Patrick, Therese, Gigi, and Jabo all drove in Friday evening for the big event.

As usual, Andrew shared his birthday with Super Bulldog weekend and the Cotton District Arts Festival.  So, on Saturday morning, we all headed out to enjoy the sites and eats of the festival before the birthday celebration.  The weather was absolutely perfect!  I always feel like April is a gamble with weather, but this Saturday was warm but not hot and overcast but not raining...so like I said, perfect!

 

Saturday afternoon, we had his birthday party at Patriot's Park which was a lot of fun. 

And because our little guy is very much into baseball right now, we went with a "baseball theme."

Andrew and his favorite little person, Therese.

and with the whole group

This little bit was into everything and probably ate her weight in sugar that day. :)

Pinata time!

(You can see from the last few frames why we had to hold Will off until the end.  It took him 1 swing to knock that ball to pieces.)

Lots and lots of baseball

Later, we had dinner back at home and opened family presents around the table.  I think it is safe to say that our little guy had a very full and very fun birthday party day!

Sunday, we kept the fun going....

Mass in the morning

and then more baseball. 

This time in the form of an MSU/Ole Miss Super bulldog weekend game!  Dan was able to convince Gigi, Jabo, Patrick and Katie to stay late on Sunday afternoon for the game.  It was a great way to end the weekend...relaxing at Dudy Noble!

Andrew, again, with his best girl, Therese!  :)

We are so thankful to be a part of such a great family and have such wonderful friends to celebrate these special days with us.  You are all truly blessings to  us!  Thanks again for being here!!!!

I am also so thankful to be the mom to our birthday boy, Andrew.  I am constantly amazed by this child.  I feel like he teaches us as much as we teach him.  He has the biggest heart and really understands what it means to love.  He is sensitive and sweet and genuine.  He is also soooo funny and such a charmer.  My days are filled with joy and laughter with Andrew around.  It has also been wonderful to see him blossom lately and really start to branch out both in sports and socially.  He has become quite the social butterfly.  It is so incredibly hard for me to believe that he is old enough to go to kindergarten (gulp) in the fall.  I am going to miss my little companion so much during the day, but I know it will just make me appreciate our afternoons, weekends, and summers together even more.  We all love you, Andy bear, and are so proud of the big boy you are becoming!!

At his last pediatric check-up, he was 43 lb (67%) and 45 inches (89%).