Ephesians 6:1-3 - - In dress-up clothes!

Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

 ²Honor your father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

 ³That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (KJV)

Romans 5:8

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (KJV)

 

Matthew 28:5-8

But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; for HE IS RISEN, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.” 
⁸ So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. (NKJV)

Happy Easter!

Lena's Birthday Party

We celebrated Lena's birthday last weekend at the Minden Park.

Playing on the jungle gym.


The Birthday Girl


Uncle Robbi played with bubbles for the kids.




The cake.




yum!


Egg Hunt


Ella, Lola and Olivia


Eating our picnic. Grandma fed Lena some homemade macaroni and cheese (one of her favorites).


Calvin, Ella, Lena, Lola, Kale, Lexi and Olivia


Candle helpers!


Lena received a lion walker for her Birthday.


Uncle Robbi got right to work teaching her how to use it.


She played with it for the rest of the evening!

Matthew 22:37-39

Matthew 22:37-39

Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment and the second is like it: Thou shalt love your neighbor as yourself."

Happy Birthday, Lena!

One Day Old:

One Week Old:


One-Year Old:






Happy Birthday, Lena Mae!

Happy Birthday, Lola!

Today



is

Happy Birthday, Lola!
We Love You!

Celebrating Christmas

Here is one massive post to include all of our Christmas celebrations. Frustratingly enough, my camera was not at the top of its game for the entire week so our pictures are either fuzzy or have an orange tint to them. It seemed to work better when I took pictures in black/white. Turns out that it was just the battery. Here are a few of our memories.....

Our cousin, Jill, and her husband, Will were back visiting from Las Vegas. We were excited to have them visit and bring their new son, Hudson.


Olivia, Emelene and Lola dressed for the Christmas program. Sadly, my camera was at its worst on this particular night. Therefore, this was the only picture I had to share.

Christmas Eve

Shannon, Jes, Kasey and I had some fun "dressing up" for Christmas Eve at my parents' home. Kasey's outfit included a lot of polyester. Hopefully, I will be adding more pictures of our outfits in the future.....






Singing "Silent Night" with guitars.

Christmas Morning

Lola and Lena were the first to wake. Knowing that Liv (and Daddy) would sleep in as late as possible, we had agreed that the girls could play with their presents whenever they woke up. To their extreme delight, each of the girls received a new baby.


Even Lena enjoyed holding - and chewing on :) - her new little one! I have a good feeling that she'll be a good "mommy" like her sisters within a few short months.


Most of all, we knew Liv would be thrilled to have a little baby of her own. She is our busiest little mommy by far.
We were right! More than one hour later, Liv woke up to find her new baby. She got to work caring for her "Baby Lena" immediately!


Stockings


Stockings filled with books, games, movies and toothbrushes!


Liv and her stocking.


Lena snagging toothbrushes.


Liv was very proud of her new toothbrushes!


More baby play.


The future's most caring mommy ever!
Really......Lola is such a sweet and loving mommy, but so indecisive when it comes to naming her baby :). She has changed her mind several times all ready. We might one day have grandchildren named: Serefina, Jamie, Jackie, Willie, Sparkles, and/or Cooley :).


Lena


Lena...again.
I couldn't decide...both pictures were so cute!



Christmas at the White House

Eating in the East Wing of the White House!
Grandma Delores always invites us to celebrate Christmas in the East Wing of the White House. One of my favorite family sayings! We love going to Papa Jay and Grandma Dee's big white house each Christmas.


The kids' favorite toy in Grandma's closet is this old paper towel tube. They march around the big house playing it like a horn or using it as a microphone.
As you can see, Calvin is on his way to take down Liv for this popular toy :).


Ella and Lola waiting patiently for presents.


Present time!


Grandma made each of the kids bags with some exciting activities in them. Lola was excited about her glitter crayons.


Liv and her crayons.


Lena received a baby from Grandma as well as a new hand sewn quilt.


This picture was taken before our Christmas celebration with the Loschens on New Year's Eve. This was the last picture taken before my battery officially died. Thankfully, my sister-in-law took several pictures for us. Once I have them, I will share.
To be continued.....