Happy Easter!

What a day of celebration! Jesus Christ our Savior, rose from the grave and conquered sin! Last night, the Central Valley was woken up by a huge thunderstorm. How appropriate and such a reminder of the stone that was rolled away on that glorious morning years ago. My favorite Easter Sunday song:

Up from the grave he arose; 

 with a mighty triumph o'er his foes; 

 he arose a victor from the dark domain, 

 and he lives forever, with his saints to reign. 

 He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!





Ronda is back in town so us ladies and the kiddos walked to the 

park yesterday morning!



Kensie has a cut on her chin she keeps picking at. Thus, the 

massive Donald Duck bandaid that she is clearly very proud of.



And her handsome cousin modeling his new big boy aviators.

Could this kid be any cuter?!







Peanut butter and jelly lunch break.



Buddies on the slide.





Later that afternoon, I put my suit on and read outside. James was naked for a while, 

loving the fresh air and Kensie played in the yard. 

The perfect Saturday.

Spring is upon us!

Since the new puppy has arrived, our daughter now thinks that she is a dog. Pretty cute one : )




Uncle Brian came to visit! Yay! And he brought James the cutest outfits and shirts; very manly. Good job Bri.




Cindy captured the most perfect picture of Beau and Tess. This man loves his dog.




Beau and I worked all yesterday and this morning painting the new patio. Hard work. It was so fun to work on his project with him; it's coming together!




Spring is officially here and when this thing is finished, our family will spend all day out here!




And I caught this on camera this afternoon. Dad sleeping.




Daughter sleeping.




Son sleeping. My family is exhausted! I took an hour of me time. Quiet, sooooo nice.
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Life is good.

Some daddy time.

Our son is getting big fast; packin' on the lbs!

Kensie loves to help me cook in the kitchen.

Apparently, both my kids do! James loves being up and being able to check things out.

Whenever she can get to him, she always snuggles up really close.

It's the sweetest!

Love my girl.

Spring weather perfection

It was the perfect day to put the spa on and sit in the sunshine, not too hot, a slight breeze, heavenly!


Kensie swam her little heart out..


Then passed out on her auntie : )


Beau and Kensie took a ride...


Dad was the driver ha ha


One happy mama.





Topped the night off with a delicious dinner and a fire!



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Happy St. Patty's!

Cheers! The PBR came to Fresno this weekend and the boys drove up today.



Great seats!


Little leprechaun Jack! Cutest kid ever ha ha this picture makes me smile : )


And Missy is home!!!! Emily landed at 1 today and is home all week for spring break. She was so excited to meet her nephew.


Grammy and James, matching in green.


Little nugget is 2 weeks old today and already so much bigger. He is absolutely the perfect baby. God definitely gave us our tough kid first ha ha

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A few visitors

Dad took this great shot of the bulls a few days ago. So pretty! Dad, you could be a pro : )

Maxine holding James for the first time.

Beau took Papa out to see his project; he was quite impressed that Beau is such a handyman : )

Papa doing 'cope di cou' (a dutch song) with Kensie. I totally botched the spelling...

He did it with all of us grandkids, so fun to see him doing it with Kensie!

Brad had aday off yesterday and flew home for less than 24 hours to see James! So nice to get to see him, even if it wasn't for very long.

Chatting it up with Beau.

Love.

 

Dad was so dog tired from his trip, he took a short snoozer. I think it did him good  : )

And Papa Kindy also stopped by for a visit!

Love these shots. My two peanuts.

I cannot believe I am a mom to these perfect kids! One lucky lady I am.