Happy Good Friday and an Early Easter!

Well, we didn't win the house...Hahaha! I mean the HGTV Dream Home that they gave away last Sunday! I did get our house pretty clean, but as I was looking at the pics of the dream home I was realizing there was now way my place would ever really look clean in comparison...at least not until we move! Hehe! But, I'm soooo excited to say that my sister helped me by threading my sewing machine and I made a dress for Lenci last night and a dress for Zoe today during nap time!!! My sister suggested a SUPER simple A-line pattern where you use ribbons for the dress straps! I think the dresses turned out great! Of course I started by making Zoe's which ended up being Lenci's because I didn't allow for the seam when I measured at her rib cage! That's fine, though! I'll probably hem Lenci's up a little too, cause it's almost to her ankles! Hehehe!




Here's Lenci talking to Pollly Pocket about coming over to play! :)









Posing in her new dress!!! :)











Zoe's doing her ballerina toes! :)










What a cutie!








Here are some more fabrics that will become dresses, pillows, tops, and chair cushions! :)








This is my special fabric that I got for more than just $1/yard! :) Cabbage Rose...a grand fabric store!





And who can go out and do crafty minded things without the inspiration of COFFEE!!! Well, milk was quite popular in our order at Starbucks that day! Hahaha! 1 warm vanilla milk for Zoe, 1 cold chocolate milk for Lenci and 1 cold vanilla milk for Asher! :) Sooo cute!




Here is a picture of Asher stacking his cheese blocks! Soooo funny! I bought cheese blocks this time because they were cheaper that the off brand shredded and block cheese!!! I know, weird! :) Asher has enjoyed it! :)









And here's Asher with a pair of the girls sunglasses!!! :) He's sooo silly!






On another note, today is Good Friday!!! I am so thankful that the Lord came to the earth to make us right in His standards as He became the sacrifice to atone for our sinfulness!!! I am going to post the lyrics to a great song!!! It's called Beautiful Scandalous Night by The Robbie Seay Band! I love this song and it is soooo fitting for the Easter celebration that we have coming this weekend!!! :)

BEAUTIFUL SCANDALOUS NIGHT

Go on up to the mountain of mercy
To the crimson perpetual tide
Kneel down on the shore
Be thirsty no more
Go under and be purified
Follow Christ to the holy mountain
Sinner sorry and wrecked by the fall
Cleanse your heart and your soul
In the fountain that flows
For you and for me and for all

At the wonderful, tragic, mysterious tree
On that beautiful, scandalous night you and me
Were atoned by His blood and forever washed white
On that beautiful, scandalous night

On the hillside, you will be delivered
At the foot of the cross justified
And your spirit restored
By the river that pours
From our blessed Savior's side

Artist: Robbie Seay Band
Album: Give Yourself Away
Year: 2007
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Happy Easter!!!

Way past due!!!

Sooooo, I need to post a bunch of stuff! We've been super busy and tired and I know I would have posted earlier if it had not been for the Spring Forward day! That's my least favorite day in the year!!! Before kids I loved Fall Back, but since they don't understand how wonderful it is to sleep in, it's not as exciting! Hahaha! Give us decade and I think we'll be there again! ;)

So, today I'll just post a few adorable pics because tomorrow is the BIG DAY!!! ;) Just kidding! Well, sort of...tomorrow is the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway!!! I've been trying to clean my house because if I win and they come over to tell me I it will be on tv!!! Hahaha! I'm really not thinking that we'll win it, but if we did we could pay off student loans by selling the car they're giving away and then we'd have a free house (I'm sure there are expenses of some sort) but then Lee could get a ministry position and get through seminary!!! So, even though it's not likely, I'm going to clean! Hahaha! It'll be nice for it to feel company ready anyway! Lee's going to be like...huh? Wow, it's clean! Hahaha! So, anyway, here's a few pics!





The girls have been playing in their bathing suits lately and they happened to be wearing them when it started snowing!!! Hahaha! I had to capture that on camera!!! :)







Lenci wasn't too much into smiling at the camera because the huge snowflakes were getting in her eyes!!! It was just crazy and soooo fun!!! She kept talking about how Santa was going to come and bring her presents! Hahaha!



Zoe has been dreaming of catching snowflakes on her tongue since she has known it was possible!!! She was soooo excited to have been able to live out that dream!!! She is still talking about it!!! :)




A recent trip to the mall playground made for a fun afternoon!!! There weren't a whole lot of kids that day, so that made it more enjoyable for me! Hahaha! I wasn't having to follow Asher around and I think he felt like a really big boy!!! :)




Here he is posing for me!!! :) You can tell he's proud of how well he got up there by himself!!! :)








Here's an action shot of the crew!!! They love going up there and jumping on the top because this play area is made of cushy stuff so if they fall it's not hard but padded! I LOVE that idea and worry less! :)








We have been going to the zoo on Sundays since Lee has off and it's been great! We go to church and head to the zoo!!! They have a great park nearby and we do a picnic lunch there and then play a little on the swings! Thought this was a sweet shot!





Another shot of the kiddos with their daddy-o! ;)







Zoe went to a tea party for a girl who lives around the corner! She was so proud of her card! She has been practicing on a dry erase book of letters during nap time. I wrote the words on some paper above the card and she did the envelope! :)



Zoe wants to play the guitar really bad, and this is a shot of her with her favorite toy at her little friend's house!!! Hahaha! :) She really looks like she knows what she's doing! :)







Here are the girls having a great time on the swings!!! :) Zoe's always a little more cautious, but she had a lot of fun!!!







Asher had sooooo much fun swinging really high and getting tickled by Daddy!!! Wheeeeeeeeee!







I think I'll save some pictures for the next blog! :) Hahaha! Gonna get back to cleaning and getting dinner in the works! :) I'll try to get another blog sooner than this one came!!! Especially if we win the house! Hahaha! Blessings! ;)