Easter Egg Hunt

Hummel Group had an Easter egg Hunt for the children of the staff at the Orrville office. It was so nicely done! They had crafts and snacks and the kids got to search for eggs. Nate has been in the Wooster office for several months now, but it was funny how the first office the kids went to was dads old office!

Here Toby is raking in the goods at one of the ladies desks!


He was so excited to see the Easter Bunny! He ran right up to her and gave her a huge hug!

I had to force the older two to take a photo, and it was all Toby could do to sit still and not chase after more eggs, even though his basket was over flowing.
Toby wasn't shy of course, out dancing up a storm with the Bunny and his new friends!

A great time had by all!

Easter

Oh, Happy Day, Happy Day... You Washed My Sin Away! Oh Happy Day, Happy Day... I'll never be the same! Oh, what a glorious day, what a glorious way... that YOU HAVE SAVED ME!

We had a wonderful Easter Service this morning at Wooster Grace! I enjoyed having two of my three kids with me in the service as well! Before we went in, we stopped for a photo in front of Kaleb's tree at the church! I took several, and this is the best one I got!

After the service, the kids and I headed over to my parents for a little while, since Nate had to stay and play for the second service. We knew we would be eating at Nate's parents house, so I let the kids just "snack" on some of their goodies from Aunt Katy. The poor peeps, this is what Toby did to his...
Then we headed over to Nate's parents house for lunch, and our annual Easter Egg hunt! Over 300 eggs for 8 kids is a bit crazy, but they all enjoyed it!



God is Good!

Easter Fun!

A week ago, we took the kids down to the Easter Egg hunt at the local park. Taylor was "too big" this year to partake, so she helped out by taking Drew to his area while I stayed with Toby. She got her egg hunting cut short by a year. Last year, she was only 9 at the egg hunt, since it was in March. This year, she was 11 for the egg hunt because Easter was in April. She never got to be a 10 year old at the Easter Egg Hunt! I think she'll survive!

Here are the kids with the big bunny! Toby wasn't freaked out this year! He was actually very excited, and ended up blowing a kiss to the Bunny as we left! It was so cute!

After church, I forced the family to get a photo together! You would have thought I was killing the kids, but they all survived, and this, sadly, was the only decent one. Poor Toby! But everyone else looks great!

After we changed, we stopped at my parents house to visit quickly before heading out to Nate's mom's house! Here are Toby and Daw-Daw at Grandma Debbie's house. We kept finding Dawson sitting next to "Willie" (as in Hillbilly Willie!), carrying on a conversation, so we decided to snap a few photos!

The adults hid the Easter eggs, and here is what happened when we let the wild animals loose!

Drew was pretty successful in finding the eggs!

Here is Derek counting his loot!

Daddy was helping Toby find his eggs!

I think Lincoln had the advantage with this egg! Hope there was something good in it :)

Back inside, Drew is checking out all his goodies!

And here is Grandma Debbie and Graham reading the Easter Story, along with the Resurrection Eggs, to the kids! This has become a family tradition!

Hope you all enjoyed your Blessed Easter Day!

God is Good!

Happy Easter

Remembering what my Saviour had to go through... unimaginable! And all he asks of me is to follow Him!

I love this song. We used it on one of Toby's Videos! And I love how this video is clearly showing Mary's struggles from The Passion of the Christ! As a mom, I get that in a small way! Enjoy!



God is Good!

Easter Celebration

What a beautiful weekend. Of course, we live in Ohio, so the weather could have been better, but celebrating Easter is always beautiful! We went to Communion Friday evening. What a privilege. Part of me wishes we could have Communion more often, but then I wonder if the meaning would get lost. From past experience, I believe it would! Saturday was pretty lazy. We went to Easter service Saturday night. That was weird, and nice! It's been a long time since I went to Saturday services! It was a beautiful service, and the Worship was amazing. I was in tears, reflecting on the first Easter! Pastor Bob brought an amazing message, and the place was packed! What a blessing!

Here are some photos from our Sunday activities. Toby got his first Easter basket. The big bunny brought him a Hanbok for his Build-A-Bear (Dog), some sidewalk chalk and bubbles, a book and some accessories for his Mr. Potato Head, as well as a new toothbrush. He enjoyed the few pieces of chocolate the most and they were gone in no time... who needs breakfast.
Drew was overwhelmed when he realized the Easter Bunny had brought him the Millennium Falcon for his Star Wars Galactic Heroes. He was literally shaking he was so darn excited. Way to go Bunny! He also got bubbles and a book and a new ToothTunes Toothbrush. Now he's rockin' out to Corbin Bleu as he brushes his pearly whites. Does it get any better?
Around noon, after mommy fixed a big yummy breakfast (tootin' my own horn, I know!) we went to Grandma Derri's and Pap's (or as Drew calls him, the Bestest Grandpa Ever). Dad had filled baskets for the kids, and hid the eggs around the yard. It was priceless seeing my dad out there with my children. Words just can't describe the emotion on so many levels. Here he's trying to keep Toby on his feet, as he was running so fast to get the eggs, he kept falling. Take note, don't hide eggs in the pine trees for kids who've never been around pine trees. Toby got quiet a surprise when he tried to reach into the branches for an egg! OUCH!
After my parents, we headed out to Nate's Mom and Step-Dad's for dinner and another Egg hunt. Had to include this photo of the snow pile! It was so darn funny to have Easter eggs hidden in the snow. Here is Toby and "A-wee" (Averie) as they prepare to grab all the eggs they can. Each of the 9 grandkids had 31 Eggs to find... you read that right, we will now have candy until Halloween!
And just to not get into trouble, here is a photo of Taylor as she searches for eggs at Grandma's house. You can see all the eggs just laying on the ground. There are only so many places to hide over 250 eggs!

After the egg hunt, the children listened as Grandma read the resurrection story as the kids participated with the resurrection eggs they found in the hunt. That is always a special time.

He is Alive!
God is Good!

A First and a Last

We had our community Easter Egg Hunt today! This was Toby's first with us, and we discovered it is Taylor's last. It is for children 10 and under, but we realized, with Easter in April next year, Taylor will actually be 11! She will never be 10 on Easter! Kinda weird!

We were under a fog advisory, and the ground was soaked because of all the snow from last weekend melting! You wouldn't know we had over 12 inches of snow only 7 days ago by looking at these photos! Anyway, rather than a hunt, it was more like a candy pick up. All three of our kids were in different age groups, and they just had the candy scattered on the driveway and parking lot. As usual, it was pretty chaotic, but all in all the kids had a good time.
Toby wanted nothing to do with the Easter Bunny, so mommy had to hold him. Then as we left he turned and said "Bye Bye Easter Bunny!"

Here is Toby happily filling his basket with "tandy". He lasted a few minutes and was done! He was just staring at all the others rushing to get their candy. I know this is terrible, but Nate joked "we can go to Wal Mart anytime and he can stare at the same people!" You get my drift.

After the candy, we came home and Grandpa Carson was putting in our new door, so to keep the kids occupied, we colored eggs. Toby had more fun smashing the eggs on the table than anything. Each kid had 6 eggs, and only 2 of Toby's survived! That wasn't really a problem, though, as all three of my kids love hard boiled eggs. They were all eaten rather quickly!

On another note! Taylor had a soccer game today, and Nate took her and I stayed home with the boys. She called on her way home to tell me she got the winning goal!!! YEAH TAYLOR!! This Soccer Momma is sooo proud!

God is Good!