The Art of an Easter Egg Hunt

So, some of you do have the pleasure of knowing my husband well, while some of you not as much.  But one thing about him is that he is the only 28 year old I know who still LOVES Easter Egg Hunts.  I mean, tomorrow, we will go to my in-laws house, and they will have eggs hidden for all the kids...and Tom.  So, one would think that Easter Egg Hunting-ness would rub off on George a bit, as he pretty much wants to be just like his daddy (proof of this:  tonight, in the car, tom is tapping my leg to the beat of the song on the radio and we see George start tapping his own legs too!).  Moving on...

Today, we tested this theory by taking George to his first ever real hunt.  We had a Super Egg Bowl at church last weekend where he tried to throw his eggs, but this was a true, pick em up as you find em and put em in your basket kinda hunt.  So we went over to Uncle Aaron & Aunt Lauren's house...Jack and Natalie were there too of course.  

I think it is safe to say that he doesn't QUITE have the same passion as his daddy...

 He was quite unsure to start with!

 But all it took was an egg or two and this kid had it down!

He did get tired of it all after 6 eggs though, but it was good practice for the showdown at Nina & Papa's tomorrow...he will be ready!!

~Sarah

OPENING DAY AND AN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE

So this week we celebrated yet another major holiday (not March Madness, that was the holiday that took me on my 3 week hiatus), but Cardinal's Opening Day!  Check out this picture of George & Daddy:

Tom dreams of the day that George will anticipate this day as much as he does and it is already a mandate in our family that Cardinals' apparel is worn on this great, great day.  To top it off, the Cardinals won!!  Here's to the next six months of our lives...Go Cards!!

Today, being Good Friday, Tom and I both had the day off so we took George on his first hiking trip.  He wasn't sure at first he liked it...

But he quickly got used to being carried by Daddy (please note the sign they are walking by.  Tom says that they will break all sorts of rules when I'm not around like that and just say "we're boys, Mom!").

After awhile, he got sick of riding and wanted to walk...

He even took the lead!

On another note, but a way more important note, today is Good Friday.  It was 11 years ago on Good Friday, that I accepted what Christ did today as the necessary atonement for my sins to reconcile my relationship with God.  It humbles me that my Savior would endure the most humilating and shameful form of death this world has ever seen, that He would willingly take on my sin, becoming disgusting in the eyes of His Father, and be forsaken, all to be able to say that "It is Finished" meaning the sins of the world have been paid and the relationship between us and God had been restored.  Amazing...what a Savior!!  Praying you too know this truth this Easter!

~Sarah

NEW SHOES

So you might be thinking...Sarah, you take a three week hiatus and the first thing you talk about is footwear?!  Well, yes, but it's a cute story, I promise!!

So, George walks a lot...as you can see...he's always doing something, walking something, so the kid needed some new shoes for summer...We thought through our options.

First, they can't be too clunky...and pumas really do nothing for George's figure...

Second, they had to be as cool as he is...OBVIOUSLY!!

And these were the winners!!  George was super pumped about them.  So much so that when I told him about his new shoes, he took them from me and proceeded to walk around saying, "sues, sues."  He's really in a repeating everything you say phase right now.  Like he said "turtle" the other day, and he says "ide" when he wants to go outside...Super cute!  But this post isn't about the things he says, but about the things he wears!  Sorry for the digression...(I think I used that word right?!?!).   But, now with these new shoes, this kid is ready to take on summer and hang out outside to his heart's content.  This weather has allowed him to too!  It's all he wants to do and when he has to come in he throws a small fit!  Check out these pictures of Springtime in our house:

 Hope you too are enjoying this weather....maybe you need new shoes too!

~Sarah