Happy Easter...

This year with Alex, we talked a lot about the reason we celebrate Easter, Jesus dying on the cross and His Resurrection.
Alex knew that we gave him an Easter basket, Andy stuffed the eggs and I hid them - he was good with it all:


Andy's "basket":

Love how happy he is! An hour later when we were getting ready for church, he was really feeling awful and asked to go lay down in my bed. I gave him some meds and we snuggled, reading his new issue of Highlights in bed. I hate that we missed church, it's the 1st time in his 8 years of life we haven't been at church on Easter Sunday, but he's was feeling so much better when he went to bed that night, so it was the right decision to stay home.

Oh and I have to tell you, before bed, he said for the hundredth time that day, "this is the best Easter ever!" I told Andy if he said that one more time, my heart might burst, he's made me SO happy!! It was a great day.

Love at 1st sight...

This is Gunner, our newest family member. He's a 7 week old Llewellin Setter and we're all in love:

Even Daisy's in love:

Alex couldn't be any happier:

Gunner's pretty happy too!

All Wrapped Up...

I've been wanting some baker's twine in cute colors and I hit the jackpot:

And yes, they came wrapped around those super cute die cuts that you WILL be seeing on cards/layouts soon. Swoon! If you're interested in getting some of this cuteness for yourself, pop over to TalkingTwineandTrim on Etsy. She ships super fast, has the best selection of colors that I've found, awesome customer service (if you don't see a mix that you want, just ask - she mixed the die cuts up for me when I asked!!) and prices that cannot be beat!
Now I just need to find some time to create with my new goodies. :)

Decorating Easter Eggs...

Alex was so excited to dye eggs this year, he picked out a cool kit at the store. He was off school for Good Friday, so we ate monkey bread for breakfast, decorated eggs and watched Horton Hears a Hoo. It was a perfect day!
Using the magic crayon:

I love how the bright blue egg turned out with the picture I drew of Alex - he LOVED it!

It's hard to tell, but this one he drew "I {heart} MOM" on it, so sweet:

The cool dinosaur kit that Alex chose:

Good Friday at our house was great!