HE IS RISEN!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

I know Easter is still a few days away, but we have an incredibly busy week ahead, so I wanted to be sure to get this post out.

We are so excited for Easter again this year. We will be heading to the local high school to have our Easter Sunday service, it can seat 1000-1100 people and we are expecting every seat to be full! It is the once-a-year opportunity for our church to meet as a whole...during the year we have 2 services with Sunday school in between...there are people that attend the 1st service who don't know the people that attend the 2nd. This is the one time of the year you get to see ALL the people that attend Community Chapel! In years past it has been such an energizing, exciting service...all of those people there for one purpose, to celebrate the Risen Lord!!!

The girls helped prepare for Easter this week in our Palm Sunday service, they read the scripture readings to start off the service. They did a great job! Hannah read her scriptures with such enthusiasm....'HOSANNA, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, HOSANNA in the Highest!'

We have already taken pictures of the kids in their Easter outfits...we did that this weekend while Margaret was here, we got some great pictures of all 4 kids, oh, and Daisy joined in on the fun too!

Our prayer is that wherever you find yourself this Easter you will find yourself celebrating that the tomb is EMPTY! He is ALIVE!! Because of this truth we have HOPE! It is the Hope of Easter that I am clinging to these days, especially with the things going on in our lives right now. If I didn't believe in the empty tomb these situations would seem bleak, like there is no hope to be found, but I DO believe!! Despite what is going on around us, despite what the world tells us, despite what the enemy would want us to believe...HE IS ALIVE and BECAUSE HE'S ALIVE, I LIVE and HAVE HOPE!!!

Could it really be true??

Is spring almost here?? I am sure enjoying the 'signs' of spring being just around the corner! Today the kids were begging to go outside, so I, of course, obliged! Not only did they get in some great play time, but I also got in some peace and quiet and let me tell you after a long winter like we've had, some peace and quiet was just what the doctor ordered!!

Here are some photos of the kids enjoying the signs of spring...even Daisy got in on the action!

Yearly Power Outage

Yup, you read that right! Just about once a year (sometimes more) we lose our power for multiple days in a row...not just a couple of minutes/hours. We are not sure why this is, but you could go to the bank with it -- sometime during the year we will find ourselves throwing out everything in the fridge/freezer, finding a hotel, or staying with a friend.

It is the most frustrating thing in the world to have this happen, especially when you have kids! It just messes everything up! But, try doing all this with a new puppy! Well, that adds a WHOLE NEW dimension to it all! Although, Daisy did VERY well with all the adjustments, considering! The kids on the other hand, I think we will be trying to make-up for the lost sleep for a couple of days to come!!

As frustrating it all is, the kids actually said they like the power outage because we got to have a 'family sleep-over' in the living room. (Mom did NOT like this, not that I didn't like being with my kids, but there was not much 'sleeping' being had, that and it was REALLY cold!!!)

So, here are some photos from this year's outage. We are praying this will not be a year of MULTIPLE outages as in past years! Enjoy!