birthday day

what a wonderful day! we had a good service at church and then went to jim and bonnie's for a combination b'day and Easter lunch. bj called and nathan called to have brenna bunny sing happy b'day, a sweet present : ) my daddy and ingrid called to sing happy b'day. my family is amazing! i feel that as long as i have my family i have everything i need. it was also nice to get birthday wishes from friends through facebook.

as funny as it sounds, my favorite gift, after brenna singing happy birthday to me, was from keith, i got a weed eater! it trims and edges and is light weight enough for me to handle. and yes, i did ask for it. he also got me some perfume, sunflower and l'air du temp, 2 of my favorites.

i can't wait to see brenna's easter pictures. i know she was a little doll!

good friday

i had completely forgotten that today was good friday! and now i'm wondering how could i have forgotten!! this was the day that my Lord made the ultimate sacrifice for me. if this day had not happened then we would not be able to celebrate His resurrection. it is so incomprehensible to me how someone could love me so much that He hung on that cross for me. i don't think i truly understood this kind of love until i had children of my own. i would gladly die for my children or suffer for them to keep them from harm. this is what God did for us. we are His children and He loves us so much.

sometimes i get lost in the doing of "religion" that i forget how simple the gospel is. all that is required of me is to believe and accept the gift that was given.

i praise God for Easter morning!

gardening and spring break

keith and i decided to stay home for spring break and just enjoy being home with time to actually enjoy being home! keith and i worked in the yard this afternoon. a couple of the guys from church came over this morning to help keith with the roof of his building. it's almost done! i think i'm as excited as he is about this building. i worked in my herb garden and cleaned the gardens in front of the house. i wish we were going to have more great weather but that doesn't seem to be the case. we're supposed to get storms tomorrow and then much colder with snow showers on tuesday. a high of 39 on tuesday!! that's weather in georgia : )

it is so nice to just be home! i am going to watch movies, sleep late, clean the house, rearrange closets and bake. i love being home and cleaning and cooking. we are going to atlanta on thursday and friday. keith found a wonderful deal that will let us vistit fernbank, the aquarium, the atlanta history museum, and the botanical gardens so we are going to see matt and tasha and spend the night thursday.

hooray for spring break!