Easter Surprise!

From 2009-04-16

So last Friday night we were going for a family walk after work and were talking about what our plans were for Easter weekend and concluded that we really had no plans for the weekend at all. We were kind of bummed since it is nice to do 'something' on a weekend that everyone else has plans with family. We thought about how it would be fun if we were able to spend it with family, but given that we were thinking about this on Friday night of Easter weekend this probably wasn't really a possibility. We had prayed about it and if God wanted it to work out then we would go, if not, then we'd stay home. Well, we decided to check and just 'see' what the plane tickets would cost to do it just out of curiosity. They were pretty expensive (~$450/each), so disappointed we thought we would start figuring out other plans. As we gave up we thought we would check and see if there might be any tickets available using our miles (usually booking these require months of advance planning to actually get them to work). There were TONS of flights available on miles. Crazy! So, we called up Grammy and Grampy and asked what they were up to for Easter and if they had any extra room for a few more at the Easter table. We'll just say they were excited :-) So, booked the flight, booked the rental car and went to bed to leave in 6 hours. Kind of a spontaneous trip, but worked out well. Blake was a great traveler on the the plane and aside from the airline busting a wheel off one of our bags it was a pretty smooth trip.

From 2009-04-16

It was great to see family and enjoy a few days with them. Definitely worth doing even though it was a bit last minute planning packing and going, but was really fun to make plans that quickly and just do it. Blake was excited to see everyone and he got a cool new hat from Auntie M. Thanks Auntie M!

From 2009-04-16

And we got to make a trip to an important place while we visited as well...see if you can tell where from the picture :-)

From 2009-04-16

AND did I mention Blake has two teeth now? He does, on the bottom. We'll let you see if you can find a picture that shows them (clue: swing pictures)

Concert with Small Group

A couple weeks ago we got to go check out the Rock and Worship road show tour (http://www.therockandworshiproadshow.com/) It was a lot of fun and a great show. If you have the chance to check it out when it comes through your area you should.

From 2009-04-09

Blake didn't get to go to the show. Too loud for him :-) Maybe next time...

We did however make a trip out for lunch to the Spicy Pickle and Blake got to eat his own version of eating out food....sweet potatoes :-) He like them...can you tell?

From 2009-04-09

He likes those potatoes and doesn't care what anyone else thinks. We also discovered that he has learned that whenever he sees the red light from the camera that is his cue to smile. Pretty funny. Doesn't work everytime, but if he's in a good mood he seems to do it every time.