Easter anyone?

We had a fabulous Easter here at home! On Saturday we started out the day by going to the mall for the Handy Manny Earth Day. The kids won prizes, made their own tool boxes, and planted flowers, and of course got to watch handy Manny. Then we went for a ride on the Easter Train! This was the highlight of the outing. Benson was so excited he couldn't stop talking about it!


Then we saw another of our favorites, the Chick-Fil-A cow! If you know my kids, Chick-Fil-A is their FAVORITE place to eat, so they were thrilled to take a picture with the cow!

Then we headed home for some more Easter fun. We ended up having our Easter Egg Hunt inside because of the rain, but the kids loved it anyway. They were both so fun to watch this year because they were so excited about everything.



After they gathered about 30 eggs each they were sent on a treasure hunt to find their Easter baskets. There were clues hidden around the house with little riddles that they had to figure out. Brielle was really good at his part. When they found them they were really excited because they were full of shovel, rakes, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, etc. Everything for outdoor fun!


SUNDAY: Then on Sunday we got the kids all dressed up in their cute outfits and went off to church. Don't they look adorable! (Okay, so Parker wasn't so happy). Because it was a holiday Doug didn't have to stay quite as late at church as usual, so we had the full ham Easter dinner as a family. We then took some time to talk about the true meaning of Easter and just spend time together. I love holidays!


P.S. I am still trying to figure out how to make my blog private, so far I can't get it to work. YIKES!

It is time for some privacy

I am finally doing it. After my mothers request over and over again, we are making our blog private. If you would like to view our blog in the future, please leave me your e-mail address and I would love to keep the Rose family updates coming!

Another fantastic giveaway!

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Fact

They say when it rains it pours. I have discovered that it is really true. But along the way I have also discovered that the blessings that come after the rain outnumber all the raindrops put together.

Its Big, Its Blue and It Hurts!

Our Poor little Parker went in for surgery today. He has had webbed fingers since birth and we decided it was time to have them cut apart. :( The Surgeon said all went well and that he should heal with very little scarring. They also had to do a skin graft from his groin (YIKES) to cover his fingers. The poor kid. He is trying so hard to crawl and eat and drink with this big, bulky, blue cast. He is such a trooper though, he hasn't even cried. We love you Parker and hope you feel better soon!

We LOVE Magic!

Last week I took Brielle to see the Magic Treehouse Musical at the Tennessee Theater! For those who don't know, the Magic Treehouse are a series of books written by Mary Pope Osborn. They are fantastic books that I highly recommend. Anyway the musical came and Brielle and I had a little date! The show was awesome and Brielle loved every minute of it. She constantly talks about it and it has made her love reading the books even more. Don't you love it when education is FUN?


Can you believe she can wink like this?? I guess a wink says it all!

More FOOD ART!

This is Brielle's latest food creation. It is a Ritz cracker snowman with a fork broom, and of course a carrot nose! Where does she come up with these things?

I want to be a missionary now

When we were in Nashville celebrating Brielle's birthday we had to stop at the Disney store for a little shopping. While we were there Brielle made friends with the store clerk. (Does that surprise anyone?) She told him all about her and told him it was her birthday. He then gave her a birthday certificate which she loved.
After we left the store my sister and I were talking about the Pass Along cards the missionaries from our church asked her to give out. That is when Brielle decided to give the Disney store clerk a pass along card.

So, we went back to the store and we waited for him to finish with some customers. Then Brielle walked up to him and handed him the card that has a picture of Christ on front, and the Articles of Faith on back. She gave it to him and said, "You were so nice to me today, that I wanted to give you this card about Jesus." He was really sweet to her and took the card and thanked her!
She was soo excited! We called Doug right then to tell him all about her missionary experience. I wish I was as brave as she is.

Could THIS be the CURE??

This past Tuesday I went into the hospital again to have a Laparoscopic surgery. While they were in there they found that I had endometriosis. Endometriosis is a growth on your female organs that can cause all kinds of problems. My OB found a big pocket of it on my left side and two more spots that were beginning to grow. They got it all out and now we are waiting....

You can read previous posts to find out about my medical mystery. I have had a headache for about 3 months and a whole bunch of doctors later we still have not found the cause or the cure. BUT this could be it!!! Time will tell if this was the main cause of all the pain. It should take another week or so to be totally recovered, so in the meantime we are praying that this did the trick!

I can't remember what it feels like to not have my head hurt, but I have faith that my Heavenly Father is aware of me and this whole situation. I just hope I have enough faith to be healed. Thanks for all the fasting and prayers from everyone, it means more than you could ever know.

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