Easter.

 

April is here and there are lots of tree blooms right now!  It's so pretty!  The garden is just starting to show growth with the peas coming through the dirt and lettuce plants are growing!  Tulips are in bloom!  The grass needs cut and is green, green.

April also brings rain showers and rainbows!  We don't often see them in the west!

Over Easter Weekend, we went to the cabin again with some of my family!  We haven't been there since Christmas so we were all ready to play games in the cabin, see cousins at the cabin, eat good food at the cabin, look for deer sheds in the woods and ride all the toys with fast wheels!

Easter is all about the death and resurrection of Jesus!  Watching some of the Chosen episodes and reading in the Bible the details leading up to the cross is always the best way to remember what Jesus did for all sinners!  He died so we can live!  Live free!  Live eternal!  In heaven with Him some day if we believe and trust in HIM!

Easter weekend was also full of birthday celebrations!!!!  Gunnar turned one!  He's so cute!  Loves to eat!  Crawls, walks along furniture but not walking alone yet.  He has four little teeth!  Chubby cheeks and big brown eyes!  He's a very happy little boy! 

I made creamed eggs with warm biscuits and people loved it!

Hadassah took along party decorations!

The weather was perfect on Saturday to play outside and play pickleball but Sunday brought rains and cold weather.  The rainbow was so pretty in the sky!

We did this for the first time!  Cheesesteaks for dinner!  

Mike and Matthew were chopping away and made us good sandwiches!

Many eggs were hidden in the woods and around the cabin for the kids to find!  Ashlyn helped Gunnar find a basket full.

John and Mim and the boys gave Gunnar a Phillies jersey with his name and number 44 on it!  It's so cute!

Mike bought Gunnar a stuffed bison and tractor for his birthday!  He got some good gifts!

The boys had a blast together!

We came home from the cabin late Sunday night.  We hosted a birthday party for Gunnar and it's always a good time with the Petersheim family!  We are so blessed!

Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday, Gunnar!

Ashlyn turns 15!

 Ashlyn turned 15 this week and is loving life.  She's in high school with great friends.  She's really enjoying her volleyball team and is a good setter!  Life for her consists of hanging out with friends (especially Meg and Mel and Zoe), drinking lotus drinks and going to school.  Gunnar loves her!  We all love her and can't wait to see what this year will bring to her!

Last Sunday she was playing in a tournament and the girls made it to semifinals.

On her birthday, I picked the kids up at school at dismissal and we went for crepes!  So good!

Happy Birthday, Ashlyn!  We have a fun event planned to celebrate with sisters!!!!  

We love you!

Spring vibes!

 Hadassah thrifted this mug for me and it's close.

Jody had a birthday and I drove around with her getting some free treats around town.  I really liked this crepe while she ate her free one!  It was fun to go to a small shop, grab some treats and be together on her birthday.

The first day of spring came and we have radishes and carrots planted in the garden.

These moments when Mike and I get out on small adventures is so fun!!!!  The basketball finals are happening at the Giant Center in Hershey and we decided to go watch!  Just him and I!!!

We had a blast!  Jammed on fun tunes on the way there!  Ate some Chickie Pete Fries and watched a good basketball game.  We talked and loved being together on our way home!

Spring is here and we are seeing signs everywhere!  The grass is green!  Old birds nets are being replaced with new ones.  The birds are chirping so beautifully outside and it feels amazing to be outside once again!

We still had carrots in the garden but they are mushy and should be given to Sunny!  Another pack of carrot seeds are planted!

New growth is all around!  The chives are starting to grow in the herb box.

I stopped at the greenhouse for some spring plants!  

Adding these to the back porch is the perfect touch of spring!

We are having a few really nice, warmer spring days.  The yard was mowed twice already.  We had our first campfire going on the back porch.  Hot dogs were roasted and the grill was fired up.

The kids came over for some cheesesteaks and burgers on the warmer Sunday night!

We celebrated with our friends at church when Doug and Cindy got married!

Austin caught a rabbit in his trap and the boys did what every boy wishes to do.  Skin it.

There was a very beautiful sunrise the other morning and the birds were chirping loudly!

The back porch is cheery with these flowers on it!

We planned a sisters day out for Fanny and Jody's birthdays.  Agape and free dessert and then a greenhouse visit was so fun!

Oliveda is a new product for us and we are loving these!

Lettuce, kale, kohlrabi and radishes ... all planted in this bed.

I love to see the kids playing outside once again!

Linville had their spring banquet fundraiser and Katy Faust has a lot of good to say!  God is on the move!!!  This was a great night with our school friends!

The park flowers are in bloom!

We did something we said a long time ago that we would do together!  We had another very nice spring day and Mike said he's going to golf nine holes!  I met him at LCC and was his golf driver!  So fun!!!!

He went back to work and I was back to cleaning the house!  That night was the Phillies opening game day and we watched the game on the back porch and roasted hot dogs!  The kids all came over again!

Mike and I had to scoot out for the high school basketball banquet and Mike did so well with coaching the JV boys team!  He loves these kids!!!!

Spring is here!  Baseball has begun while basketball is now finished up for our family.

We are loving the warmer days and really can't wait for the weather to stay warm!