Easter Weekend (Part 2)...

My favorite part of the Easter weekend is celebrating on Sunday morning Christ's resurrection and his "Finished" work on the cross for us. 

Forever, He is glorified.

Forever, He is lifted high.

Forever, He is risen.

He is alive. He is alive. 

Our worship team performed a special song by Darlene Zschech called "Victor's Crown". Sarah and other youth members got to be a part of singing the song. 

After our morning service we went over to Don & Donna's house for Easter lunch, family pictures, our own Easter Egg Hunt and the "Bunny".

The "Bunny"

Ahhh, buddy. His chocolate train is being ruined.

Sammy is all in.

Getting ready for the hunt.

Stephen knew exactly what to do with the eggs.

Caleb didn't seem as interested, but picked a few.

Big kids had to wait a few minutes to give the little ones a chance to get some.

Jason focused on the kids or his iPhone???

Sweet Evangeline just watching this year.

Sophia counting the coins from her eggs.

Easter Weekend (Part 1)...

Our Easter weekend each year is always filled with activities and celebration...

Manicures for the James girls.

Good Friday service

Easter Egg Hunt @ Parsippany campus - Sammy, Sophia and Brayden

Easter Baskets from PaPa & MeMe and Bags from Daddy & Mommy

Lego Movie PS3 Game

Frozen DVD - Do you wanna build a snowman?

Need a sidekick?...

Dear Spiderman,

If your every in need of a swinging sidekick, this kid has got the moves and the costume to go with them. Brayden is your kid, a.k.a your friendly neighborhood Spiderboy.

Swing by any time and maybe you can talk it over a fruit snack.
Sincerely,
Brayden's Mom

Grandma, Sarah and Sophia...

It has become a tradition that we celebrate Grandma, Sarah and Sophia's birthdays together as a family. Sarah and Sophia share the same birthday of April 10th and Donna/Grandma's birthday is on April 24th.

This year was a SuperHero theme and we all wore Super Hero shirts or costumes.

The SUPER Family.

Captain FaFa and Spiderboy

Batboy

Gifts and chocolate pudding cake were of course a part of the evening.

A card Brayden made for Sophia. The front has amusement park rides.

Glow Party Cabbage Patch Doll. Her PJ's glow in the dark.

Palace Pet Horse.

Ahhhh, money. What teenage girl doesn't want money?

More money with sweet birthday wishes.

Sunglass Hut gift card

A new toiletry bag.

FaFa with two of his birthday girls.

Sarah at 13

Sophia at 7

13...

Yes, it finally happened. We officially have a teenager in our house as of April 10th. So far so good, no crazy things have happened yet. 

It was a busy weekend, once again, so we planned a few things to celebrate over a 3 day period.

Thursday a.m. - Sarah came down to a decorated kitchen just for her and she got to open presents from PaPa & MeMe, Aunt Michelle, Uncle Mitch, Grace and Claire. She got money, an Amazon gift card and a book called "So Long, Insecurity Teen Edition" which she has really enjoyed.

Thursday p.m. - FaFa and Grandma came over and we attended the Social Studies and Art Show at school.

Sarah's artwork displayed.

Friday p.m. - Sarah and I went and got pedicures and then to Sephora for makeup shopping. Yes, she is finally able to wear makeup at 13. She is allowed to wear concealer, mascara, blush and lip gloss.

When we got to Sephora she had ideas of what she wanted to look for based on opinions of girls whose blogs she follows until...we met Michele. Wonderful Michele! She was a sale associate from the store who was so sweet, no pushy and took her time with us. I explained that this was her first time wearing makeup so we were going simple and she helped us find everything we needed and the perfect items for Sarah. Sometimes it is nice to have outside input. I could tell Sarah was loving it when she gave me a big smile when Michele went to find something and probably because she said "I LOVE IT!". Ha! Ha! We really did have a great time. I loved sharing the time with her.

Her makeup collection

I didn't take any pictures at Sephora, seemed a little out of place at the moment for our new teenage girl. However, I did sneak this one a couple of days before when we were at Target and she was looking at a few things she might be interested in.

Saturday p.m. - P.F. Changs for dinner at Sarah's request. We love their Crab Wontons and Pan-Fried Pork Dumplings.

A young Wolverine emerged because he was so hungry waiting for our food.

We had a lot of fun celebrating Sarah's 13th birthday. As a birthday gift we purchased her new makeup for her, as well as planned a shopping trip to the mall over Spring Break but that I will save for another post.