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Behold, I Make All Things New






That is in the Bible somewhere. Sadly I don't know where it is.

This time of year always fills me with joy and appreciation of new life. Today I reflected on the miracle of new life that God has made possible for us with the promise of heaven. I also reflected on God's power to grant new life as I thought about how last Easter Maddy came home from the hospital and we had Subway for Easter dinner. This year was vastly different.
On Saturday our neighborhood association put on an Easter egg hunt for the kids. The sign said from 1-3. Maddy was still eating. (As you can see in one of these pictures we gave her some actual chicken pieces for part of her lunch. She did a great job chewing them and really liked the chicken.) So we didn't get down the Easter egg place til ten minutes after 1. By that time it was over. Everyone was counting their eggs and redeeming their prizes. Fortunately Maddy had no idea that she'd missed out on anything. Someone from our church lives in our neighborhood and they were at the egg hunt so we borrowed their eggs to pose for a couple of pics.
Today Maddy wore her cute dress she got for her b-day from Uncle Ethan and soon to be Aunt Jenna. She looked adorable. We went to church and Rachel and Tricia came with us. Afterwards we all had an Easter dinner of ham, asparagus, rolls, mashed potatoes, green salad, fruit salad, and lemon bars. Tricia hung around and played a game of scrabble. We had a beautiful day weather-wise as well. This will go down in the books as a great Easter!

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bee said…
I am "almost" jealous! Looks like all had a really great day. I love Easter too as it means spring and new life --green plants, flowers, warmth, baby animals, are near. Also we have NEW LIFE thru Jesus. Loved the pics. Just great.
April 5, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Ms. Embry said…
It was a great Easter! I really enjoyed getting to hang out with ya'll this weekend and lunch was great! :-) Let's have Easter again next week! Lol! :-)
April 5, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Chrissy Cross said…
MAddy looks so precious! I need to see that girl!
April 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM
bee said…
Just noticed she is in a high chair or booster? Nice!
April 5, 2010 at 8:57 PM
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