Favorite Fridays

I've missed a couple b/c we were either busy or the people I get my topics from didn't do it until later. Anyways...Favorite Place to Eat...mine would be Baja Burrito for casual and Mama Mias for a more intimate dinner. I don't get either one very often and they are a special treat when we do:)

Favorite Fridays

What's your favorite Easter tradition?

I guess our tradition has been going to Mam-ma's house. We always had an egg hunt. She lives on a farm and there are plenty of places to hide eggs! There were some years (like this one) when it was so cold and we would try to find a lot real fast just to get back inside. We would normally dye eggs too:) I have two younger cousins and then Kim and I--not too many kids, but we always had fun. Now I've got two kids of my own, Kim is getting married and Ryan will be graduating from high school. Mandy (Ryan's sister) is the youngest and she is in middle school. As you can see, the four of us run the gament as far as age.

Now my mom is "grandma" and we will be going to her house for Easter lunch. We have a big egg hunt at our church tomorrow and Nana (Jeff's mom) is coming over afterwards to dye eggs with Christian. It's his first time so we'll see how that goes. Kay-Kay, Tex, Mim and Nana will all be braving the elements with us tomorrow to hunt eggs. At least we moved the lunch portion of the day inside:)



P.S. If you are in the Nashville area and want to do something special Sunday night come to Otter Creek. The songs they are singing are suppossed to be awesome and you'll catch Jeff in the choir:)

Favorite Fridays

Todays topic: your favorite thing about being a mommy...that's a tough one b/c there are LOTS of good things about being a mommy. Since I have two kids I have one favorite thing with each of them. My favorite thing to do with Christian is snuggle. I've posted before about our long time history with snuggling and there is just nothing better--except when he looks at you dead in the eye and says "I love you, Mommy"--melts your heart:) My favorite thing with Baylor is feeling those pudgy little arms wrapped around me in a hug--this is a new thing with her and I love it--she'll lean in for a kiss too which is fun.

I love hearing Christian talk about what he learned at church and school. Hearing little ones talk about God is so AWESOME. I love the little shy smile Baylor does when she is playing shy. Like my friend Sarah (the one who got me started with this favorite friday thing) said, I love that I'm the only mommy these kids have--sometimes there is no one else that will do but me and that fills my heart with joy. It gets a little crazy when BOTH decide I'm the only one who can help at the moment, but even in the frustration I wouldn't trade being "Mommy" for anything. These kids have taught me so much about love and I hope I can do the same for them over the years.

Friday Favorites

An old college friend is starting this so I thought I'd join in...This Friday is favorite worship song(from the BOOK). Mine is 'Old Rugged Cross'. My grandmother has a song page mounted on a piece of wood in her house. I stood in front of it and read (and sometimes sang) the words all the time. It just has a connection with me and it is a nice reminder of growing up. There was an air vent right next to it that my family probably heard me through--maybe they got a laugh or two:)

What's your fav old time worship song?