Good Friday

It's rainy outside and cold for mid April but it's a good day. On this day many years ago Jesus consented to the Father's will and suffered for my sake. He took my place. He was beaten beyond recognition just for me. He took every blow, every whip, every unkind word and every nail without complaint. All for me. "Amazing love how can it be, that you my King would die for me!" Thank you Jesus.

For the past week we've been telling the Easter story through Resurrection Eggs to our kids. They love it. It's a great teaching tool and makes the Easter story come alive. I got these at a Mom's conference several years ago but I'm sure you could get them through Family Life. Inside are 12 plastic eggs all w/ something inside. The first egg has a little donkey representing Jesus riding into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. There's silver coins representing Judas betraying Jesus, a leather whip representing the beating He took, a piece of white linen representing the burial cloths, etc. If you have young kids you have to get these!

I can't let this week go by without remembering our anniversary. Not our wedding anniversary but the first application we filled out to start our adoption journey. God had been preparing our hearts for several months leading up to April 2008. He'd been calling us, preparing the way and we were praying and seeking His will. He wanted us to say Yes. We knew that much. We weren't sure what our journey would look like at the time but we've so enjoyed watching it all come together. We still don't know what's really ahead but we're hoping it's too bring Jada home soon! We found out that the infamous piece of paper has been released. Our documents are being submitted to court and we should have a court date within a few weeks.

And since it's been a while, I can't not post some pics of my boys. :) Life is fun and never dull around here. Happy Easter!!