Happy Easter!

"There in the ground, His body lay...
Light of the world by darkness slain.
Then bursting forth in glorious day,
Up from the grave he ROSE again!

And as he stands in victory,
sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine...
Bought with the precious blood of Christ!"

(lyrics:  In Christ Alone)

So thankful that HE stands in victory!
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And a few photos from our first Easter with Elise...

Little Miss Smile in my old Easter dress and holding my old bunny.

She wasn't going for the whole smiling thing at this point...

Love them!

(all photos edited with tranquil filter)

HAPPY EASTER!  Mate Veselu Velku Noc!

Celebrating Easter with Tissues

Say whaaaat!?  I know you're wondering how tissues have anything to do with Easter.

Well, last night our skupinka (small group) put together some tissue paper flowers and small bags of candy to give out to neighbors in our apartment building.

The bags came together quite nicely (yum chocolate!) and included a Bible verse as well as an invitation to come join us anytime.  The flowers also turned out splendidly!  Our friend Maruska had the creative idea for the flowers and everyone else chipped in and brought various items for the bags.  Team work = good stuff (even if it did take us until well into the evening to complete it all ;)

I, of course, had fun photographing the flowers this morning.

Below...the final product to be given out.

And one last (funny) shot of part of our group working hard...

Haha.  That picture makes me laugh.

And that, my friends, is what tissues have to do with Easter.  Hopefully these mini gifts will be well-received!

Steadfast Love

This Psalm has been read, circled, reread, and re-circled many times in my Bible.

It's simple, but it's always a good reminder.  HE is steadfast, unchanging, faithful in his love towards us.  No matter how undeserving we are (and believe me, I am), He won't stop loving us and being faithful to us.  So thankful for that.

Bathing Beauty

Elise is really getting in to taking baths.  She has started playing with the shower head and water stream and she never cries.  We've given her a toy or two and she seems to enjoy those, too.

I hadn't taken any tub photos in a good while and bathtime is a mandatory photo op for moms, right?!

Let me introduce you to our lil bathing beauty...

Got that arm out and all...relaxin' like it's her job.  (I guess it kind of is her job...be cute, eat, sleep, take baths, you get the picture, right?)

That is just one cute octopus-toting tot right there. :)

The Hat

We decided to dress Elise in a warm hat for church today because it was going to be cold outside (like snowing cold).

Here she is in her cute hat before we headed out the door!

APRIL FOOLS! :)  hehe.  That hat is a hand-me-down of a hand-me-down and we're not really sure of its origin...but we think it's funny!  She really didn't wear it to church though.

But what's not April Fools is that it really did snow today.  Seriously cold.  Can I get a beach, please!?