No pool, No problem!

Due to the fact that we live in Phoenix and summer time comes in April we need to keep cool. We don't have a pool and Madison loves the water so we decided to play with the hose in the front yard yesterday. It was 96 degrees outside so she loved the cool water!

Easter Pics!

This is Madi and my dad up in Camp Verde after church on Easter! So Cute!!!

The Schneider Family in our Easter best!!! Madi loved her Easter headdress!!!

This picture was taken on Saturday. Madi looks so big with her daddy's hat on!

I LOVE Easter!

While Easter is not one of the most popular of holidays, it is one of my favorites. I say its not popular because it doesn't hold the following of millions as Christmas or even the 4th of July. Sure people get together with their families on Easter Sunday to eat and socialize but I bet if you asked the vast majority of people why we celebrate Easter most would have no clue. What I think I love the most about Easter weekend is Good Friday. I know what your thinking "Jeannette, your favorite part about Easter is the day Christ was crucified??" And my response is Yes. For many reasons Good Friday is my favorite part of the weekend 1) Christ died so I can LIVE!!! Good Friday is a great day to remember just how much he really loves us! 2) Ever since I was a kid my mom would take us to this place in Phoenix called Canaan in the Desert. It is a beautiful place that shows Christ's life and death throughout this beautiful desert garden. 3) Good Friday Service @ Open Door. It usually is just music and communion and it is the most peaceful service. I love it!! 4) This year is the first Easter with Madison. It is so neat to be able to start our own traditions and to keep some of the old ones going.

So I hope all of you have a wonderful Easter weekend. And while the holiday has turned into peeps and giant chocolate bunnies, I hope we all take a moment and remember what this weekend is really about.

By the way here are some fun pics of Madi...she is getting sooooo big scooting along trying to crawl and growing up so fast!

what we do as parents

As parents we do funny things to our children for the sake of a memory. We dress them up and have sit them on the lap of Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny when they clearly don't want to. We encourage them to sing the solo in Christmas pagent even though they can't sing (haven't had to do that yet, but I'm sure I will). And we put bunny ears on them in Target and ask our child if she is a "funny bunny". The question "are you funny bunny?" always makes Madi laugh and I figured it would totally make her laugh harder if she could be wearing bunny ears...it worked she did. Now if she only new how much this picture would haunt her for the rest of her life, for the sake of a memory!