care bear stare

I love this picture… it perfectly captures Easter for us this year.

It was an absolutely beautiful day, full of everything we needed it to be. First and foremost, we celebrated Jesus — and to be honest — I could totally stop there. That alone is enough to make it a perfect day. I woke up this morning singing “Give me Jesus” (by Jeremy Camp)… it’s still ringing in my ears actually. Sort of fitting I guess now that I’m blogging about Easter. I love this song though. Because really…

“GIVE ME JESUS. You can have, ALL this world. Just give me Jesus.”

But as always, our God gives us more than we need or deserve. He gives us MORE. Because I guess he could have just stopped at Jesus too, right? But that’s not his style. Above and beyond…HE sort of owns that phrase. Just like it says in Romans 8:32 “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” God is so good to us. It makes my heart scream sometimes. Like a care bear stare… remember those? My heart throwing all it has back to God. Screaming joy and praise and thanks that we get all THIS.

This day of amazing fellowship and food [as always at Janel’s]…an easter egg hunt with lots of crazy kids…sunshine GALORE…some kite flying…mimosas [yummo]…and of course the big one — the fact that we all made it there alive. Yep, totally a day full of everything we needed it to be.

And THIS picture, oh another reason for my heart to scream. The sweetest little girl I know, plopped down on the ground, showing her Daddy how great she is at kite flying.

Then of course, there’s this little guy. He might not be very good at kite flying quite yet…but he has other important things to show his Daddy. Like the coolest hiding spots for eggs. Or Mr. Pirate Egg. All important things, right? 🙂

And baby Rage? He did what babies do best. Slept…like all day 🙂

We did manage to have a little excitement that day as well. Our besties stopped by in their hilarious ride just in time to save the day (farmer style, of course). See the pics below of the sad kite stuck in the tree and the obvious answer… There’s seriously never a dull moment when you’re a part of this clan 🙂

It feels good looking back at this day…and I give glory to God for every last bit of it. Not all days will be perfect. Today sure wasn’t. I had an epic fail in a moment of frustration and snapped a little…or maybe a lot. But it’s good to be able to look at the good and bad in light of each other. I feel like I need both to balance this life out and keep me looking up to Him. Some days it’s all glory and honor screaming out of my heart…others it’s a call for mercy and grace and maybe a request for a do-over or two.