The beauty of springtime is breathtaking -- seeing the incredible detail in each individual flower reminds me that God made each of us unique too.
And seeing new life come from the earth every spring is a vivid visual of the new life we have in Christ.
As Easter nears may our lives SHINE for Him we are no longer dead to sin but ALIVE IN CHRIST ~ HALLELUJAH!
Isaiah 55:1-111 "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations that do not know you will hasten to you,
because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor."
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
and do not return to it without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Romans 6:3-11 3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
note to mom -- next year call GRAPES jelly beans so we don't have the sugar high!!! chocolate melts in the warm van.... oh well ~ we tried!
Blue eyes enjoying the blue sky
There were some great things to plan on, this huge suspended net was one!
they boys were liking the lookout, even though Chuck doesn't like heights he was doing ok.
sand fun, yes she tried to eat it too
great rope swing into the creek
spring fed so it was refreshingly cool :)
let me swim! she really wanted to SIT down and play! Tutu did a great job keeping her dry
whole beach to themselves, well almost they felt right at home!
And by afternoon they've grown some leaves
Day four with plenty of sun and warmth they're starting to bloom!!! 
Day five they're in full bloom 
and a beautiful purple Tulip
Some clouds that decided to float by our house the other day
and finally the sun rising 
