Easter Baskets and Bunnies...

 We decided since Sunday is always CRAZY and TJ is never around when the kids wake up that the Easter Bunny would come Friday night.  It was so much better and I don't know why it took the Bunny so long to figure that out!  Works much better for those in ministry (especially a portable church!)

 Easter Bunny wanted to make sure the kids were ready for baseball season!

That afternoon some friends had an Easter party.  It was a ton of fun and perfect weather!

Eric and Emily... she is precious!

Cookie Anderson decorated...

Karoline and Ella

 Sweet friends

An Easter Bunny came to visit...

 Am I too old to get my picture with the Easter Bunny?

 EGG HUNT

 FUN day... ready for Sunday!

Pine Lakes...

I had my camera in my car so I took it into lunch with us at Pine Lakes and after lunch managed to keep these wild monkeys tame for a very short amount of time but got in a little practice with my camera and Lightroom ... working on my focus so bear with me...

Working On It...

So I took a photography class in March on how to shoot in manual (M) on my "big camera".  My sweet friend, Adele, who has taken our family pictures multiple times started teaching classes to simplify the process for those of us who need a "crash course" in how to actually USE the camera we spent so much money on.  You can read about that class HERE... But then she offered a class on Lightroom, which is POST-processing of the photos.  I love it and learned a lot just need the time to practice more often.  So I took some pics then edited them a little.

You would not believe how dark this photo was before editing... 

Hope to get better over time...I'm working on it...

Time Away!

(Why the hand... It's made of items made by slaves- Passion is PASSIONATE about bringing awareness to human trafficking and slavery!  Check this out http://72daysforfreedom.com/ )

TJ and I had 2 opportunities in March to get away... even though I have been in school both of these trips where a priority and I got to study some on the drive.  First we went to Atlanta to Passion City Church for  a conference called LIFT.  I just love Louis Giglio and God has used him in many ways in my life.  I first saw him at Super Wow when I was in middle school, went to 722 while in college, got to see him at Catalyst a few years ago (but honestly that message was over my head... "its in his face")  and I want to say that Lift might have been my favorite.

Maybe it was because it was a small group, more intimate (2,000 is a small group) and just for worship leaders (but they let the wives in too!).  I learned SO MUCH!  I learned ways to support TJ in his ministry and really what common struggles are for worship pastors and we had AMAZING, AMAZING worship!

Chris Tomlin lead, Christy Nockles, and David Crowder.  It was very powerful and if you have not already bought the new White Flags album you MUST do so now!  It is wonderful!! I cannot wait to go with TJ again next year!  It was such a special weekend in Atlanta for us!

 We laughed when we got our itinerary... 10:30PM to start a session!!!  We wanted to go to bed!

 So one of my sorority sisters married Chris Tomlin.  Lauren is amazing and she and Chris have a beautiful daughter and he introduced her during a smaller group breakout session.  It was precious.  We also got to catch up a little after... she's going to have so much fun as a mom!

 THEN... at the end of March our whole staff and wives went to Newspring Church in Anderson, SC to see Mark Driscoll at a conference called Real Marriage.  It was a great weekend... lots of laughs and great reminders on how to keep each other as the 1st priority, after God... He talked about how important friendship is and I am beyond thankful that I married my best friend!  He's so amazing and I just love him SO much...  Thank you Trey and Danielle for treating us to a great weekend!