rejoicing

"But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."

Titus 3:4-7

I have SO much to talk about after a busy and hectic weekend at home!

Thursday night, I took the boys out to Stevie B’s, the worst/best pizza buffet out there.  They decided to get creative and make Pizza Jenga:

(obviously...)

Friday I just hung out with the fam and we celebrated Banks’ birthday (sort of...) at the always-delicious La Parilla.  The wait staff sang to him and made him wear a hat and he secretly loved it:

Saturday afternoon was so much fun.  I got to see some precious friends from high school and dye eggs all day long!  I took WAY too many pictures (the rest are on Facebook), so here are just a few:

Saturday night was a blast because we celebrated Banks’ birthday (for real this time!) at Longhorn with the entire Martin clan present:

he was getting really into it...

we love each other

Sunday, of course, was glorious glorious Easter! I love being home for Easter and flowering the cross is one of my favorite traditions.

Then, the Allreds and Koronkowskis came over for brunch in the backyard and it was absolutely beautiful.  I took far too many pictures, so you can see them all on Facebook if you’re just dying to see all 83 of them! 

this is my favorite!

I am so blessed to be surrounded by such a pretty back yard because Easter is such a pretty reminder of renewal and rebirth.  This month I felt like I could really use a few “do overs” and Easter is a great time to remember that Jesus died for our “do overs” and that we are drowning in his love and mercy and I am SO thankful for that!

Happy Easter!!