The Power of the Resurrection on Easter and saying Good-bye [for now] to Gram

Easter was bittersweet for us this year. A week or so before Easter, my Grandma got sick, and on Easter Sunday, she left this world to be with Christ in Heaven.

 

 

As much as I miss her dearly, there is no greater promise than that of Christ, who died and rose again, so that we will be with her again some day for eternity. Gram (or G.G. as she was called) was an incredible woman who lived a life full of faith and love for family. She instilled the importance of family in me and all of us. She lived an incredible life.

 

I can't help but to think of how fitting it was as a testament to her life the moment she left this world. It was on Easter Sunday. The entire family was together celebrating Easter near by, and we had just sat down at her house to eat Easter Dinner.

 

She loved her family and the fact that we were all together couldn't have made her happier. We sure do miss her, but because of Easter, we know that we will see her again someday.

 

 

Love you Gram. That was one hell of a life you lived here on this earth! :) If I can even lead 1/2 the life that you did, I'd be a happy woman. Uff-da!

 

 

March 2015: Happy Birthday Mom!

Just a quick shout-out to the best mom ever! She was able to come up to Brainerd for her birthday weekend so we could all celebrate with her!

 

 

(Adelyn decorated the cake for Gramma this year...she insisted on more and more sprinkles!)

 

 

Happy Birthday Mom! We sure are blessed to have you in our lives!

 

January 2014: Go Gophers!

If there's a reason to party, we will find it! The Gophers made it to a bowl game on New year's Day, and so of course we had to all get together to cheer on our Gophers!!

 

 

 

During half time, we bundled up and spent some great time outside sledding, laughing, and playing!

 

 

The Gophers lost that day, but we sure did have fun anyway!

Christmas 2014

It was a bit "different" being on maternity leave for Christmas this year...truth be told....it was great!!!

To begin the Christmas season, we got a tree (as we do every year) and after a couple of mishaps with the tree this year, I regret to inform you that I think we will be investing in an artificial tree next year.  

A week or so before Christmas, we attempted to take the girls to see Santa. It was a fail. A big, fat, fail. Olivya screamed...Adelyn ran away...Charlye slept! I think we scarred our children for life...except I'm pretty sure we will do it again next year. haha.

We were able to go down to the cities for almost an entire week over Christmas this year, given I didn't have to work! It was so great to be around family and friends! We even managed a date night to the Minneapolis Holiday Market.

And we headed back to Terri's this year for a great Christmas Eve together (our annual tradition until we moved away). There were kids and presents and food and family EVERYWHERE! It was perfect:)  

Christmas Day Morning was spent opening gifts and having great coffee cake (another awesome tradition) with my parents, nephew and Michael's mom who was able to fly in and spend the holidays with us!

And Christmas Day we met up with the rest of the family at Grandma's house and indulged in great traditions of finding the pickle, white elephant gifts, kid presents, lots of food and good company. It was a great Christmas with family!

And the weekend after Christmas, we celebrated with the Seekel Side at a great get together! Sledding, grasshoppers, lots of food, and kids everywhere made it an incredible day!

And we have 3 new kiddo's that are celebrating their 1st Christmas this year on the Seekel Side!!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends as you celebrated the birth of our Lord!