Bowers Blog: Holy Week

Today is Easter Day, probably my most favorite holiday. I LOVE Easter. I love going to church to celebrate the empty tomb and knowing that my savior lives. I love being with family, egg hunts, food, the onset of warmer weather, and beautiful flowers in bloom everywhere. This year has been no exception, minus the fact that Worth was on call.

This past week our church put on it's 31st annual Promise performance, and once again the girls participated in it. It was grueling! Getting my kids there and dressed on time, helping to herd 15 other kid performers for 5 days in a row was quite a challenge. Doing the math problem in my head daily of when to drop off at other activities, pick up from other activities, when to buy supplies for a class easter party, when we could squeeze dinner in every night, what I was going to do with Mack during the performances, making sure homework got done, etc. just about made me nuts. However, if one life was changed in any of those 5 nights of Promise performances, I feel that I can take comfort in knowing that I had one small (tiny) part in that life change.

Adding to the craziness this week included Mack's class Easter party which I had signed up to give with another mother, the finishing up of our laundry room remodel, Ellie's end of basketball season party, and field day at Ellie and Emma's school. Somehow we got it all done. Saturday (yesterday) we all slept in and did absolutely NOTHING all day. Well, I did a few home management things, but other than that I'm pretty sure Ellie never came out of her PJs all day. It was such a nice and relaxing day.

Worth has been on call this entire weekend, so he didn't get to go to Tifton with us today to attend St. Anne's and have lunch at my parents' home. We missed him, but he was home long enough this morning to be with the kids to see what the Easter Bunny delivered this year.

Sweet Emma singing at a K-Kids performance for K-1st grades.

The children of Jerusalem

This year Ellie and Emma stood with the choir and acted out scenes with them.

They both did such a good job acting their surprise at Jesus' miracles.

A week ago, Mack decided he was going to walk to Grandma's house, because he did not agree with a punishment I had inflicted upon him. He made it to the end of the driveway. I was pretty impressed, he had almost everything he would need for a one night stay packed in his bag. He was so mad at me, but all I (and the girls) could do was laugh and take pictures of him as he strolled down the driveway. He got to the end then came back inside to ask me if he could walk on the "real road"

He overcame his feeling of injustice to enjoy his class Easter party a few days later.

Mack and Luke. 2 peas in a pod.

His sweet class getting instructions from their teacher before the egg hunt.

Off to find the eggs with their names on them.

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It took Mack a while, he kept finding all the other kids for them. He finally got the last one though!

We had the party at our neighborhood playground here in Stone Creek. They had a ball playing more than anything. Mack's teacher told me at the party that Mack was a leader "a 10 on the scale" were her words. This picture proves it.

Funny bunny

Laundry room is all finished!

The colors are awesome, and her decorations added a nice touch.

I will add pictures of the 1/2 bath when we get a new sink. It looks awesome so far, we just need to replace the old cheap pedestal sink that is in there.

Ellie's sweet team posed up at the Mill.

The other Bowers kids needed a picture in the huge rocking chair.

They got a trophy and a cute t-shirt. They had an awesome team this year.

Emma was serious about this water game at field day. It was raining most of the time we were there, so all the water games stayed outside while all of the other games, bouncy houses etc., were set up in the gym and hallways.

Ellie was being seriously competitive. She absolutely LOVES field day.

This was my partner in crime for the morning. He was off of school for Good Friday, so we withstood rain for an hour and a 1/2 at field day before we headed home to dry off and eat lunch.

Ellie loved disc golf.

This was my favorite field day picture. Emma popping a balloon. Her face holds the look of determination she needed to pop the balloon. Hilarious!

Some sweet little girls in Emma's class.

Ellie had a turn at balloon pop as well. It worked out really well for me this year, because Elle's class was following Emma's class so I could stand in between the events and watch both of them at their stations. It couldn't have worked out any better.

Emma and her friend Brooklyn wining the sack hop

The Easter Bunny came!!

If you haven't been able to tell from my previous blog posts, I LOVE to get pictures of them running to their loot. This is Emma.

Ellie was next.

I held Mack back until last, because he had already come out on his own and looked at his stuff without coming to get me first.

Emma had some serious bed head and wasn't quite awake yet when she was showing me this mermaid tail that the Easter bunny brought her.

The Easter bunny really made these two happy this year.

Mack got a Batman lego set that has kept him busy ALL day long. The girls had to jump in this morning and put a few pieces together with him.

All ready to head to Tifton to St. Anne's for church.

They wanted to take a crazy picture.

Waiting on the egg hunt call.

Grandma and papa with the grandchildren.

I can't say enough about how sweet this little chunky monkey Hardy is. He was either smiling, laughing, or asleep today. I'm not sure he's related to my kids.