Easter

One of my favorite time of year is spring. When the weather starts to warm up, the snow melts, the grass turns green and the flowers begin to grow. But spring also brings Easter, one of my favorite holidays. This year for Easter we had the opportunity to be with family, something we have not been able to for many years. It was fun for us all to be a part of family holiday activities. This was one of the reasons we moved closer and we need times like these to remind us that it really was worth the move. The kids had a great time with cousins.

On Friday we started celebrating Easter by coloring eggs. Without power, of course. It seems that without fail around holidays the power goes out at mom and dads. So by light of the fading sun we colored our eggs.

Saturday, after more cousins arrived we went on an Easter egg hunt. Here is Devin with his loot.

Hayden out looking for eggs.

"I can't believe it" said Tanner as found eggs just lying on the ground.

And then on Sunday, we took little Miss Ellie to church for the first time.


It made me think of the newness of life and the resurrection that we celebrate and could not think of a better Easter gift. A new little one to remind me of our Saviors love.

New Pics of Ellie

Pretty girl!

Devin just loves holding baby Ellie.

Wide awake and watching dad.

Lost Video

As many of you know we have been moving due to a new job and opportunity to be closer to family. Well Joel spent 2 months away from Debbie and the kids during November and December of 2007, so it did not seem much like Christmas time to him. So when the boys were asked to sing at the Church Christmas party Debbie took the Video recorder and asked someone to take video of the boys singing. Well needless to say the person running the camera was not aware of how it worked. So Debbie thought that nothing was recorded. However, Joel found today that some video was recorded on the memory stick. So here it is. Sorry for the low quality.
Background: Tanner was supposed to sing with Devin and Hayden but it did not happen.

Enjoy!!

New Little Girl

On Sunday 2 March 2008, we were blessed by a loving Father in Heaven with a little Girl.

Here are her specifications

Name: Ellie Jean Lewis

Birth Date: 2 March 2008 at 2:26 pm

Weight: 6lb 110z.

Height: 20 in

We are so excited to have her here. But no one is more excited than her mother.

Here are some pictures:

Mom is doing fine and her brothers are excited to see her.

The boys spent the day at Aunt Tammy's House. They were excited when Grandma and Grandpa Lewis showed up. Hayden told Grandpa that it was time to go to their house. Grandpa told him they will go after they see their new sister. Hayden looked at Grandpa and then said, "OK, but make it quick".

We want to thank all those who came and visited. We also want to specially thank Venita and Jeph for coming. We are sorry that your stay was so short, we were hoping that the nurses would hold off a little longer.

Hayden, Tanner, and News

Hayden looked at our family blog page and was very upset that he did not have a picture on here. So he posed for this one and insisted that it be added to our page. So here's Hayden.

Joel took this picture of Tanner last night. It always amazes me how flexible he is. He was watching TV with the boys and just fell asleep.

Good news for us! After having a chat with my doctor, he has agreed to start us a little early. So Sunday morning we are going to the hospital to have this baby. Yea! I am so glad that there is an end in sight to this pregnancy. We'll post pictures soon.