Easter Loveliness

My long lost friend Tracie mentioned, oh, several months ago that she'd like to hear more about my everyday life, and in an effort to meet her request and also accomplish my goal of blogging a bit more, I present to you this post.

This year, we celebrated Easter dinner with some good friends.  Well, the girls were all good friends; some of our husbands had actually never met before.  The 'SWI Mafia', as Dana has dubbed us (oh, those ex-Soviets and their mafia), first met back in the fall when we were all assigned to the same discipleship group.  Since then, we've found a great support system in each other...and I have to admit, I am slightly obsessed with them.  I am so thankful for these amazingly wonderful ladies!  Though not every member of the Mafia could make it, we did have a good turn out and had a wonderful time together. 

The weather was lovely, so of course we took a ridiculous amount of pictures.  Here are just a few:

The Hubs and I

They look patient, but they just really want the food!

Abby, Jess, Steph, Jenny, Jaclyn (the preggos are on the end and are due within days of each other)

Steph eating lamb for the first time ever...she really did like it, even though she felt like she was eating Jesus.

We had an Easter Egg Hunt for the kiddos.

She's an Austen fan.  We talk about books.  A lot.

I love this picture. 

More lovely flowers...

Praise Jesus for new life!