We have been very busy the past few weeks. For months, we had been planning to head to NC over spring break for Grandma Prissy and Papa Rudy’s 50th anniversary party. It was a great party with about 250 of their closest friends and family   Dad and I sang and it was just a special evening.

The happy couple

So, since we were going to be in NC the week of Luke’s 1st Birthday it only made sense to have a huge birthday bash for him at mom and dad’s! It was so fun to have all of our family there.

Enjoying the swingset that his Papa made.

A perfect Elmo cake by Aunt Sarah!

Yum!

He had a wonderful time thanks to Grandma and Papa opening their home to all his guests!

We had planned on staying in NC the entire rest of the week but it had to be cut short a little- so that we could get back home to fly out to Orlando! The church that we have been talking to and praying about over the past months asked us to come down for a weekend-long visit. Kevin met with many committees and preached both morning services. He also taught the youth Sunday School class and we did a Q&A session with students and parents. We had some great meals with students, the search committee, and Youth Leadership Team. We stayed with some very gracious hosts and enjoyed meeting so many nice people. We felt very comfortable and are moving ahead with this church. They will be doing the final vote on April 19. Please continue to pray for this process. We are very, very excited about this church and community!

Since we got to Orlando Thursday afternoon and the meetings didn’t begin until Saturday…what were we to do all day Friday?? What about those Disney passes with “no expiration” sitting in Kevin’s closet?? Yes, now might be a good time to use those! It was so nice to take a day to spend not thinking about all the decisions to be made and just have some fun with our boy! We weren’t sure what to expect from him on the rides. He would get very serious and intense and point to things that he liked. We were there all day long and he did great!

Waiting in "Mexico."

"It's a Small World."

Our last adventure of the day- meeting Pinnochio!

So, you can see that we’ve been pretty busy with some wonderful things lately! We look forward to all that will be happening in the next few months!