The Queen’s Chronicles – Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was everything my heart desires. In the past 10 years I think this is only the 2nd time I’ve had all my kids gathered together at some point for Easter and it made me so darn happy!

On Saturday we had a crawfish boil and an big kid egg hunt. It was a little crazy as I get nervous when I try something new and kind of botched the instructions 🙂 but I think they still had fun. I just love seeing them all grown up and interacting and loving on one another.

Carly and her friend Holden have been attending a different church where she has found a youth home that was a better fit for her and they asked us to choose their church this year. While I would love for us to always be together at church, I love that she knew she needed more and went searching for it!

After church we gathered at our house with our besties for lunch and treasured our time together. As the kids have gotten older these times have gotten fewer and further between. Hard to believe it’s been 20 years of friendship between me and their mom!

We headed over to Riley and Taylor’s after lunch to see Miss Haisley have her first Easter egg hunt! Aunt Carly actually dressed up as the Easter bunny and hid the eggs in the front yard while Haisley watched through the window. Then mom and dad helped her get started but it didn’t take long until she figured it out! This little girl has stolen all of our hearts and she just makes everything more fun.

I prayed alot this weekend and there was so much thankfulness in my heart for all I’ve been blessed wtih. This life has been better than anything I could have dreamed up on my own while also holding more heartache than I expected at times. So many years I spent feeling guillt and shame over all my poor decisions and many Easters I couldn’t fully enjoy the day as some cloud was following me around reminding me I would never be enough for God again. I’m so thankful and overwhelmed every single time I remember the Sunday grace wapped it’s arms around me and took all of that away. The freedom that came from accepting the grace I did not earn and did not deserve changed everything for me. I will forever praise His name and rejoice that He is Risen!