a weekend to remember

Happy Easter Everyone!! Today is the day that our awesome Jesus shocked and rocked the world by rising from the dead!!! The story is truley amazing and if your not familiar with it have a read in your Bible (or google it!! lol). I feel so loved and blessed when I really get my head around  what He has done for me!

Today was such a great day. We woke up to yummy Easter eggs and plenty of smiles! My darling husband redeemed himself from not getting me a chocolate egg by making me breakfast! It was pretty sweet!!!

We trotted off to church and returned home to a yummy lunch prepared by my one and only!! Salmon, potato stack and salad...totally gourmet! He really can cook. He doesn't want to do to much as he might find he has a new job around the house!

The day allowed me to fit in a nana nap

(this is not me....i couldn't post a photo of me sleeping for two reasons..1. hard to take a picture while you are sleeping and 2. i don't look like this lady. I have messy hair, mascara that has moved to 'under' my eyes instead of ontop and a drool patch on the pillow!!)

We finished off with a little get together with the neighbours for dinner.

This Easter had been so lovely getting together with the family and just enjoying the place in which we live.

I'll get a little personal and post some pictures of us hanging out.....

 B1 and B2 at the beach

 Their favourite past time is to collect amazing treasures from the rocks...

 My instagram collage

 Me in the shadows!!!

 my husband can be very romantic..

 Father like son....I just couldn't quite read his special message!! lol

I just love our local beach!!!

I have lots to share but it will be for another day!! Bye bye

Enjoy your public holiday!!!!

egg cellent!!

Easter Weekend is here!!! no work just lots of time to relax with the family and remind ourselves about what this holiday is all about.

I think people (in general) tend to freak out that Easter has become such a commercial holiday full with chocolate, bunnies, baskets and hot cross buns! They whinge because the "true" meaning of Easter is lost!

Ok so here is my rant to those people......

The true meaning of Easter is only lost if we don't teach our children and others around us about why we celebrate this special weekend. I see it as a fantastic opportunity to speak to others about Jesus and what He has done for us.

Unfortunately the people with this information are too busy whinging and whining about how there are too many eggs on the shelves, hot cross buns were on sale too early and how the easter bunny is here to take over our lives!!!! Really people?!! Wake up!!

My children are very well aware about the true meaning of Easter. We understand that Jesus died on the cross and came alive on Easter Sunday. We give eggs as a symbol of new life. I don't buy chocolate bunnies out of principle but eat my fair share of purple wrapped mini eggs! Sure the kids enjoy the easter bunny, they eat hot cross buns many weeks early but they are able to tell you why the buns have a cross on them. It's about educating them, talking to them and spreading the Good News of Jesus.

Stop being negative about it and use it as an opportuntiy to teach your children and others around you what it is really all about.

These eggs are what I use to teach the kids about Easter. They are great!! Each day you open an egg to reveal a little clue that helps you tell the story of Jesus! Love em!!

So enough of my rant. Sorry people that just flowed like a water fall after a little incident at the shops. I felt it wasn't right to verbally attack the person, so i came home to type my thoughts!!! Gotta a love a blog...it  rarely argues back!!! lol

So here are a few Easter ideas for you to par take in over the next few days...Enjoy!!! 

 

Have a Happy and Safe Easter Break!!

loving the hair

I'm always looking for a "new do". This one is amazing but I don't think I'll be getting up 1 hour earlier to make it happen!!! I really need to get a personal hairdresser...

These pictures are from my Pinterest board called Hairlicious!!!

why do you work?

The great Steve Jobs said it pretty well here....

It is really important to do what you love. Do what you are good at and using the gifts God gave you. This is the key to being truely satisfied with your work life!

I often think how blessed I am to be doing just that! I love the work that I do with children, I love the area that I serve in at church and I love new blossoming new career in radio. I am also blessed to be able to stay at home with three amazing kids and watch them grow.

Don't get me wrong...some days I really don't feel so blessed as my eldest rolls his eyes at me, the middle one totally ignores my constant requests and my youngest screams for the sake of it!!

It is during those times that I really try and reflect on my choices, why I did it and how lucky I am to have such an awesome life. It is hard to see the postivies (especially at that time!) but I encourage you to.

Work is something that fills your day. Many people do so many different types of work. Paid work, volunteer work, unpaid work, full time, part time, casual. Some are lucky enough not even to work!!!

Make sure that you are filling your days with something that you believe in! Love it, embrace it, do it well and be glad!!!

Enjoy work tomorrow!!!!

work it baby

Yep I saw this picture and it really didn't inspire me to do any exercise. Frankly I was intimidated and freaked out! I can hardly lift a box of my favourite soft drink let alone my own body weight!!!!

So I kept blog stalking for the inspiration that I so longed for....and I found it

so you guessed it girls. I ran my little heart out the next day

I felt so good and proud of myself that I gave myself the rest of the week off!!!

hahaahhahahahahahahaha

I'm terrible Mauriel!!!

flowers for you

Nothing much to say today except I'm dead tired!!!!! I just wanted to thankyou for following me!!

Enjoy your weekend!!!

more dream homes

I really am obsessed with posting photos that have an awesome warm, inviting feel to them! I guess you could say that I'm addicted. Sorry if it bores you but when I flick back on my blog over the past few months..I love to see them!!!

I call them my little inspiration pages!!!

HOUSE OF TURQUOISE I LOVE YOU

All these images are from my absolute all time fav Blog....