Easter means LTC

In the weeks and months leading to Easter, we are turning our focus to the cross and our Lord's resurrection. Although we do this every Sunday when we take the Lord's Supper, Easter is a special time of remembrance and praise. HE IS RISEN!!! Praise the Lord!

For my family, Easter also brings Leadership Training for Christ (LTC). My brother, Joseph, and I were involved in LTC many moons ago (beginning in about 1990), and now my baby bro and sis, Caleb and Sarah, are involved in this incredible event. For months leading up to LTC (which always takes place on Easter weekend), they are preparing and getting ready for many events. Sometimes they get wrapped up in the preparation and how they will do (what medal they will be rewarded), but ultimately they are learning to be leaders in the Lord's church. How amazing is that? They have fun and build awesome leadership skills that will continue to bless others as they spread the message of the gospel to the world. Caleb and Sarah have some wonderful spiritual gifts. Most people think of them as great singers, and they do have beautiful voices (we love singing together as a family), so they are always involved in chorus and song leading. They also are great at sharing the message of Christ and the event, speech, is an event that they both SHINE in! I am always so proud of them! Way to go Caleb & Sarah!


Seth & Karsyn after morning worship at the Anatole...

This year, the Easter bunny brought sleet and cold, so we took pictures instead of hunting eggs. (Don't worry, in coming weeks Seth and I will "hunt" eggs many times in the backyard.... over & over & over again... he loves it!)

Sarah prepares for song leading...

Caleb & Karsyn play with her taggie...

Pooching their cheeks & goofing off between events...

Sarah is suffering from overload - rofl!

Finally, a family shot...

My sweet parents & little bro (Big Ben - as Seth calls him), and of course Seth (because he thinks every picture is better with him in it)...

LTC in Dallas also means that I get to see Annie! YEAH! This year she brought her adorable neice, Sara, who just loved Karsyn! Annie was also kind enough to take Seth to her church's Easter Egg hunt on Saturday. They had some awesome door prizes in the "gold" eggs. Annie primed Seth for the hunt... and my sweet boy came back with a basket full of ONLY "yellow" eggs. How cute is that!

It was surely a blessed weekend!