Easter Weekend

"But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus."     Luke 24:1-3

This past Easter weekend we drove up to the Delta on Saturday morning.  The weather was perfect, and we really enjoyed driving the entire trip in daylight.  Normally, we are driving in the evenings, and well, the sun never forgets to set.  That afternoon I made two different types of cupcakes: sour cream poundcake cupcakes with lemon-lime glaze, and peanut butter banana cupcakes.

The shape of the cupcake is not nearly as pretty as in the cook book.  Typical.

Easter morning we arose around 6:00am for the sunrise service, came back to Mom and Dad's for breakfast, had some "down time," and then went back for the traditional service.  It was wonderful be up so early and feel prepared for worship. 

After church and before lunch, we took pictures.

Stephen's college friend Matt was also with us for the weekend.

I think Matt and Stephen look more like brothers than Aaron and Stephen do.  Hmm, that means that Matt also looks more like my brother than Aaron does.  But then again, we've had this discussion before about many people looking more like us than our own younger brother.  We honestly don't know where Aaron's handsome yet different looks came from.

I want to end with a footnote that is in my study Bible about the Resurrection of Jesus.

  "Christianity rests on the certainty of Jesus' resurrection as an occurrence in history.  The Gospels have it as their goal, with the empty tomb and resurrection appearences, and Acts insists on it.  Paul regarded the Resurrection as indisputable proof that the message about Jesus as Judge and Savior is true (Acts 17:31; 1 Cor. 15:1-11,20).  Jesus' resurrection demonstrated His victory over death, vindicated Him as righteous, and indicated His divine identity.  It led to to His Ascention, and His present heavenly reign.  It guarantees the believer's present forgiveness and justification, and it is the hope of eternal life in Christ for the believer." 

Phone dump, brain dump

Well, like the title says I have decided to post a handful of random pictures from my phone, and a couple more from my regular camera.  Here's a little recap on what we have been up to this Spring.

I'll start out with a picture of dessert, because where better to start?  Fact: Casey and I never ordered dessert while out to eat, until a few months ago.  He and I have been an "item" for well over 3 years and have done our fair share of dining out over the course of time.  However, we never branched out past the dinner menu.  We have been MISSING OUT that's for sure! Pictured below is Olive Garden's Zeppoli.  We have ordered it the last 3 times we've eaten at Olive garden. Yes, I see a habit forming that may not be very healthy...  

One evening we baby-sat my friend Rebecca's little girl.  She is so fun! 

It was quite a musical night.

This is a picture from Against The Flow weekend - a youth retreat I've helped out with since my freshman year of college.  It occurs at Twin lakes every year, and Casey and I had a blast chaperoning. 

This is the fire tower at Twin lakes - when you get to the top you are much higher than the tree tops. 

That wraps it up for the phone pics, now onto the camera pics.

We are gearing up for the weddings that we will attend this summer.  Checking the mail has been something to look forward to with wedding season just around the corner. 

We attended a wedding shower this past weekend, and  played around with the self-timer again.

Lastly, we have been eating our fair share of fresh pineapple.  This is to help balance out all of the Italian doughnuts we have been consuming.

Mmm, off to go eat some more!

Downtown Hattiesburg Part 2

Here are the rest of the pictures from downtown in the 'burg.

People like to get married here -  It's easy to see why.

Great place to meet friends for coffee.

There's the train station.  In college, Casey, a bunch of our friends, and I took the train from Hattiesburg all the way to New York City.  (We went thanks to our scholarship program!)

Some of my favorite pizza comes from here.

We have really enjoyed coming out for Live at Five this month.

All things organic.  Another great place to meet up with friends.

Casey and I love this house - it's a law firm these days.

This concludes my series on downtown.  If I wanted to be more thorough, this would have to include serveral more parts. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend - I'll be back soon!

Downtown Hattiesburg Part 1

This past Saturday afternoon, Casey and I drove around downtown Hattiesburg so I could take pictures.  I have wanted to do this since coming to Hattiesburg, but I've never had the time - until now.  Downtown really is a fun place to spend time.  Especially, on a warm pretty day.

Self-timer - we really dressed up for the occasion.

*Love*

Had to get a close-up of the Southern Miss alum.

Look for part 2!