He is risen indeed!!

Matt. 28:5-7

"The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.⁷Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him."

Praise you Lord, for that!!

Here are some shots from our family Easter celebration over @ Kurt and Jodie's.

Norah's Birthday Song

Norah turned four on January 2. Lee wrote this little song for her birthday. You can listen here or download it for free!

Spring Break!

Yay! This week we have our sweet Anna home for spring break. The slow pace of just hanging out together has been awesome. Today we went to the Knoxville Zoo, here's a couple of shots from our afternoon :)

Jack checking out the penguin-

The penguin doing likewise :)

Norah, Veteranarian extraordinaire

A Sweet Song

A few weeks ago, I went to California with my mom and sister... while I was gone, Lee wrote me a song:

Jack and That Head Nod...

Anytime you turn on a song with a good Back Beat, Jack does this right here:

Jack and That Head Nod from James Younger on Vimeo.

Catching Up...

Well, lots has been going on around here.

The time came for us to move out of our sweet home for a few months so that they could fix the tree damage. We ended up moving several times, staying a week with my dearest Mom and Grandmother- during which stay our darling Norah had her tonsils and adenoids out and ear tubes in :( They cared for us so sweetly. We finally found a nice apartment to stay in and are settling in. Also thrown in there was a little debit card fraud, new swim lessons for Anna (she's loving them!) and a fabulous trip for me to California to celebrate my mom's side Grandma's 80th birthday! Whew..

Here's some pics of our kiddos on this journey-

Jack hangin' at Gi Gai's

Our poor baby recovering from surgery :(

(look at her sweet little face, o- breaks my heart!)

Anna lovin' her swim lessons

Check out those curls!

:)

The sky is falling!

Here is an e-mail Lee recently sent to my parents:

Hey folks,

before i begin, let me say that everyone is okay! no one is hurt, but yesterday two trees fell on our house. we had tons of rain early this week coupled with unusually strong winds. yesterday, after going to the grocery store with jack and norah, i returned to the house intending to change jack and put him down. i asked norah to go play in the play room and she said, "No Dad, i can't because i have to go poop." within a few minutes, an ancient and massive oak tree fell and crushed the play room while norah was safely in the bathroom. PTL!! Our Lord moves (bowels) in mysterious ways!

on it's way down, the oak brought down a cherry tree as well. they both landed on the house. thankfully, as the oak tree was landing, a huge branch caught in the ground and broke its fall as it hit the house. everyone says that if it were not for this branch, the house would have been smashed in two. again, PTL!

we didn't even lose power or phone service. the damage (with the exception of the play room and roof) is incredibly minimal for what actually happened. we are blessed. Not only that, but joe pendley (who now has a tree business that works with our insurance agent) came and got rid of the trees in 7.5 hours. all of the professionals said you would have to have a crane and it would still take five days, but joe did it with climbing ropes, a chainsaw and three friends in a matter of hours. again and again, PTL!!!

we stayed at my dad's house last night and will return home tonight. looks like we'll get a new roof out of this. when the construction begins, they will move us out to a furnished apartment or duplex. we don't know when that will be and we're hoping we get to be home for Christmas.

christy is at my dad's house without internet access, or she would be skyping and writing you right now.

we love y'all and are thankful we still have our Norah!! talk to you soon.

cheers,

Lee