Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow:

As an update, many of you are aware these past 15 months have been difficult with regards to chronic migraines. After seeking help all kinds of places with multiple IV treatments, botox, accupuncture, chiropractor (totally freaked me out!), Chinese herbs... etc, etc, things have taken a huge turn for the better since about 6 weeks ago. Whether it's medically related to a new medication, a new diet, yoga classes, or vitamin supplements, we're grateful and recognize that "every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights" (James 1:17) While I'm still having at least 2 headaches a week, they're not as severe or as frequent as they had been, and our whole family is grateful and doing much better. Thanks for your prayers!

For Easter weekend, we went camping! We came home Saturday evening in order to make it to church Sunday. I'll post a few pics from Sunday a bit later.

On arriving to camp Friday we were all excited to break out the camping gear and get set-up.

Abby was crazy about the little folding chairs and took both hers and Jonathan's over to the camp fire area immediately.
Jonathan got to work digging with the shovel. I'm just not sure what work he was doing.
It was funny how much Abby's activities reminded me of our first camping trip with Jonathan, when he was just a few months over a year. Like her brother, our little toddler spent a good portion of the trip playing with the water and muddied up her clothes almost immediately upon arrival.
This funky fuzzy caterpillar was one of many we came across.
Abby's expression when David shows it to her cracks me up! She definitely has a bit of a dramatic side!
Just like at home, meals made up a good portion of the day. Snacks, lunch time... not long before it was dinner!
Jonathan, ready for lunch.
Nothing says "fun" like bouncing around an empty tent. Abby was having more fun than it looks like from this pic!
Happy boy in a tent.

David made a wonderful dinner of fried fish and creamed corn -- yum!
After dinner... S'mores!

We did get some sleep. Abby fell asleep about 3 hours later than her usual bedtime, but eventually we did all get to sleep. The light was just beautiful in the morning.
The light coming through the trees on the dew and grass just sang "Easter" to me.

We went on a little hike after breakfast. Abby got to ride with Daddy,
and Jonathan took his excavator and a bug net, "just in case there's bugs or good dirt for digging." He even got to stop a few times to do some digging when we found good dirt. The bug selection was largely rolly pollies, which was perfectly fine by him. The abundance of rolly pollies meant there was minimal grief over any single lost bug, another blessing. Later in the morning he and Daddy went back out on a digging expedition and made a great construction site.
Bubbles were a huge hit with Abby. We spent LOTS of time playing with bubbles!
Quick family photo Saturday afternoon before breaking camp. We had a wonderful time, and with the swarms of mosquitos and warm weather, I think a quick 2-day, 1-night trip was just perfect for us!