Easter 2011

And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him. Mark 16:6

We had a wonderful Easter holiday. We love our church family and all their children. ALL THEIR CHILDREN. Ha!


Greg and I had nursery duty this Sunday and had 8 two year olds. FUN!!! We actually do enjoy keeping the nursery and playing with all the kids. I'm so grateful our church has such a big children's group, because I know Jake will grow up knowing so many friends from church!


After church, we went to Carlisle to spend the Easter holiday with Greg's family. We ate well (my mother-in-law is a GREAT cook) and played outside all day. Jake has some super sweet cousins who love him dearly! All this beautiful weather makes me ready to hit the lake this summer!

Cousin Caden giving Jake a ride on the tractor!

The hunt is on!!!

Gart, Morgan and Madison

Daddy and Jake on the four-wheeler

Caden teaching Jake how to play ball!

Mommy and Jake hunting for eggs

Four girls and the Big Apple!

Because I haven't taken a "girls trip" in 10 years, because I have a wonderful husband, because I love to shop and dine out, or just because I was asked.... I WENT TO NYC!

Last week, I went to New York City with three other ladies for a long weekend get-a-way. It was AWESOME. We shopped, did some sight-seeing, ate at wonderful restaurants and went to the theatre. It was wonderful.

In January, my friend Helen said she wanted to go see New York. I, of course, was happy to oblige. I have been a couple of times before, but am always up for another short trip. I don't really enjoy NYC for longer than a few days -but a quick four day trip sounded perfect. And it was.

We ate at one of my favorite restaurants- NoBu- twice!!! They have two (well, 2-1/2) locations in NYC, so we visited them all. Literally. We also did some shopping - which, well - lets face it, is always a good time. I really enjoyed the time away and spending some quality time with some pretty terrific ladies.

Meanwhile, on the homefront - Greg (aka- dad of the year) was keeping Jake happy and occupied. They played outside, went to Nana's and even went out to eat. Of course, I was soooo excited to see them both when we got home. Unfortunately, Jake got pink eye at church that morning, so my first day home was spent at Children's Hospital's afterhours clinic. Oh, well! Parenthood 101- you take one small break and you WILL PAY! ha!

Here are a few pics of the trip! We've already decided that we'll have to go back in 3-5 years! I like to plan ahead!

Helen and I at Nobu - the first night!

Alyson and Audra the first night at Nobu. It was Audra's birthday! Alyson and Helen toasting to our trip!

We saw Elmo on the street, so I took this pic and sent it to Jake back home!

Alyson, me and Helen in the Central Park Zoo!

Alyson, Audra and me at Nobu the last night in NYC!

Helen and I at dinner in Little Italy!

Wednesday Loves

So, I missed a Wednesday or two. I'm going to try the "Wednesday Loves" thing again... This Wednesday, I'm loving the song "East to West' by Casting Crowns. I like several of their songs and like all types of music. But for this week, I LOVE "East to West." http://youtu.be/s6zdihmwy1M Its been a really busy week for Greg and I, and Jake gets tubes on Friday! So, hopefully, we'll get some down time this weekend and REST. Hopefully, I'll be able to post some pictures from my NYC trip last week.

Just an update...

Life has been a whirlwind here at the Veazey house the past couple of weeks. I'll hit the high (and low) points... One of the lows was a couple of weekends ago. Jake had to go to the Children's Hospital Saturday clinic, because he was sickly the night before and had fever. I'm so glad I took him, because he had two ear infections - NO GOOD! But, like the little champ that he is, he stuck it out long enough to go get a long, awaited hair cut after we left the doctor. We tried the cute, little place in Little Rock called Pigtails and Crewcuts. Jake loved the play area and the little airplane he got to sit in while they trimmed him up! BUT - the part he liked best --- Getting to blow bubbles while she worked! If you read our blog reguarly, you know my son is a FOOL about bubbles! We have found out since that Jake is getting tubes put in his ears on April 15. I'm praying this will make a difference! On the way out, we ran into our cousins, Brad, April and their son, Jack. So, we had lunch with them and the boys had a great time. Jake needed a nap, so we headed on home and - to be honest- he just kind of layed around the rest of the weekend. We had to miss Max McNulty's birthday party, and that made Jake and Mom very sad. In other news, I got a promotion at work. I am now a manager with Novartis in the south Arkansas area. I'm really excited about the change, but it is definitely going to be a lot of work. I'm headed to Chicago early this week and New York on Thursday. While that makes my job sound "oh so important," I have to be honest and say the NYC trip is actually a girls vacation! :) I'll be heading to NYC with my girlfriends -Helen, Alyson and Audra. I'm sure there will be a blog post later about that!

Greg went with some guys from church this weekend to the woods. They just did guy stuff- play cards, shoot guns, eat mudbugs. Nothing really excited to report- at least not to me, since I'm the one who writes the blog! :)

My parents came into town this weekend to hang out for a few days, and Jake just LOVED all the extra attention and new toys. He and Nan played with playdough, and he wore Papaw out with all the sliding outside. Jake just loves all his grandparents, and we couldn't be more blessed for it. Below are some pics of him playing in this beautiful weather we're having this weekend.