Easter 2012

Kev and I had quite the Easter weekend.

One for the memory books!

We had so much going on Easter Sunday that we opted to do the Saturday evening Easter service, just the two of us, before both of our families were under one roof for the first time.

Exciting stuff!

So we put on our Saturday best and off to church we went.

and that would be our new memory wall in the background. full of pics of strangers. it's a work in progress.

though if you look closely there is a baby bailey pic on the wall ;-)

That evening Kev's parents came to town with pizza and fresh salad in hand.

We spent Saturday night in with them on the couch watching a movie and enjoying each other's company.

My parent's drove up early Sunday morning for our Easter lunch/dinner.

My mama and my future MIL helped me out in the kitchen and we made enough food for an army!

Deviled Eggs, hashbrown casserole, broccoli casserole, my special green bean bundles, daddy's smoked ham, coleslaw, mama's baked beans and oreo/dirt pudding cake. Delish!!

My future MIL and her baby boy

KR and baby bro

Uggie Sue in her normal state of mind

It was so nice to have everyone under the same roof for such a special holiday.

Everything went perfect!!!!

The doggies loved it too.

This pic was taken moments before uggie decided to jump up in my spot and try to steal a piece of my ham.

little rascal!

We pigged out

and i think after our feast Charlie had already read all of our minds.....

We had around an hour before we needed to leave for the baptism.

So we put on a pot of coffee and sat around on the back patio enjoying the beautiful day in KY and talking all things wedding.

Please look at Uggie's face in this pic.

(kev had an outfit change for the baptism)

Of course I had to have a group photo :-)

And look who decided to get in on the action all on their own....precious doggies.

We then headed over to our church for the pond baptism.

Kev signed up

look out how many people were there for support.

there were over 300 people signed up to baptized in the pond that day.

it was amazing and so powerful!

Prayer circle involving our pastor and associate pastors performing the baptisms.

lines of people ready to wash away their sins on Easter Sunday

No matter where we go, those tattoos are already a source of conversation. Even if you are getting baptized :-)

Kev was baptized by one of the main youth pastor's at our Church, Nate.

Discussing Kev's "journey"

Praying

These pics speak for themselves

This one is my favorite, the one of him coming back up from the water.

Every time I look at it I am so emotionally overwhelmed and so proud of him.

So blessed that Kev's parents and my parents were able to be part of such a special day.

I can not even begin to describe the emotions i had last Sunday.

I am so in love with this man and I am so thankful that God put us in each other's lives.

So blessed that we were able to share this holiday with the most important people in our lives and remember what Easter is all about.

And for Kev to be baptized....just made this Easter even more special.

To God Be the Glory :)

A very special Easter Weekend

It's going to be an Easter weekend full of very special memories around my neck of the woods.

For starters, both of our parents are all meeting for the first time and I am hosting Easter dinner.

Stressful? Yes! But exciting? Even bigger YESSSSSS!

We have been trying to make this work for a while now and it has been tough to coordinate schedules.

Kevin Rex and I are huge on family and we are both looking forward to the whole clan spending time together.

I have been coordinating the menu all week. My momma and my future MIL will both be helping me in the kitchen this Easter. Oddly enough, I have always sorta daydreamed about this, about two families becoming one.

It's such a special time in both mine and KR's lives.

Even more exciting news regarding the weekend is that this Easter Sunday, the man of my dreams is getting baptized.

:-)

Kev and I were so fortunate to find our church and  call it home in December of 2010.

I was always raised in a very christian home and church. In my family you went every sunday rain, snow or shine.

However, even through college and since I have lived in Lexington I never found the church I called home. I felt that my relationship with the man upstairs was distant and I needed a church to help with reconnecting my spiritual relationship and faith.

Now Kev, his mother is the sweetest woman you will ever meet, but his house growing up wasn't as involved in church as mine was.

Yet, when we first started dating he was so open to helping me find a Church and building a relationship with God of his own.

Enter Southland, our church!

From the moment we walked in the doors our relationship with God and with each other was forever changed.

Have you ever got to witness a grown man become a Christian and develop his relationship with God from the ground up?

It is something so beautiful I can not do it justice with words.

For Kev, he hadn't went to sunday school Ike I had and heard all the stories of the bible.

I got to witness him read the book of Genesis and learn about Adam and Eve.

I watched read about Kane and Abel, Noah and the Arc and

 the birth, death, and resurrection of our Savior.

He was so intrigued and just yearned to learn more and more.

Christmas 2010 I got him his first bible and to this day the man always has it out in a different place in our home because he is always reading it 

It's special.

Then, Kev got really into christian authors that were mentioned at church.

He would literally read books by the week and the day.

I highly HIGHLY recommend the book by John Eldredge titled Wild at Heart.

Parts of the book changed KR's life.

I watched him struggle with his questions about Christianity. Questions I could not answer, but I turned him toward the man above.

At times it was like watching a little boy learn about the bible and Jesus for the first time.

His childlike innocence and faith has literally melted my heart so many times.

Most males I know have had some exposure to the church and religion and have made a decision about how they choose to follow in their adult life.

But for me to really be able to witness Kev's Christianity from birth to now is something so precious to me.

Watching A MAN develop such a strong and powerful faith and relationship was life changing.

So after thinking about it for over a year, KR decided that this very special Sunday he would be baptized.

What better way for our parents to meet than over such a wonderful holiday and such a special moment in mine and Kev' life.

Our church does a big Easter celebration every sunday at their pond where the baptize anybody who wants to make this confession of faith public. Last year there were hundreds.

(that water sure is gonna be freeezing after the chilly nights we have been having in the bluegrass)

I am sure I will be a big bawl bag because this is all so emotional for me in a very positive light.

I always knew that i wanted a Christian man in my life.

However, I had no idea how blessed I would be to have it be Kev.

He challenges me everyday to be a better person. Everyday!

He has turned into our spiritual leader in our household and has taught me things about my faith that I never could imagine.

His faith is SOOO childlike.

At times, I envy it because that is exactly how it is supposed to be.

I can say in our relationship we are striving to put the man upstairs first.

It isn't always easy. There are days when we fail, but that is why we have grace.

I know that if we continue to do this our relationship can survive anything.

I swear I can't wait to tell our kids about this day in the future.

It's going to be such a special weekend around here.

I'm so looking forward to it.

Happy Easter everyone.

May you take the time to remember what this holiday is all about.

I hope you are surrounded by the love of family and friends

Is She STILL talking about the UK game?

Why yes, yes I am.

It is still pure pandemonium here in Lexington.

Come on you people must know by now that UK basketball is life across the bluegrass.

 I kinda don't know what to do with myself now that March Madness is over with.

I look forward to that time every year full of brewskis on patios, watching the game with good friends, and the camaraderie that goes on in this town.

It's one of my favorite times of the year.

For the big game, Kevin Rex and I decided to have a few of our faves over to watch the championship.

This is how we celebrated.

I broke out my UK dishes

And Kev broke out his bourbon

I made the fix'ins

(There was some amazing buffalo/ranch chicken dip too that I managed to miss a photo op for)

And Kev ordered the pizza

And we waited for our friends to come on over

3 goggles for all!

and a couple UNIbrows in the back inspired by the one and only Anthony Davis.

One of my besties is in for two weeks from Mexico.

Yay!

Caitlin is one of my bridesmaids - just btw.

Although we lives thousands of miles away from each other, it never feels like we have been apart.

Love this girl to death and was so glad she was in town with the rest of the big blue nation for the game.

3 of my favorite biatches.

(all are part of my big day....couldn't imagine my wedding without them)

Uggie demands to be front and center of all the action

Steven got a little too into the cookie cake. I don't think his wifey cared for it. hehe.

And we cheered on our Cats to national title #8

It was awesome baby!!

#winning!!

We are the champions!

I'm keeping this brief and to the point today in pictures,

 

Lexington has been sooo crazy the past couple of days.

This city is crazy crazy crazy about our CATS!

Pic is from last night on limestone, street right on campus.

NUTS!

They are currently hanging banner #8 in rupp arena right now at the pep ralley.

Sooooo wish I was there.

It's been a magical year for UK basketball!

I love this most of all for this guy.

He has been through the good, bad and ugly with UK basketball and has gotten our program back on the map.

He is a born and raised Kentucky boy and a local celebrity around these parts.

I loved last night soooo much for him.

#8 baby!!!!