Our First Passover Seder

Ever since I got my grandmother's seder plate I've wanted to host a Passover Seder. So this is it! What an awesome worship service a seder is! I encourage every believer to make it to at least one Christian Seder in their lifetime. We hope to do one every few years to give our kids a taste of their Jewish and Christian heritage. Maybe you can join us some day!

Our guests this year were Steph and Kyle (and Sanderson baby yet to be named) as well as Ken and Kristie (split on opposite sides of the table so their boys could sit together), Bill and Rachel, and Steve and Brittany. Also, my mom was there to tell and show me how it is done!


Thank you to those who attended! It was very neat to share that with you!

Big Boy Fun

JD is discovering the fun of being a boy. His first find was a lawn mower,

which never seems to get old!

Daddy's Mustang is the other toy. I know it doesn't look like he is really enjoying himself in the pictures, but he wanted to drive and didn't mind the loud roar of the engine one bit! He's his daddy's boy!

Poppi's Flowers

Well, like all good Antelope Valley people we too took poppy pics this year. It was the year for them! And I'm convinced we went out on the best day too! It was fun to take Poppi out to see his flowers (Nema's flowers weren't there). We all enjoyed God's artistic ability to spread Cheetos across the hills.

March...Silly Kids

Shelby found a new way to get out of eating tonight. I came downstairs after leaving her to finish her dinner and this is what I found. Okay, you don't have to finish!

Oh, and I just have to add...this was taken at 6pm and Shelby was out for the rest of the night. She slept all the way until after 7am the next morning!

Smoosh face. I love watching my kids just being kids!

Bad to the Bone!

March...Easter Week

Happy Easter from the Case Family! God is so faithful in what He has done for us!

The bond of cousins.

Little Man and his Momma.

He is risen! Easter morning we looked in the tomb, but there was only an empty cloth and an angel outside. The stone was rolled away!


This was the Easter Advent we did with Shelby (many of you followed along in email). Shelby was looking forward to putting Jesus on the cross all week.

Easter week started out with a snowy Palm Sunday...only in California could we have snow on Palm Sunday and 80 degree weather on Easter!

February...I couldn't resist

I've never posted a video on here before so I thought I'd try. This is JD, after refusing to sleep all day at Disneyland. He sure was determined to fight it, as you'll see.

February Fun

Got milk?

I'm telling you, this kid is all about cars!

Hot Rod Built for Two
This is Bella, one of the few girls pre-approved to marry our boy.

Girls' Tea Party

What could be better than getting dizzy with your bestest girlfriends?

Sunny and Natty, we love you! Wish you lived closer and we could have tea parties every day!

January Hair

Daddy is ready for Jason to copy his hair styling techniques.

Mommy is not quite there yet, but JD seemed to like it!

January...Disney Days

We are once again a family of Pass holders... Jason was very curious about the big furry paw on Mommy's shoulder.

She's still our sweet little Minnie... sometimes it's hard to get her to take the ears off when we're no longer at Disneyland.

"Okay, Dad, you'd don't have to hold on to me...I've got this ride thing down!"

January--All Dressed Up...

...and somewhere to go! We went to Wicked and had a nice evening out on the town.

January Snow Day

Snow Bunny

Okay, so we thought snow would be good in the local mountains. We drove and only found patches. It was quite pathetic really, but the kids had fun playing in the snow-- Jason eating it, of course, and Shelby throwing snowballs at Daddy.

Christmas

The handsome men of the Case family.

Shelby's first "Happy Birthday Jesus Cake" that she decorated.


Christmas morning in our Christmas jammies.



"Do I get in it? Do I put stuff in it? Or do I take stuff out of it?"
JD didn't really get the whole stocking thing.

Bug's first bike. She got good at riding around the dining room right away!

"Is the gift giving over?" It's really NOT about the gifts!

But the kids sure get plenty of them.

Like good parents we took the kids out to break in their new rides.

Like bad parents, we forgot to bundle them warmly enough and

it was way too cold to stay out there for long!

Family Vacation

For our vacation this year we went to San Diego in the middle of December. As if the holiday season wasn't busy enough! It was the perfect time of year to be down there though, and the weather was perfect. We had a great time with the kids. We were really able to enjoy our time as a family of four.

Sea World was what Shelby was looking forward to and she really enjoyed it. It's the "little mermaid" side of her.

Shelby-shu "bravely" held the sea stars. We couldn't get her to touch the bat rays or dolphins or even sea urchins. She was so proud of herself for holding the sea star that she made us go back before we left so she could prove herself to us once again.

On JD's official birthday we just laid low to give the kids a chance to rest. This is my healthy pot-belly boy turning one!

"HALLELUIA! Thank the Lord for ice cream!"

Jason enjoyed the zoo. He liked to scream excitedly at all the animals.

Up close and personal with a polar bear!

Daddy and Jason watching the sea lion show.

We ended our vacation at the USS Midway, otherwise known as "Poppi's ship." Shelby was quite disappointed when she realized Poppi wouldn't actually be there, but we were able to find his squadron's plane.

JD's Popo Birthday Party

When he opened a present that he liked, JD would squeal in delight. Notice the P3 (training officer) stripes on his sleeves. Just like his daddy.

As if December weren't crazy enough, we did celebrate JD's first birthday this month (in the future he will have to wait until January!). We had a Police theme and Auntie Steph made this wonderful cake.