He is Risen! Easter is my very favorite holiday of the entire year, I never ever get tired of celebrating with amazing worship, Easter lilies, trumpet fanfares and of course the Easter hymns. It was a beautiful day today, with an incredible worship at Glendale Presbyterian, a church we have come to really love over the last year. It was a cool experience for me, seeing where I was a year ago (it was probably my 3rd week at Glendale Pres and I was not very happy to have had to switch churches) to today, where I was serving as the scripture reader in worship, in a place where I have come to know and love so many people. God is the God of change, of new life, and of surprises, and it has been a year full of those! And while we couldn't be with sweet Lily on her first Easter I got to experience it from afar with some photos Megan sent us this afternoon. She's pretty much the sweetest! Here are some photos from our day, at worship, at lunch, after an Earthquake (yes there was one!), and a few more of little Lily-girl.GPC has an incredibly impressive sanctuary, I love it, I think it's gorgeous! All the masonry, the tall ceilings, the way the lights work--to me it is an awe-inspiring place and well, we're worshiping there, which should produce awe and wonder, shouldn't it? I know it's a bit dark. It's because the service started with the lights off actually. Someone sang Were You There to set the mood of the death of Christ, and as they reached the last verse about "were you there when he rose from the grave?" the lights slowly came on, the drums started, a sunrise showed on the projector screens and we stood for "Christ the Lord is Risen Today." A beautiful beginning to our worship.
Look who became an official member of Glendale Presbyterian, and the Presbyterian Church (USA)! That's right, my hubby has officially come over to the "elected" side! :) 
The service always concludes with anyone who wishes to join the choir in the Hallelujah Chorus
After church 8 of us (4 of us from our small group and "our men") enjoyed lunch together at Dave & Tera's. Dave made a delicious BBQ pulled pork sandwiches and a potato casserole, and we enjoyed salad and ice cream along with it. Yum! 
So we're sitting there, after eating, and Josh and Dave say "uhh...guys...earthquake!" The window blinds behind us were really swaying, and then we felt it, it wasn't the violent shake that I'm used to with earthquakes, this was a rolling quake, where it felt like the building was on rollers and swaying from side to side. It was really disorienting, it totally throws your equilibrium when you're sitting still but the room is moving around you. It lasted a long time, so we eventually moved to doorways because we all expected it to get really big all of a sudden, but it didn't. This is Tera, after the quake, toasting to an eventful Easter!
Dave immediately jumped on line to find out where it was, and it was a 6.9 quake in Baja, we were just feeling the residual rolling shockwaves through the earth (they felt it as far away as Phoenix!). Nothing like a little ground moving to shake up a party!
This little munchkin is a very real reminder to me of how amazing our God who brings new life is. She's perfect. Opinionated. Strong willed, even at 5 months, but an absolutely perfect addition to our family. AND we are so excited to announce that we are going to be aunt and uncle again in October! Charles' sister is going to have another little one this fall and we can't wait!
Seriously, who doesn't think she's precious?! :)
Look who became an official member of Glendale Presbyterian, and the Presbyterian Church (USA)! That's right, my hubby has officially come over to the "elected" side! :) 
The service always concludes with anyone who wishes to join the choir in the Hallelujah Chorus
After church 8 of us (4 of us from our small group and "our men") enjoyed lunch together at Dave & Tera's. Dave made a delicious BBQ pulled pork sandwiches and a potato casserole, and we enjoyed salad and ice cream along with it. Yum! 
So we're sitting there, after eating, and Josh and Dave say "uhh...guys...earthquake!" The window blinds behind us were really swaying, and then we felt it, it wasn't the violent shake that I'm used to with earthquakes, this was a rolling quake, where it felt like the building was on rollers and swaying from side to side. It was really disorienting, it totally throws your equilibrium when you're sitting still but the room is moving around you. It lasted a long time, so we eventually moved to doorways because we all expected it to get really big all of a sudden, but it didn't. This is Tera, after the quake, toasting to an eventful Easter!
Dave immediately jumped on line to find out where it was, and it was a 6.9 quake in Baja, we were just feeling the residual rolling shockwaves through the earth (they felt it as far away as Phoenix!). Nothing like a little ground moving to shake up a party!
This little munchkin is a very real reminder to me of how amazing our God who brings new life is. She's perfect. Opinionated. Strong willed, even at 5 months, but an absolutely perfect addition to our family. AND we are so excited to announce that we are going to be aunt and uncle again in October! Charles' sister is going to have another little one this fall and we can't wait!
Seriously, who doesn't think she's precious?! :)
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