Spring Picture Review

I know that I have used this blog as an outlet to share my feelings about the loss of Graham.  And I definitely want to continue to do that.  However, I also want it to live up to the name - "What We're Dugan."  So, in order to keep you up to date on what is going on with us, I thought a picture-filled post would be fun.

Here we are making bracelets to remember Graham.  Matt and I wore our bracelets that the hospital put on us as soon as Graham was born for about a month after he passed away.  Parker told us that he wanted to have a bracelet to remember Graham, too, so I went to the store and bought supplies to all make our own bracelets.  None of us wear the bracelets anymore because we now have more permanent ways to remember him, but those bracelets were just what we all needed to wear and keep near to us in the first few weeks after we lost our Graham.

Parker and his best buddies, Claudia and Vincent, before the Eggstravaganza Easter Egg hunt at the seminary. 

This is during the prayertime before the easter egg hunt.  Yes, that is my child with the bucket on his head facing the wrong way while every other child is praying.

We are members of the Fort Worth Science & History Museum.  We love visiting as often as we can and enjoying all of the activities the museum offers.

And, of course, with it being springtime in Texas, we HAD to take pictures in the bluebonnets.  To see the last two years' pictures just click here.

We also had a picnic while we were out taking our bluebonnet pictures. 

On the Saturday before Easter the boys decided to make Resurrection Rolls.  If you don't know how to make them, it's super easy!  You can check out the recipe here.  They are a great way to share the story of Jesus' resurrection with your young children. 

Parker definitely enjoyed the finished product.  The rolls, after baked with a marshmallow in the middle, were hollow and empty on the inside.  The roll is supposed to represent the empty tomb.  Parker kept on saying, "Jesus was Alive!!"  I kept on trying to correct him and say, "No, Jesus IS Alive!"  We'll work on his theology later... ;)

On Easter we went out to Peaster, TX, which is where our pastor and his family from our former church live.  It was so great to go out and see them and let Parker enjoy farm life again.  We spent a lot of time out at their house while we were attending church out there and we missed their family.

Parker helped collect eggs from the chicken coop.  They sent us home with about 30 freshly laid eggs.  Yummy!  Now I just need to find lots of recipes that call for eggs!

Of course, Parker had to help clean the eggs, too.

It's been good to get back in the "groove" of life.  Finding out our new normal has been a bumpy road, but we've been able to make some fun family memories along the way.