Another weekend has quickly flown by! Wow, I can't believe it is almost May. School is almost out... I have a lot of homework to do before then! Pray for me!

The Ramsey Family had a great weekend! Nick was wonderful and encouraged me to go out Friday night and spend the evening scrapbooking with girlfriends at Scrapbook Generation. I felt like a new person afterwards! It was so great to get to spend some time doing something I love and getting to have lots of girl-talk and junk food at the same time!

Saturday morning Nick went out to Northside's new property and helped with some clean-up. He said things are really coming along out there. I think the plan is that we will be in the new building late this summer. I can't wait! After Nick got home we went to lunch and then took Max to the park for the first time. He really liked it! Although, he was much too busy watching the "big kids" to have his picture taken! Saturday night we hung out with my sister and our good friends the Jordans. We tried out Luigi's in Nixa (delicious!) and then played a board game.

Sunday we went to church and then got to see the Jordan's new house (pre-remodel). I took an evening nap which is why I am wide awake at 11! Oops.

Anyway, we hope everyone had a great weekend!

Nick and I have been feeling so increadibly blessed lately. I think the spring weather has renewed our spirits! But aside from the weather we have so much to be grateful for! We just wanted to use today's blog to just express our gratitude to all of those who bless our lives every day.

1. Obvioulsy we are most thankful to God! He has showered us with blessings since we have been married! He is so gracious with us and is constantly leading us closer to him through our daily experiences. And He is the reason for this list all together!
2. We are so thankful to our family. They are so loving to us. They are always willing to come down and babysit, help us with a project, or just spend time with us. And of course we are thankful to have my sister Emily living nearby... and not just because she babysits! Although, we REALLY appreciate that too!
3. We are thankful for our friends who have become our "Springfield/Nixa Family". We are so blessed to have an amazing group of people who have been by our sides during the big milestones we have had lately. We are so blessed to spend so much of our time with the people who rejoiced with us on our wedding day, helped us move into our new house, brought us meals when we had a baby at home, and the list could go on forever. We are so grateful to our friends who have taken us into their lives and have become a part of ours!
4. Our church family who has made us feel so welcome and has helped us grow closer to God and other people.
5. And of course we are thankful for each other and for our wonderful baby boy! Life has changed so much in the past few years but we have seen God's hand in it all.

Thank you all for being a part of our lives. We love you!

Yay! We have new floors! Katie's parents came down this weekend to help us install new floors in our kitchen, laundry room, and entry. We are so excited! We feel like we have a brand new house! Plus, it was fun seeing family two weeks in a row. Max might be getting a little spoiled... but only in the best way possible!

Max is getting so big and is so much fun lately. He has almost mastered sitting up. He is also loving solid foods and is starting to feed himself some finger food. Here are some pictures from the past week!

Happy Birthday Nick! Today is Nick's 25th birthday! Today is also Easter! Max's first Easter!

We had a super fun weekend! Katie didn't have school Thursday or Friday! Thursday night we hung out with our good friends that Hatfield's. We enjoyed a wonderful meal and then dyed Easter eggs. It had been years since any of us had done that.

Friday Katie's family arrived to celebrate Nick's birthday weekend. They celebrated Nick's birthday here last year as well so Nick is getting used to a pretty special birthday!

Max had a great first Easter. He was a little bit spoiled. He got two Easter baskets and a stuffed bunny from Grandma "Louis". Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa all went a little overboard with his Easter baskets... but he is just too much fun to shop for!

Here are some pictures from our weekend!