Easter 2013

Growing up, I always really liked getting new Easter dresses. Even if our mom always made us wear matching outfits. Last year Love Bean wore a dress that her Grammy Krenz got her. This year I took the bean shopping and she got to pick out her own dress. And by that mean I held up two that I liked and she pointed to one.

Hubs and I decided to approach her Easter basket goodies the same way we approach most things, by setting a budget.  We decided on $40, which kind of sounds like a lot, but it adds up quick. We had talked about a few different things to include, but all that went out the window when I was in Target. I found a Minnie Mouse beach towel, and knew the bean would love it! She's really into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse right now. So I went with a little bit of a beach/outdoor fun theme for her basket. And of course some chocolate for good measure. We spent Easter attending church and then heading to Hillsdale to spend time with the Krenz family.

Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays. Between the ham, deviled eggs, and gma b's potato salad and of course Jesus dying in the cross to save us from our sins and on top of that rising from the dead it's a pretty good day :) We alternate holidays and this year Ruth wasn't with us which resulted in me mourning over the adorable dresses. We still did eggs and her Easter basket tho! Her Easter basket (which was mine as a wee one) was filled with necessities and favs: New toothbrush and toothpaste, big girl underwear, flavored tootsie rolls, sidewalk chalk, and three shirts. I really don't know why it is but every time I see a shirt with a dog or cat on it I buy it for Roo. It's probably the running in place, smile from ear to ear, "OOOooo!!!!!" I get every time. But other then that the lover boy and I had a triathlon of Easters in which we consumed to much food. But that's okay,YOLO. ( that YOLO was 100% sarcastic btw)

Then there is the Schrock's:) I love Easter, but basically I love all Holidays. This year was an important year though. Now that Jo is 5 and really figuring things out it was more important than ever to make sure she knew why we have Easter. So I made that a real goal. We actually rarely talked about Easter Baskets. You should have seen her face the day before when she figured out he brought things. It was great. We also had an egg hunt at Nanner and Poppy's (our mom and dad) and the kids loved that. Us girls couldn't believe how long it took them to get the eggs picked up. There was definitely a lack of intensity on the kids part;)

I want to make sure she knows what is really going on. This year was the first year of that. We read the Easter story out of the bible. But more so talked about the important things. (Jesus died for OUR sins, Who is Jesus dad, the cross, how many days before he arose again , and of course that he loves us)

Easter baskets I went a little overboard, but, lets be real. I was gonna buy that stuff anyway, so why not shove it in the basket:) My ladies received the same things with different patterns; umbrellas, raincoats, sunglasses, sperry's (shoes) and an egg of M&Ms. Gat got a puzzle, book, and a back of big rubbery cars.

Hope you all had a great Easter and remember all that was sacrificed for us<3

2013 Team Gatlyn

Our 2012 Team Gatlyn at the Kent County March for Babies walk

As I have said many times before March for Babies is really close to our hearts. I am really excited to get the fundraising going so we can try to beat the money raised last year. Last year it was so cool to see all of the people who came to support and walk. We had such an awesome turn out. I can't wait to see how many will come out this year.

Especially since there are two different walks we will be doing as Team Gatlyn. The two walks we will be doing are the Grand Rapids walk, April 27th, and the Barry County, May 4th. All of our donations will be submitted at the May 4th walk though. We are so pumped to be spreading awareness even closer to home this year.

T-shirts are being pre-ordered now and donations are being taken. The shirts are royal blue this year and have a white G on them. Inside the G it says "Team Gatlyn March for Babies 2013". Designed by none other than Jamie. We realize that you may know another preemie that you would like to walk in honor of. For and additional $2.50 you can personalize the back of your shirt to honor them. It will be one inch lettering on the back.

Adult and youth sizes are $12 and 2T-5/6 are $10.

To order Tshirts contact us at 20somethingmamas@gmail.com, via facebook or talk to us in person. Anyway will do.

To join Team Gatlyn and walk or to raise money go to marchforbabies.org and join BARRY COUNTY TEAM GATLYN

I promise when you come to the walk and see all of the people there it will be inspiring. There are so many stories to be told. Let's make a difference for all those cute babes!

Get excited people!!

April Printable: 3 John 1:4

Something new we'll be starting is a sharing a free monthly printable with you. Each month we'll select a Bible verse, or sometimes another quote or saying, that we really enjoy. Jamie will design a PDF that you can download to your own computer and print at home. All printables will be 8x10 inches, so that they can be printed from any home printer.

CLICK HERE to download this month's printable.

Hello Again!

Our last post was on February 7th. So, you could say it's been awhile. Blogging has been a little bit of a roller coaster for us all. Usually, at least one us was up, to keep things going while another one (or two) we're feeling uninspired and down about things. That wasn't the case this time. The three of us were all overwhelmed and uninspired at the same time—hence our two month hiatus. Hopefully we haven't lost too many of you :)

We've thought long and hard about what this blog means to us, and whether or not we want to continue it. We realize that we aren't the best writers, spellers, and none us punctuate correctly. We know we're a small blog, and the time and energy we invest doesn't make us money. But that wasn't the idea behind Twenty Something Mamas. It started out as a place for the three of us to express ourselves. To share our hopes, struggles, goals, to keep us sane and to share a little bit of our lives with whoever was interested in reading. And that's what we want to get back to when we're writing.

That being said, we also write this blog for you. We want our posts to be ones that you enjoy reading and to keep you coming back for more. We'd love for our readership to grow. And the best way to make that happen is to write about stuff you all like to read about. So, we're asking you to please share with us in the comments or on our Facebook page; What are your favorite types of posts? What don't you like reading? Is there anything else you want to us to know?

Thanks for reading. We appreciate it. And know that we're back with determination and dedication to stay at it.