Easter @ Verizon 2012

This is the 4th year our church has had our Easter service at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.  We now have multiple physical locations (our main campus, 2 local satellite campuses, and even a location in the UAE) so it's really cool to see a location as big as Verizon be used for a church service.  This year Chad & I volunteered at one of the water stations.  Meck sold water bottles for $1 each (cheapest thing you'd EVER buy at Verizon!) to support the Mission trips that Meck sponsors each year.  I'm really glad we were able to volunteer and it was a lot of fun.  We got to meet some other members and we were still able to experience the service, just from a little further away (we were in the lawn area).  I told Chad that I think we should make it a new tradition to serve in some way for the Easter service at Verizon.  Every regular service requires hundreds of volunteers, but to pull off having a service at Verizon requires even more volunteers, so I think it would be a fun new tradition for us.  Here are some pictures from Meck's Easter @ Verizon service this year:

Back Yard Re-Design

Since we live in a townhouse we try to make the best with our tiny back yard.  For the past 2 years we've had 3 raised beds where we grew vegetables during the spring and summer.  This year we decided to make some changes since the back bed (against the house) just didn't get enough sunlight.  So, we expanded one of our other beds into a larger bed and turned the bed against the house into an extended patio area.  Here are some pictures of before, during, and after our re-design:

Sandy & Roxy's "New" Bed

Sandy & Roxy love it when my Mom comes to stay with us because we pull out the futon into a bed and they love having a "new" bed to sleep on!