Changes.....

Wow! I can't believe another week has gone by already! We started out the week with an eye doctor appointment for Bradyn. The last few weeks, he's been getting headaches, but only on the days he goes to school.....hmm, so we took him in and found out he is in fact far-sighted and needs glasses. Oh boy!! This will be something he (and us) will have to get used to. He likes to take them off and put them back on (all the time) so we'll have to work on keeping them on.....Later that night we received a phone call from sister Emily, she and her boyfriend Phil Miersma are engaged to be married!! Their date is in late October. We are so happy for them!! Now begins a busy time for the Lotterman side of the family!! Two weddings to look forward to! How fun!!

Tuesday and Wednesday were fairly uneventful, with Wednesday being the last day of school for Bradyn before Spring Break. I think I was more excited than he was, for spring break! ;-) Russ sang with church's choir at Sunset Manor, that evening while the boys and I met some friends at Drenthe Grove park to pass the time. Later, Russ met us at the Drenthe Village Dipper for our first (of many) outings to get ice cream! Who'd have thought we'd be getting ice cream for the first time on March 31!!!

Thursday was a beautiful day, and the boys and I spent all day outside, I forgot the sunscreen, so I was rather red by the time night fell.....oops!! Thursday night was fairly busy, Russ had a couple of tax customers, but the biggest news of the night is that we signed a purchase agreement with John Pols for the sale of our house!!! We accepted the lower offer, because the full price one didn't work out, so now we wait to see how inspections will go!! We're waiting on God, and His will for us in this matter, and praying that all will go well.

Friday was a busy one for the boys and me, we met my mom and siblings at Huizinga Park in Zeeland to try our hand at fishing, Russell had a good laugh when I called to ask him where the fishing poles were.....it's a good thing he wasn't there to see the real thing, he'd have been rolling on the ground!!! ;-) We gave up after a while because the fish weren't biting, and let the kids play on the giant playground they have there. Meanwhile us grown-ups had a nice time chatting in the beautiful sunshine!! (Don't worry, I remembered the sunscreen that day!) We ended our outing with another trip to the Village Dipper....:-) That evening was our Good Friday service, with a wonderful sermon on Christ's death, and the meaning of the veil in the temple being rent from top to bottom.

Saturday was another busy day for our family. Russ had three tax appointments throughout the day, and I of course spent some of the day grocery shopping........ugh! Definitely not my favorite job. We also managed to make a trip to pick up Bradyn's new glasses....he looks so handsome! (pictures to follow). The evening was spent with most of my family at my parents house for a "watch party" for the MSU Spartans. If you didn't know, MOST of my family are big Spartan fans, so while the guys watched the game (rather loudly) us women escaped to the other side of the house for more of a quiet conversation.....:-) We were also able to celebrate my niece Anna's birthday, she turns 1 today!! Happy Birthday Anna! We love you and hope you have a great day!!

Sunday, we were priviledged to spend the day in church celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. We were blessed with two wonderful sermons, one on the appearance of Christ, to His disciples, specifically Thomas, to strengthen their faith, and how we too need our faith strengthened, and the other on Lord's Day 52 and "praying for our victory in our spiritual warfare". Makes us realize how blessed we are to have the priviledge of attending church every Sunday.

That brings us to today...we hope you are all having an enjoyable beginning to your week, and we pray that you will all enjoy the blessings of another week!!