Happy Easter

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter celebrating our Risen Lord with friends and family.  We enjoyed our weekend very much!  Here are a few pictures :)  

"Death, where is your victory?  Death, where is your sting? Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" (1 Corinthians 15:55-57)

Update

Well it seems I have been neglecting my blog.  I have been so busy lately I have just really haven't had the time to sit down and gather my thoughts to write!  But both girls are napping and I have a free moment.  So here is an update on our lives....

Kinsley is 3 months old! We are loving every minute with her.  She is such a good baby!  She seems to be growing way too fast.  Read more from her 3 month post.  You can also read her one month and two month post.

Payton is growing up too fast as well.  She is learning so much.  It amazes me how much she learns every day.  She is talking a ton and putting words together to make full sentences.  She is like a sponge- soaking in everything!  She is still going to "school" 2 days a week- which she loves.  She had her first PE program and rocked it.  I was so proud of her.  Daddy was so sad he had to miss it but he enjoyed watching the video I took (and Payton made him watch like 8 times).  She loves being outside and going to the park- she asks me to go almost every day.  She lights up our lives.  She is full of spark, attitude, and love!  

She is an amazing big sister and I think that they are gonna be best buddies.  

So what's new with me and Jonny?  Well... Jonny is still working hard for our family.  I am so thankful for is dedication and hard work.  He has been pretty busy with work.  I have been busy with work as well.  I am sill working for Young Life and my dad.  YL is preparing for their banquet and so I have had lots of long days and late nights.  But I LOVE it.  I love that I can work for both and stay home with my babies.  I love working for an organization who seeks God and who's purpose is to make Him known.  It is cool to see God work through leaders and Arlington kids.  I am blessed to be apart of it.  Speaking of YL- its not to late to order flowers for our flower fundraiser!  You can help send Arlington kids to camp and get your spring flowers.  Win Win!  Just click HERE.  Outside of work, I continue to be super busy chasing my lil ones around.  They definitely keep me on my feet and make life a million times better.  Me and Maddie just ran the Cowtown 10k.  It felt good to be training for something.  This week I have started my journey with P90X.  All I can say is I hurt lol.  But I am determined to stick with it.  

I love finding new projects and so I have been busy getting Payton's and Kinsley's rooms all done.  And I have been working on some DIY projects as well.  Read about those HERE and HERE.  Lets see, what else?  We celebrated my parent's 30 year wedding anniversary!  We got all dressed up and went to a fancy restaurant.  It was fun and nice to have a night out without the girls.  We enjoyed a night out for Valentines day too :)         

Finally, we just finished a marriage series at our church called Love and Respect.  The series came from the book, Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs.  Me and Jonny just started reading it together and so far we are loving it.  The Lord has been working a lot in our marriage lately and its been so cool.  God has been opening doors and answering prayers.  Lots of changes are coming our way (more on that in the weeks to come) and its so cool to see God working through it all as we trust Him.  Thankful for my husbands leadership through everything.     

Well thats a glimpse of life as of right now with the Van Hoy's!  Hopefully, I won't take so long for the next post!  

  

DIY

So I have been doing A LOT of DIY lately... Just thought I would share some!

1.  Date Night Jar.  Pinterest inspired...  Excited to start using it!

2.  Memo board!  Took an old window and painted with chalkboard paint on 4 of the 6 frames.  Put pictures on the window parts and magnetic strips on the top and bottom to help display Pay's artwork!

3.  Front door wreath.  I made one of these a while back but I wanted to do another one.  I have been putting different colored ribbon on it for different holidays.  This was my valentine one :)

4.  Kinsley's furniture.  

Kins Room

Well we have FINALLY finished Kins room!  I LOVE how it turned out.  It took a long time to get everything together but it is complete!!  I decided on yellows and grays.  We did a lot of DIY for her room which is why it took so long.  First DIY was the dresser.  This was the dresser that was in my room growing up.  I used it through high school and then into college.  So we painted it white and put some cute yellow knobs on it :)

    

The wall!  My mom painted the swirls on it and we placed butterfly's around them! 

This pic turned out a little dark.  Not really a good picture of what it looks like.

Painted bin with chalkboard paint.

When we moved into our new house, this mirror was left behind by the precious owners... So we painted it white and glued a butterfly on the corner

We also made this hanging lamp.  We look a lantern and wired a light in it.  Hung it on a chain and attached a dragonfly to it.  

The chair!  It took a whole day but it turned out so cute!! 

And the girls bathroom is decorated and done too :)

Kins is 3 Months

Kinsley is 3 months old.  Time is going by too fast.  We are so thankful for you, baby Kinsley.  You are such a happy and good baby.  You rarely fuss or cry.  You have started laughing this month and it just takes my breath away.  You laugh when mommy tickles your tummy or kisses your cheeks.  You love watching your big sister play and I know you can't wait to join in the fun!  You are sleeping 7-8 hours at night and mommy is loving it.  We love being your parents and watching you grow!  Payton is definitely a daddys girl but I can already tell you are gonna be a momma's girl :)  We love you baby girl.             

Current Likes:  Music, her swing, her play mat, bumbo, baths, her big sister, the car, and anything that lights up!

Current Dislikes:  Her bouncer and being on her tummy.

Milestones:  She is laughing!  She can hold her head up so well and loves to sit up.  She is soo close to rolling over- so close :)

Stats:  Not really sure.  No Dr.'s appointment this month!

Firsts:  She is sleeping through the night (7-8 hours)!!  1st Valentines day.