Spring!

This is Big Mama posting now! Spring has been fun at our house! Here is Chaim in his cowboy hat enjoying my chair now (he has claimed it as his because it rocks).










Here is Caden & Chaim on Easter Sunday!


To the left is Me, Jason and the boys with Nana and Papa on Easter Sunday.












Here they are at Daddy's office playing his keyboard!













Thanks to our friend Michelle, the boys are decked out in Sunday best! Caden is in blue, Chaim in red.









Have a blessed day! God is so good!!!

Easter Pics

I wanted you to be able to see the boys on Easter. Stacie made them look really cute.

We had a beautiful weekend. On Friday, we performed our 3rd Tenebrae service. (If you've never been to a Tenebrae service you should - you might be able to catch a Greek Orthodox Church having one this week - otherwise you'll have to wait until next year's Good Friday.) It was a beautful service. Stacie sang "How Deep the Father's Love" - it was very moving. We added some video to help reinforce some of the themes. 35 in the orchestra, 45 in the choir (small group, but best sound i've had so far), 1 fainting choir member (she's okay), 250 candles, 2 narrators, 4 candlelighters... a good service. It's amazing - we don't really publicize big, but our people just love the sombreness, the meditative quality, of this service. i do, too. it makes the joy of Easter's "He is risen" even brighter.

On Easter, we had just a good strong service. i did write a 2:30 sketch called "The Talk of Angels" - it was actually a continuation of a series of sketches started at Christmas. The Christmas sketches were relaxed and comedic. This was gut wrenching and difficult to swallow - i thought maybe it was too much, but i couldn't see it another way - and it worked. I will post some pic's of our church's weekend when i get them - but now for the pics you want to see. the kids.

Enjoy

stacie's birthday

We celebrated Stacie's birthday last weekend. This year she turns 33. She enjoyes it when i tell her she's as old as Jesus. Her sister, Lori's birthday is two days before Stacie's, so we packed up the tribe and headed to McDonough to Lolo and Big Dog's house for the big celebration. Big Dog (steve) and I celebrated the big day with an ancient tradition. Husbands have been celebrating wives birthdays with this traditional ritual for centuries.

I tried to talk Big Dog out of it, but he said we had to do it - you know - to honor our wives.

Not every shot was fun, though.

Seriously, we did get to celebrating. We had a wonderful time with our family and friends celebrating the birth of our favorite lady.

Big Mama's First Post

Ok, This is Big Mama Moore and I am going to start my posting too! As you can see, me and Jason are dressed up like Grandpa and Grandma Moore at their house! We thought it would be fun!

Here is my favorite photo of my 3 C Dudes! Chaim is in the green, Caleb is in the hat and Caden is on his lap. Days are always fun-filled at our house with two 19 month old twins and a 3 year old toddler (who we are trying to potty train!). Caleb goes to school two days a week and loves it!

Here are two photos of Caleb's first day at school at St. Paul.

Here are my two little men! They are wide open right now and enjoying laughing and well..having a few temper tantrums now. Caden talks ALL the time and repeats everything!

Well, that's all for now. Til' next time...

two firsts

The time has come for two new first. I thought I would try to learn to blog- so here's my first one. Actually, i was inspired by my friend Mike Edgerle. He and Tiffany regularly send updates to their blog and i feel like i always know what's going on at their house. I probably won't be as consistent as he, but if nothing else, i'll learn how to do this.

so, the first 'first' is this - my first blog.
hopefully i'll be able to keep interested people better informed on our lives. Who those

interested people are... not sure, but i'm sure there are two or three.

So what does one write about on their first blog? What are most people's first subject? i thought about going all the way back to the beginning - October 26, 1973 1:59 AM in Springfield, MO, - but i couldn't find any pictures - and i think you must have lots of pics for good blogs, right? Then i thought maybe, i would just start at our wedding - it all just seemed overwhelming. So, i decided i would start with today. Well, not literally, but close. Most of my far away friends haven't seen my new look, so here ya go.

the second 'first' is shaving my head. What drives a man to shave his head? I'm sure there's lots of reasons, but for me it was simple. I saw a picture of myself directing our church's youth choir. there was a lot less hair from back there than last time i had seen it.

I told Stacie i was going to just shave it, as i'd threatened many times before - to which she would usually respond with loud protestations. This time, she replied, "okay." it took me four days to get over the shock. finally, i walked into the barber shop and told them what i wanted. "things i didn't know about shaving your head" number one: i didn't know this - the barber WON'T shave your head. they'll only go to a one with the razor. the rest you have to do yourself. When she took the razor and went right down the middle of my head, i got sick to my stomach. "What have I done?!?" As she continued, i felt a little better. i woosily drove home (i know, "woosily"?), walked in the front door and Stacie jumped, then she forced a, "i really like it - no really." i thought, "oh well, no changing it now." so i walked into the bathroom and lathered up the and began shaving it the rest of the way. then i got really sick. I commited then to keep it for a month before i decided if i liked it or not. i really didn't want to have this feeling again.

"things i didn't know about shaving your head" number two: i didn't know you had to shave your head almost as often as your beard.

"things i didn't know about shaving your head" number three: you really need to plan to be in the sun after shaving your head for the first time. the worst part about a freshly shaved head - the tanlines.

Then i went to Staff meeting - let's just say mixed reviews. That night was choir rehearsal - also mixed reviews.

"things i didn't know about shaving your head" number four: i didn't know shaving your head opened you up to listening to everyone's opinions. 1/2 of everyone thinks it makes me look older. 1/2 of everyone thinks younger. 1/2 love it, 1/2 well... don't. i'm still undecided and am open to your comments. normally, i'd be sick of all the feedback, but in this case, i'm really not sure if i like it myself.

"things i didn't know about shaving your head" number five: kids react strangely to dramatic changes in the appearances of their parents. Oh, another funny story. later that night, i came home and Caleb greets me with, "Daddy's ho---" cut off mid sentence - he notices my new hairstyle (do you still call it a hair style?) and he just freezes. stares. stares somemore. looks at Stacie and says, "where's Daddy's hair?" i said, "i shaved it" he says to Stacie ( i think he thinks i'm deaf because i lost my hair - so he has to talk to Stacie), "tell him to put it back." i asked him if he wanted to touch it, he said no and started screaming running away. I chased him around the house. ah, what fun it is to torture a 3 year old. I've regularly asked him if he likes it, but now he knows i think it is funny when he says, "put it back on", so he just says that and laughs, then slaps my head and runs away.

"things i didn't know about shaving your head" number six: actually, i still don't know the answer to this. if you shave your head for a period of time, when you let it grow out - is it like a beard later? you know, all course and thick? hmm...

So, about your comments. don't just say you don't like it. here's the question.

if you don't like it - is it worse than the picture of the balding head above?

If you do like it, do you like it more than the balding head above? (okay, that just sounds stupid, but...)

thanks for reading my blog. i'll be looking forward to hearing your responses.