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        But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

"Don’t be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him."            ~Mark 16:6-7

"Oh look – cousin Julia’s Easter basket."

"Hey! How did she get so many Easter eggs?!"

"Hmmm she’s not looking – I’ll just transfer a few into my basket. She’ll never know."

Our friends, Jonathan and Carrie, are planning to adopt from South Korea, just as we did! (If you remember, these are the folks who did the amazing photo shoot of the three of us that you see in earlier posts).

I hope you’ll consider visiting their adoption blog, and supporting their effort. They have incredible limited edition photo cards available.

» Visit Images of Hope

Thanks to Uncle Andrew, Spencer is now the proud owner of his very own motorized 4×4 Quad. He sits on it very independently and was immediately attracted to the little red button on the handle bars. It didn’t take him long to figure out that when he pushes it he moves. However, he hasn’t yet mastered the concept of steering so he spends most of his time up against the wall spinning his wheels (pardon the pun)!

Doing some off road 4-Wheelin’…

"Look Mom No Hands!"

Last Saturday friends and family gathered to join us in celebrating Spencer’s 1st birthday. We held a circus themed party – which included a clown, face painting, bubbles, hula hoops, a circus train craft and of course peanuts and popcorn! I had lots of fun planning it and was thrilled that although Spencer probably had no idea what all the commotion was about, he really seemed to enjoy himself!

We started off with the traditional Korean Tol celebration in honor of Spencer’s Korean heritage. This is the practice of dressing the child in their hanbok (traditional Korean outfit), and setting them on a table with different objects to choose from. The object they show interest in and reach for is supposed to tell something about their future. Such as…

-bow and arrow or sword: the child will become a warrior
-needle and thread: the child will live long
-book, pencil, or related items: the child will become a successful scholar
-white rice cake: purity

-red rice cake: protection from evil

-money: the child will become rich
-ruler, needle, scissors: the child will be talented with his/her hands
-knife: the child will be a good cook

Aaron showed Spencer all of the objects and then set him on the table so he could pick for himself. At first he just sat there staring at everyone wondering what in the world was going on, but it didn’t take him too long to spot the food. He reached for one of the red rice cakes and promptly stuck it in his mouth!

Afterwords we had a visit from Pinky Star the Clown, who did a fun magic show and then made crazy balloon hats for all the kids.

Spencer thought his was quite funny!

I was excited to find that I already owned a circus train cake pan and had fun putting my cake decorating skills to use…

I also made Spencer is own little personal cake which he had fun poking holes in and smashing all over his highchair. He really wasn’t that into eating it but he sure had fun playing with it!

All in all it was a great day!

Over the past four months Spencer’s hair has really filled out – getting thicker on top and a little scraggly on the sides and back. So when Nana was over for a visit we decided that it was time for a little trim. He sat on my lap and we did our best to distract him but it didn’t work very well – he was SO wiggly. Right when she would be about to clip he would jerk his head in the opposite direction nearly getting his ear snipped. But thankfully Nana is a professional at baby haircuts so Spencer made it through the entire affair with both ears still in-tack!