Easter Photos

Griffin enjoyed the 1-2's Easter Egg Hunt at our church, Meadow Brook Baptist!

Ava and her pals anxiously await the K-1st egg hunt at church!

Easter Morning at Grammy & Poppa's house in Roanoke and then we are off to First Baptist Church for services...

After our lunch we loaded up the car and headed to the "creek", Chris' family cabin in Wadley. We always love our egg hunt there!

Grayson's baptism

John Grayson Jones (our nephew- son of Claire & Darrell) participated in the ordinance of Believer's Baptism on Sunday, March 15. I believe that Grayson, age 8, has been feeling the Holy Spirit tug at his heartstrings for several months now. The two of us have talked about it several times over the past year and I feel like Grayson is fully committed in his walk with Christ. I am so proud of the young man he is becoming and am ready for great things to come from his little life.

Grayson and I have always had a special relationship because I was in graduate school when he was born. I made a point of spending most school holidays and any time I could squeeze in coming to see him and helping Claire and Darrell catch up on sleep.

The Jones family is Methodist so they have the whole sprinkle versus dunk issue. Because of that, Claire & Darrell still wanted him to be dunked and decided to have it done in Roanoke at Grammy & Poppa's Baptist church. Plans were moving right along so he could have it there during the first weekend of Spring Break, however, word came down the pipe that Bro. Jeff had to be at a revival that weekend and would be unable to baptize Grayson. After some thought and prayer, Poppa stepped forward and said that he wanted to baptize his first grandchild. According to the tenets of the Baptist faith, a deacon is also allowed to perform this ordinance of the faith.

It was a very special morning as Poppa and Grayson prepared for the baptismal service. I have rarely seen my Dad so moved by an event. Grayson holds a very big piece of my Daddy's heart so it was moving to us all. The introduction that he made from the baptismal pool was very heartfelt and sincere. Becoming a man or woman of God is the greatest decision any person can make; holding God's heart in your own is indescribable....

Spring Break '09

We were so ready for our Spring Break this year! It has been a wild, busy year for the Albrights and I was looking forward to some down time. The kids were just looking forward to being "outside" (FYI, if you know Griffin, you know that this is one of his favorite words!)
We spent the first weekend at the Lake with good friends, Amy (McFadden) & David Kinsley, and their boys, Connor and Grayson. The kids had fun and enjoyed spending time together although Chris and David had to forgo their canoe trip because of the rain.

On Tuesday, Chris headed back to work and the kids and I went to Orange Beach to meet up with Grammy, Claire and her three kids and Melanie and Abe. It was cold and windy on the beach but the kids enjoyed the indoor pool and The Track and Adventure Island. The best part (for me) was shopping at the best swimsuit store (H2O by H.L. Hood) with my sister and sister-in-law for a new suit for our Antigua trip in July. It was so much fun playing dress-up and having them give me very honest opinions! That is what sisters are for!!

Griffin was too cute "writing" his name during our time at the beach. Someone (!!) is learning alot from his big sister!