Resurrection Weekend and the Railroad Festival

This weekend we travelled to Louisiana to celebrate the Resurrection of our risen Lord with our family. It also was the weekend of the DeQuincy Railroad Festival. The boys enjoyed riding rides, eating good food, visiting with family, and attending church on Resurrection Sunday.

We began our trip at 5:30 a.m. on Good Friday. We made record time and arrived about 11:15 a.m. just in time for a yummy Crawfish Boil. We ate until we were stuffed and then let the kids rest before going to the festival. We spent the evening eating hamburgers and letting the kids play in the park and ride carnival rides. It was Gospel Music Night, so we also had good entertainment.

our family riding the carousal

clay and the boys getting ready to go to the festival on saturday

jude enjoying his high view

Many times during the weekend Noah would make himself at home by jumping on a ride with a complete stranger! He chose girls every time. Thankfully, the girls didn't mind sharing the ride seat with him.

I don't have a picture of Noah on the rollercoaster, but it was his favorite ride of all. It was quite the "big boy" ride and we thought he would be too scared to ride it. He's so brave. He referred to it as the "Pink Dinosaur".

After a full Saturday morning of rides and food we drove to Dry Creek to spend time with Iles'. Noah enjoyed going to the Eggstravaganza at Dry Creek Baptist Church. He loved sliding on the huge blowup slide. We were awarded the opportunity to teach the lesson of patience when Noah discovered he had to wait in line before climbing up the slide :)my brave little jumper

here's noah "patiently" waiting with uncle gordy until his turn to slide

Jack and Noah like the same things and enjoy playing together. Here they are with Dee and Uncle Clint.

Here are the Iles men plus Mrs. DeDe

Clay, Jude, Terry, Noah, Bro. Curt, Jack, Mrs. DeDe, and Clint

After eating a delicious dinner we returned to DeQuincy to enjoy the last few hours of the festival. Noah and Carson had the most fun at the end. They loved riding the rides over and over and sliding down the big slide at the park.

That night KK said that Carson was saying "Railroad Feestival" in his sleep!

here's landon and noah wrestling on the couch on sunday morning

On Sunday morning we joined the rest of my family in attending Bible Baptist Church. It's such a blessing to worship together with our family of believers. It was a special service to celebrate that our Savior has risen! Noah made up a song on the way to church that I didn't understand except for one message- The Cross. How beautiful that my young son is becoming more and more aware of the gospel of Jesus Christ!

After church we enjoyed lunch with the extended Mitchell family and then returned to Fort Worth. It was quick weekend full of activities that we thoroughly enjoyed!