For the first time since my husband joined the church (back in 1998), our family attended the Easter Vigil. Now, truth be told, we would not have chosen this if we didn’t have to travel on Sunday morning to get to our family’s Easter Celebration/Gathering. However, I asked for prayers from friends for patience and it all turned out well. The three youngest fell asleep, for which I am grateful! I actually heard the readings and responsorial psalms, something I don’t remember from the first time we attended the Vigil….I think having my husband join the church just made that whole Mass a blur – either that or having an active baby who distracted me for quite a good portion.
Before we left on Sunday morning, the kids received their Easter baskets. I completely forgot to take a group or family picture. That’s just the kind of year is has become. I am just going with it cuz there’s nothing else I can do!
Above: Louis
Below: Graham
Above: Zeke
Below: Angelina
Above: Dash
The photo above is the only ‘group’ photo I have of the kids and it’s not very good! They are in constant motion, as you can see and were very excited to get going on the egg hunt (pics below of Louis & Dash with my brother Doug and his son).
By 9am and quite a bit of prodding, we were in the suburban and headed to Bismarck. Uncle Eric (with the help of Grandma & Grandpa Golden Acres) hosted dinner and a bunch of games for the kids and their cousins. They enjoyed an egg hunt, Easter basket hunt and kite flying. There was also plenty of running, farm toys for the little boys and a few new games to try out with Grandpa. Of course, we had a wonderful dinner – baked ham, patio potatoes, corn, a variety of other salads and sides. Dessert, served by Uncle Eric, was Strawberries and Cream on Angel Food Cake. After an afternoon of visiting, there was of course an evening meal…and no, it was not leftovers! Eric and I needed more caffeine (Coke & Dr. Pepper) just to keep ourselves awake on the trip home.
Hope you had a Happy and Blessed Easter!
I love those t-shirts!! Where did you get those?
ReplyDeleteI do think those months when preggers and then the first year with baby just make everything different and maybe less than we'd normally do.
ReplyDelete(so I understand!)