What a great holiday! I’m sure everyone understands the importance of the day and just what it means, if you don’t, I suggest you pick up a bible. I really haven’t delved much into religion as I think that it’s pretty much each persons right to believe in whatever they want. I would however suggest, that if you do not believe in Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, you do pick up a bible. If that’s too much for you, start with a book by a really smart man named C.S. Lewis and read his book Mere Christianity. You might know his name from the Narnia movies but he was foremost a noted author who chronicled his journey from being a non believer to a christian. The interesting thing about his books (he wrote many on the subject) is that he lays out proof that even the staunchest atheist finds hard to ignore. For us, embracing God provides an inner peace that can be found nowhere else. I’ll stop here as we’ve never been ones to espouse our views on God or religion as we think that’s a personal thing but we are happy to discuss it with you if you like. In any case, Happy Easter on this holy day to each and everyone of you. Know that you all are in our prayers (us and the boys) daily.
Happy Birthday to Grandma Dixie!!!!
Now onto the day, yesterday started out fine but by around noon the oldest one was melting down a bit (after 2 cinnamon rolls) so I suggested we call Jennifer to see if she could hang out for the day. This made him feel better and 10 minutes later he and I were in the car and off to her Grandma’s to pick her up. We loaded her bike up and headed home where they began to play and alas, everything was now fine. They road bikes for a bit and we let them go down to the park on their own as long as they took Mom’s cell phone with them. He checked in on schedule (too bad that nowadays you have to have your kids “check in” every 30 minutes due to safety reason) and then called and asked if they could stay at Uncle T and Aunt B’s for awhile. Of course I said yes. A bit later, we played football in the front yard with the youngest and his friend. Jen, who plays softball, has quite the arm and can really throw a football!
All this time Mom was busy planting flowers in the front yard that she had bought earlier in the day with her Echter’s gift card from Christmas. In a few hours she transformed a pile of dead grass and flowers into a colorful Spring like setting outside our door. Soon it was 5;30 and time to feed the kids so the misses and I whipped up some dinner and we all sat down to eat. Then it was time to color some Easter eggs with the boys and Jen sitting down and getting busy mixing and dipping 24 more eggs. It was just about then when her Mom showed up to pick her up. We were all pretty tired from the day and it wasn’t long before it was bedtime.
It’s just about 5 am now as Lacey the lab was barking non stop at 4:15. I had no choice but to get up and feed her or she’d wake everyone. I guess I’ll go to the gym since I’m up or maybe I’ll see f I can fall back asleep. We’re all going to the 8am service at church and then later we’ll be up at Grandma’s hunting Easter eggs. Word has it that he’s hiding the eggs up there this year. Later in the day Grandma will join us for an Easter dinner of ham, scalloped potato’s, and a bunch of other good food. It’s just us and Grandma as Aunt B has her parents coming over.
So, take care, enjoy the day and once again, God Bless.