Happy Easter Monday

Hope everybody had a blessed and filling Easter.



I know my crazy crew did! :)

Remembering loved ones on Good Friday

For a number of years we have engaged in a little ritual on Good Friday.

It all started because of the beautiful Christmas cards that came in the mail every year. I couldn’t bear to get rid of them after only having them up for a week, so I started leaving them up longer and longer. Then one day it occurred to me that Good Friday would be an appropriate day to take them down, because we celebrate Christmas as the day of Jesus’ birth, and honor Good Friday as the day of Jesus’ death. Then, of course, Sunday we will celebrate the Great Resurrection!


These are the cards we received this past Christmas. We will take them down tonight after the Good Friday service. As we take them down we will say a small prayer for each person and family that sent them. So if you sent us a card this year, we are putting it to good use! :)

Sunday's Reflection

Today is Palm Sunday, and this hymn is one that is frequently used for this day.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfEO8qRp48


(Actually, I really wanted to use a different one that we sang today, but I couldn't find a video. But you can listen to it HERE. I love it!)

John goes to Prom!

Like his older brother, John is attending his first formal dance as a sophomore, since his girlfriend is an upper-classman. I had forgotten how much easier it was to help a young man prepare for the prom. A rented tux, a shower, hair combed and he was ready! Wow, is my baby ever handsome!

Something neat happened today, too.

The yellow rose bush bloomed for the first time this year, and not just one bloom. There are at least a dozen blooms and buds on it! I think John's dad is watching today. :)

It's Tulip Time. :)

Remember this post, back when my tulips were all tucked in nice and cozy? Well, the cold dark days are over, and now they are blooming in the sunshine.













I just LOVE Spring, don't you??? :-)

Sunday's Reflection

I am going to attempt a new regular feature on my blog that I'm calling "Sunday's Reflection."

Basically, it will be a YouTube video of a song that our choir sang that morning. Almost every Sunday one of the songs keeps running through my head all day long, so this will serve a two-fold purpose. One; I can share a favorite song, and two; maybe that way I'll get the danged thing unstuck from my brain! :)

The first one is today's psalm response, and was also the psalm response at the services for my father-in-law, the hauntingly beautiful "Shepherd me O God."

I hope you like it. :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmFM4jZasvs&feature=related