Spring

From March 2009

From March 2009

From March 2009

We had 4 or 5 inches of snow this last week but it is gone and we think that winter has lost its grip. The snowsuits are in the basement. We have been eating outside and playing soccer on Saturday mornings even though it is often in the 30's. It is nice to be outside more.

Today is Easter Sunday. I took pictures of the kids this morning in all of their Easter finery, next to the cross that they made out of the trunk of our Christmas tree. But the pictures are still in the camera so they will get posted later. This was the first year that we didn't hunt eggs in the snow. We even had some flowers in the yard to decorate the cross with.

Several years ago one of David's friends gave us an Easter book for children. This year for over a month we read it most nights before bed. There are 36 short chapters in all. The book covers in detail the last several days of Jesus' life and then has some chapters about after His resurrection. The book is called "Journey to the Cross" by Helen Haidle. We learned so much and the kids really entered into the meaning of Easter. All during the day on Friday they kept asking, "Hey Mom, what was happening NOW?" They wanted to walk through the day and know when He was beaten, when He most likely was nailed to the cross, when darkness fell, when He died and the curtain was torn. I learned and understood much more than I knew before and we are already looking forward to reading it next year. David was home for several hours yesterday but couldn't be here today. We saved him some pie for tomorrow. Not quite a week and then he gets several days of vacation!