Happy Easter!

He is risen indeed!

'tis the season

Zoe finally got all 30+ stitches out,

the cone of shame off,

and promptly disguised herself as a bunny 

so we would not recognize her.

Matteo joined in the fun 

and quickly realized it was a mistake.

Any easter bunnies hopping your way?

Easter travels

have a Blessed Easter Day!!!!

We are happily traveling from Princeton to NYC today

with kiddo #1 and Kim.

Can't wait to share this amazing adventure with you soon.

wish I could travel by this scooter...

well maybe not with all 4 of us!

(original photo from Anthropologie

with a little help from picnik)

a Sunday blessing

or Happy Fern Sunday...

remember this from last year?

just had to repost because it really was too funny.

if I am honest with you,

I have to tell you I had a no good rotten bad week 

and thankfully it was our spring break,

so I laid low 

and cried a lot

and missed my mom

and cleaned 

and cried a lot.

grief really is a roller coaster of emotions...

I feel better today and ready to face the world again.

xo

ready for Easter...

Oh I had fun getting out the Easter goodies

and cleaning the house for lots of family on Sunday...

missed making Easter baskets for little ones,

but I have a grandniece that will be ready for one next year -

don't think she will quite get it at 7 months ...

so I will patiently wait.

Good Friday

The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace and called together the whole company of soldiers. 

They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him,

"Hail, king of the Jews!"  

Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff 

and spit on him.  

Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.  

And when they had mocked him,  they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him.  

Then they led him out to crucify him.

Mark 15:16-20

A Sunday Blessing

I have been waiting a whole year to post this one...

First of all, you need to know that today we celebrate Palm Sunday.

"The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast 

heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.  

They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

'Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'

...and you need to know that in the Pacific Northwest 

the kids at church often use fern fronds instead of palm branches

when they walk through our church in a procession

to commemorate this event...

so imagine our surprise when we got home from church,

let Zoe out,

and found that she returned with her own fern frond

tucked neatly into her collar.

We had a good laugh, but as you can tell she did not quite get the humor of the situation.

I kid you not - this really happened!