Happy Easter!

I know it's a waste of money to get suits for little boys that they will probably only wear once. But I couldn't resist this year. Seeing my boys all looking spiffy gave me so much pleasure! And Graham was actually excited to wear his spiffy clothes!

On a more serious note, one of my favorite songs lately is Matt Maher's "Christ Is Risen". Wow it gets me.

We didn't go to our Good Friday service - for the first time that I can ever remember. And, I felt quite empty on Friday before Easter. The timing was just lousy for Brooks' current "schedule", and we knew it would be more of a time managing him just in a different place. And it would probably be distracting. And we didn't think it fair to put him in the nursery when we knew he would be tricky. So, we did our own service at home. We read scripture at dinner with Graham, and once the kids went to bed Kyle and I did our own little service together. Then Kyle watched part of The Passion of the Christ, and I watched the stations of the cross and the Pope on TV. It was a very different Good Friday for us. In some ways disappointing and in some ways reflective in a very good, quiet way.

(The pictures below were taken in our side yard - our neighbor's white azaleas were just beautiful!  (And in the shade - after dressing two children, Kyle and I were sweating!!)