Going Crazy

The kids were driving me absolutely crazy this morning! Lily was taking HOURS to do her math lesson, Gabe was whining and I don't even know what John was doing but it was all too much. So I packed them into the van along with the camera, binoculars, notebooks and pencils and we headed to Elisabeth Lake, which is just a 2 minute drive. I had warned them last night that I wanted pictures of them in their Easter clothes for Grandma so they didn't protest too much when I made them get dressed.
Our little outing was just the thing to break up the mood. We ran, drew pictures of ducks and trees and felt much better.

Weinie Roast

Our first hot dog and marshmallow roast of the year. They tasted so good.

John's legs are long enough for his tricycle! He really rode it for the first time this evening.

Pascha

Bright Monday

We celebrated Bright Monday liturgy this morning and Lily read the Epistle! She did such a good job; there were some hard names in the reading. And she knew exactly how to read the prokeimenon and all the responses without a cheat sheet or any help!

Christ is Risen!

The lone tulip in the front yard bloomed today. How appropriate. I didn't get any good pictures of Pascha but I'm hoping someone else did!

Holy Week

Here are some highlights from our week. You can see John sitting next to his Dad during the singing of the Praises last night (Holy Friday). Lily is there reading for Bridegroom Matins. And John napping is from Palm Sunday after a very busy morning.

Boy's Dream Come True...

...a big pile of rocks! We are determined to put an end to the mud! Or at least to minimize it. Hence half a load of gravel, it's all very exciting.

Amen

Pan - Orthodox Sermon by His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah @ Yahoo! Video

We truly have a man of God for our Metropolitan. There is nothing more that I can say, you just have to watch this and add your voice saying, "Amen."