Happy Easter & Birthday

 Dear Family,

 

 

He has risen!  How blessed we are to experience so much love that our Lord would come to earth with the express purpose of sacrifice.  How beautiful that He cares so much about us.  How free we are indeed that our sins are forgiven and we have a new nature.  I am thankful we are loved!

I am proud of Seth for giving his time to both services for Good Friday and Easter.  He mans part of the slides/soundboard in the back for church and I let him know how glad I am that he gives of his time.  His response, “I have nothing better to do,” maybe dry humor or just a statement of fact.  I also love looking at the lawn after he has mowed it.  It is beautiful.

This week Bobby cooked several dinners and we enjoyed them immensely.  He is a fabulous cook. 

Some of our dinner conversations centered around April Fools.  The only person to experience Shenanigans was Adriel.  She put a doughnut box in the break room.  Inside was a veggie tray.  She didn’t get to see their reactions first hand but heard she got everyone.  The next day she brought real doughnuts and “Got a lot of ‘Happy Birthdays’ for that one.” 

Adriel experienced another surprise.  When she used my phone number at Safeway it took off $ and made her purchase significantly less.  She was confused about this.  I also was confused when I went to pay for something at Safeway and my Monopoly $ had disappeared.  At dinner, we figured it out and I was glad to hear the $ went to a good cause.  Thank you church friends for your monopoly ticket gifts.  I love them!

Adriel was super joy-filled on her Birthday.  She experienced a horse ride with her boyfriend.  She was delighted and it was fun to see her so happy.

I brought home a soap refill.  It was located under a bunch of hand sanitizers.  I went to refill my sanitizer bottles and was surprised that it was soap!  How frustrating!  When I bemoaned, “How was I supposed to know it was soap?” Seth laughed and said, “You could read the label.” Adriel came to the rescue.  She has a large sanitizer pump bottle and I used it to refill my little ones.  Yay, now I have the convenience of sanitizer on each car door and in the trunk (for Instacart – I sanitize my hands after opening a door).

Bobby mentioned a youth group game during dinner starting with, “When I think of Easter I think of peeps and jelly beans.”  Adriel had to cut in with, “When I think of Easter I think of Jesus.”  Ohhhhhh!

So we had light-hearted banter and much more fun.  The above are the things I remember laughing at.

My parents enjoyed spending a couple days with us.  Their presence made Good Friday, Adriel’s Birthday, and Easter even more meaningful.  They bless us with encouragement, care, and interest.  They love us unconditionally and I am blessed every time we visit with them.  Dad took some wonderful pictures and here are a couple of them.

 

May you also experience joy because you are so loved.  May your heart lift at God’s gift of happy smiling flowers.  May your spirit be blessed as mine is.  Love and hugs,

 

 

 

Cristy