Happy Easter!

Christos Voskres!!!! He is Risen!!!The above is a Slovak cloth beautifully embroidered stating "Christ is Risen" and created to cover a large basket filled with special food to be blessed for the Easter celebration feast.

I love tradtions! Sorry I haven't been posting much around here...not feeling very well, and trying to just live life as much as possible with Ron and my children.

We had a very special weekend! After one of my dearest friends invited me to the spa for her birthday to have pedicures and manicures together and to get a bite to eat afterward....how could I say no?! So Thusday evening was spent being pampered and relaxing...and especially visiting with a dear friend! Thanks, Steph!

Friday, I had a pretty nasty 2 1/2 hour procedure in the morning,but came home and make a small Easter dinner for our family...ham, kielbasi, potato salad and some veggies...then we all headed to South Hills Bible Chapel for their Good Friday service. Oh, my goodness...it was very solumn and yet passionate at the same time....very focused on our Lord. Then, we went upstairs, to a special "journey to the cross"....and each room represented Jesus steps to the cross....in one room there were real spikes and mallets, another one held real spices of frankincense and mir....one had a very realistic bloody cross , crown of thorns and robe....very powerful. Each of the children were mesmerized....as were we. The last room represented you, nailing your sins to the cross....with the invitation that anyone who would follow Jesus would pick up his cross and follow....and nail it to the cross. that was the most powerful for me...especially seeing my little ones understand, write down what they thought their sins were and nail them to the cross. I am so glad that we went!

Saturday, we celebrated Easter and my sister Pam's 40th birthday.....what fun! So glad the weather held, as we were all outside and the kids had so much fun! The food was fantastic, and there was so much of it...even the gigantic cake my mom made!

Sunday, we had a very nice church service with our great church familiy....came home, relaxed , made a quick salad and headed down to Ron's moms. It was so nice seeing nieces and nephews and cousins....all the little cousins play so nice together!

Now....back to busily productive! Not sure how often I'll be posting now that the weather is beautiful, and we're trying to get the spring cleaning done, switching sizes and seasons for Ronnie and Anna...finish up homeschooling papers and responsabilities for this year. Hope to have some more posts soon, though. Some days it is just too nice outside! LOL

May you all be very blessed!!!! ~Sue~