Know what I saw the very next day after I took those pictures of my daffodil and iris stems? I actually had 2 daffodils bloom! I was amazed! Right now they are almost all bloomed; beautiful! I'm going to have to go check on my Redbud trees; they are sure to be budding very soon! I cannot see them from my windows until they are in FULL bloom, and then just barely. I just looked and I think I see some hint of purple blossoms back there, but it is dusk, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to know for sure. I really am going to have to consider moving one of the smallest trees up to our yard somewhere instead of back in the woods.
I trust you had a wondrous Resurrection Celebration yesterday, as did my family and I. It was a FULL day! We did attend the sunrise service, which made for a long morning, to begin with. It was good to Worship the Lord early on such an important day. (Although I'm questioning if it should be celebrated now or after Passover...but I won't dwell on that DEEP subject now.)
After our regular service the church had an egg hunt. They actually had 3 separate ones! One for preschoolers, one for elementary, and one for EVERYONE else. (Mind you, I go to a very small church.) I really did not intend to participate in the 'elders' egg hunt; I'd had my high heels on for about 5 hours and my feet were really hurting. But then they said that they had prizes! All prizes were gift cards to Wal-Mart: 1st=$20, 2nd=$15, and 3rd=$10. Certain eggs were pre-selected as the winners before hiding them. Well, I decided to look. We were almost done and I hadn't found a single egg! No biggie...it was just fun to watch those adults looking for eggs. LOL
My sons were the egg hiders and one said there was still at least one or two eggs out there and gave a VERY BROAD area to look in. I remembered that last year, they had hidden eggs at my parents' house for the younger ones and hid one up in a tree. Sooooo, I looked up and what did I see??? I called him over to get it down for me because I couldn't reach it. Then he walked to another area and said that there was one over there too. Several of us walked in that direction and I found it too! Guess what! They were the 1st and 3rd place eggs! Whoo Hoo!!!!! I won $30 in gift cards to Wal-Mart! Praise God! Now I just have to pray and ask Him what I should spend it on.
After our morning service, we had a covered dish dinner (before the egg hunt). So after the egg hunt, we had to help clean up...more standing in those high heels. Ugh! We finished cleaning up and went to my parents' to visit. Normally we get together on Saturdays but my sister requested we switch to Sunday so her 2 year old could do an egg hunt ON Easter. (Their church did it on Saturday.)
Also, my middle son's birthday is tomorrow, so we celebrated it yesterday as well. (We would've celebrated on Saturday if we'd have gotten together then, but no big deal as he wanted money for a new mp3 player and he's 15 this year, a day doesn't make any difference.)
We didn't get home until around 9:00pm, one very long but fun day! I hope you had a great day as well.
We, too, enjoyed a good Easter Sunday. It sounds to me like your feet were do for a break by the end of your day! Congratulations on your egg find, what a blessing. I can hardly believe a week has passed again already, spring seems to be moving along quite quickly. Hugs!
I noticed you were a HSBer and I just wanted to pop over and take a peek. Nice place you have here. I hope you don't mind if I add you to my friends list. Thanks for your SOW input!!! Have a good day!
Blessings,
Jane from SOW Yahoo Board
(Me and my dd, Tiffany on an easy to climb tree limb on vacation in VA in 2007.) These are my ramblings on homeschooling and whatever else comes to mind.
Counting Down
The Holidays are over and I'm not quite ready to start a new count down yet. Maybe I should start a counting up the number of days I've stayed on my "diet".
I really am going to have to consider moving one of the smallest trees up to our yard somewhere instead of back in the woods.
☺ Mar. 30, 2008 - Good day