Easter 2019

May you be blessed with much JOY this Easter season and always remember the hope we have in the Risen Christ!!

St Valentine's Day

"The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host." 

~ Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

How true that is!!  Where would we be without Our Lord?  How blessed we are to have the ultimate gift given to each of us in the gift of the Eucharist.  May we each center our lives around Jesus and keep our focus always on him.  

How blessed we are to have so many reasons as Catholics to celebrate and St. Valentine's Day is one of those days.  Here's some of our fun from this year's celebration....

St. Valentine's Day party...

"Somebody loves me!"  

~Yoda

(valentine made by his cousin)

Pookey won one of the candy guessing games.   

The Greatest Love of All is found within the Sacred Heart of Jesus!  

Treating his ladies right!!

(he also brought home Mexican take out for me!)

++St. Valentine, pray for us!++

Wordless Wednesday: Another Show Went On

Wordless Wednesday: Wonder & Awe

2018 March JOYS

A beautiful wedding for my sweet nephew and his now beautiful wife!!  Such a blessed day!!!  

Gorgeous temps = break out of hibernation and get outside/go on family walks!!!

The cutest toothless smile!!

A March birthday in the family

Sweet Lady finally walking at 17 months of age

A first day of spring snowfall and air soft wars

++Thank you, God, for these March JOYS!!++

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For a continuation of this "year in review" and the JOYS that God has sent to our family, click here to go to the original post.  

2018 February JOYS

All things Seuss!!!!  Our three oldest were in Seussical Junior - Fone was Horton (we didn't even know he could sing til this year!!!), Melody was in ensemble and Ariel was in crew.

(Yoda wasn't in it, he just loved the Cat in the Hat so much and "plays" him quite often!!)

Two birthdays and a Minecraft birthday party

Our new driver (Mario got his permit!!)

Mickey waffles

SNOW much fun!!

My sisters and I threw a camping/outdoors theme bridal shower (for the sweet girl my nephew married in March).  My nephew is the first to get married on both sides of our family!  Such a fun stage in life to be in and make a big deal of these celebrations!!

++Thank you, God, for these February JOYS!!++

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For a continuation of this "year in review" and the JOYS that God has sent to our family, click here to go to the original post.  

2018 January JOYS

Early on in January, we had to take a trip to a university hospital for Lady to have scans done of her brain.  She had increasing head size growth for her last few appointments and her doctor wanted her checked out.  Everything ended up being ok - she was on the upper end of normal and still is today and is on watch.  But how thankful we are that she IS ok and how grateful we are for good doctors and health insurance.

Epiphany celebration - it's been so much fun every year celebrating this feast and even more so since we've had a baby or toddler to "play" baby Jesus.  Here's our youngest three as Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

Pookey turned 8 last December, but with a nasty stomach bug that made its way through our house, we had to schedule and reschedule his friend birthday party a few times.  We finally had it near the end of January - when it was almost Max's birthay!  It was a puzzle theme party and so much fun!!

March for Life for Neil and our two oldest!!!

Salad in a jar making night with friends!!!  (a great reminder that I need to do this again soon!!)

++Thank you, God, for these January JOYS!!++

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For a continuation of this "year in review" and the JOYS that God has sent to our family, click here to go to the original post.