The Gingham Owl

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Easter Sunday

Sunday morning we got up early and got ready for church. The girls and I got new Easter dresses for the first time in a long time.

We went to our church for a very nice Easter service.

After church we colored Easter eggs and relaxed. We watched some Easter shows. It was a very nice Sunday.

I made a nice dinner for Easter, and we did Resurrection Eggs with a Bible story. It was a wonderful Easter, and we are so grateful for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Easter weekend: Saturday

The girls asked for the Easter Bunny to visit on Saturday instead of Sunday so that Sunday could be more Christ-centered.

They got some pretty full baskets this year.

Abigail's basket...

Madeline's basket....

My basket...

Doug's basket...

Their stuffed animals were in the hallway near the bottom of the stairs with little trails of jelly beans leading from them to the baskets.

They were pretty excited when they came down and found them.

A little while later I had zoom book club, and then we drove south to my parents' house to do an egg hunt and have lunch with them.

Spring Break week one:

Our spring break started with my birthday weekend and Palm Sunday.

We spent the week relaxing, complaining about the never-ending snow, cleaning, and spending time as a family. Maddy and I went on an outing to a new bookstore and Hobby Lobby. She made a flower arrangement for her room. We also began a two week period of time where the girls are responsible for all of their own cooking. Maddy's first meal of choice was pancakes.

My 46th birthday

On the Saturday, April 1, I woke up to find that Abi had delivered Birthday Bear to the chair by my bed.

My mom made a birthday cake for me (it's adorable!) and I had some more books and craft supplies for my birthday. Such a fun way to start the day!

Maddy made me a cute little present.

My mom also bought breakfast for us, so we had donuts on cute Easter plates!

We watched the last day of the Abide Conference, and again, loved it so much. It was much needed for encouragement and edification. We have talked about it so many times since, remembering the important and bold truths that were shared.

After the conference my mom went home. Then I just spent the rest of the day with Doug and the girls, we got takeout for dinner, and we watched Beauty and the Beast. It was a great 46th birthday!

Abide for Women weekend and Birthday outing

I bought a virtual ticket to the Answers in Genesis women's conference, Abide. It fell on the days leading up to and on my birthday. I talked my mom into coming over to watch it with me all three days and to do our traditional birthday outing on one of the evenings.

It was so awesome. The speakers were fantastic, and we both got so much out of it.

After we were done with Abide for the day on Friday, March 31st, she and I headed out to Barnes and Noble. She bought me three books!

We grabbed some dinner on our way home and then we ate and relaxed whilst watching Green Dolphin Street. I had read the book this is based on by Elizabeth Goudge a few years ago, but didn't know until recently that it was made into a movie. It was pretty good.

Random march moments

I finally finished the book that I wrote over a year ago for Abi to use as part of her cryptology course. She will be using it in our upcoming term. It was so great to finally have it done, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'll have to see if she likes it.

My parents bought some new bedroom furniture, so they asked if we would like their old stuff. They take incredibly good care of everything, so even though this furniture is almost as old as I am, it still looks brand new. I had to move most of my bookshelves out of our bedroom to make room for them, so it was a busy few days of rearranging and moving wall art. I will post pictures of the finished result another day!