Well, we started off our Lent thinking it would be like any other Lent. As we all know…it wasn’t. Sometimes we just don’t know what is around the corner, do we? God is good and we are grateful for the good times…and the hardships that bring us closer to Him and to one another.
Please continue to keep my dear mother in your prayers. She is close to all of our hearts and will leave such a gap when Our Lord calls her home….
What a privilege it is to look after our parents who have sacrificed so much for us through the years…
As a side note, I am posting this video here. It is important and balanced and should be watched. Draw your own conclusions. Youtube keeps taking it down. It had millions of hits in a few days when the first one was taken down. Be informed. (Scroll to near the end of their post for the video)
The following is a gallery of our Lent…into Easter. Captions are below the photos. Click on the first one to see fullscreen.
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- Fat Tuesday was spent with our two good priests for an evening of bowling.
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- Anne Marie is just…tired.
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- Father Flood is enjoying himself.
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- Fr. Adams with Juliette.
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- Margy and Dave’s original wedding date was May 16th. They have postponed to the end of June, hoping things will be opened up by then.
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- Lovely lavender for the bridesmaids. Margy decorated the fascinators.
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- Also, the flower girls baskets. Yes. nine flower girls!!!
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- Enjoying one of Grandma’s books!
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- Vin came over one evening to take the family on a hayride.
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- We loaded it down!
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- Angelo is busy making extraordinary healthy candy for Easter!
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- Gin’s decor.
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- Peter in his sister’s fancy slippers!
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- Pretending he’s making cookies.
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- Edward is sewing pillows together as gifts.
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- Tony is lazing around.
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- Busy with crafts!
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- Praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
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- Repainting the bathroom and adding a few transfers.
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- Margy’s Bridal Shower…what a spread!
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- Gin made the cute sign for a gift for Dave and Margy
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- Rosalie (Margy’s soon-to-be mother-in-law) and me.
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- Opening gifts.
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- Lots of ladies
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- Lots of fun.
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- Showing off her gifts…
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- Little girls everywhere!
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- Cheers!
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- Margy’s favorite cousin surprised her by showing up from out of town!
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- Cute apron from…guess who?
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- A procession to stop the virus
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- Angelo is thurifer.
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- My girls
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- St. Patrick’s Day fun with Theresa’s children.
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- Magdalene wears it well!
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- Virginia is ready for spring aprons!
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- The beginning of the Crown of Thorns. Flowers will be put on the toothpicks for sacrifices or good deeds done!
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- The beginning of a new grotto in the front of the house.
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- Hubby is hard at work.
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- And a real artist when it comes to masonry!
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- He also has a green thumb!
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- Finished!
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- Jeanette is ready to have this baby!
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- Board games are in…lockdown or not!
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- Avila loves Charlotte…(the miracle baby!)
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- Beginning of a project.
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- Gin transforms it! Gorgeous!
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- Livestream Mass.
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- Theresa’s kids are protecting themselves from the Corona as they pray the rosary…haha!
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- We didn’t have the proper color of purple to cover the statues…
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- but this light purple sheet worked well!
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- Angelo thought he was being helpful by covering the little crucifixes on the plastic rosaries!
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- Brendan caught a fish…
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- Adrian hugs a duck!
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- Campfire songs.
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- Colin and Z’s kids being goofy.
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- Z had the right kind of purple for the season!
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- Mike and Jeanette with new baby…Elias!
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- Brendan made cream puffs for Easter
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- Magdalene with her new baby brother….Ely.
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- Juliette is busy making flowers
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- Nathan joins her.
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- We weren’t able to have Mass on the feast of the Annunciation but we had a Family Procession.
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- Prayers at the new grotto.
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- Babtism time for Elias Daniel!
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- David and Margy are Godparents.
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- Father Adams baptizes…
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- A new child of God!
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- Consecrating him to Our Lady.
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- The “Churching of the Mother” ceremony.
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- Baptism photo
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- With God parents
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- This field was beautiful….the girls are being dramatic. Oh boy.
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- Gemma, Rosie, Hannah
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- Look what Brendan got!
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- That’s quite a catch!
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- One of our parishioners plans a flight for Father Adams to bless homes.
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- Pilot and Co-Pilot.
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- They go over each home that signed up and Father says blessings of protections and sprinkles holy water.
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- Holy Mass in the garage.
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- Mom loves George
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- George is Margy’s new goat…
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- who slept with a teddy bear the first night we had hime.
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- A beautiful Ressurection Garden made by Gemma
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- Gin’s kids line up for lunch!
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- Ooo….Swedish Tea Ring…yum!
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- Z was inspired by Maria von Trapp and had flat bread and wine on Holy Thursday!
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- We livestreamed the Easter Vigil. It was lovely….not the same, of course….but still quite beautiful
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- Coloring pages for Lent
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- We got the neatest egg wraps (transfers) off of Amazon.
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- Beautiful designs!
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- Decorating for Easter!
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- Another Ressurection Garden….Theresa’s.
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- Juliette tied herself up in a knot and is not too happy about it.
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- Helpers in the kitchen
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- Hot Cross Buns! Yum!
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- Double Yum!
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- A finished Lenten Way of the Cross… Jeanette’s family.
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- Getting ready! Colin and Z’s kids.
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- And getting ready at another household….Devin and Theresa’s kids.
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- Yum! Z’s Hot Cross Buns!
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- George is affectionate!
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- And mischievous.
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- Yay! Easter goodies!
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- Angelo and Toby!
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- Devin and Theresa’s family, with new addition, Adam.
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- Colin and Z’s family …with Z
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- Colin and Z’s family …with Colin
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- Dom and Sarah’s little Rita
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- More games!
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- Making breakfast Easter morn. Our good farmer friend, Doc, with Margy.
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- Rosie made raspberry cinnamon rolls.
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- Vin with his boys (Nathan is missing)
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- Gin with her girls (Anne is protesting)
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- Family at Easter
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- David and Margy
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- Rosie made me this Easter doily for Our Lady
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- Mike and Jeanette’s family with new addition, Ely!
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- Gin with some of the kiddos
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- Easter fun! The weather was too bad to have a hunt. But we made do.
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- And everyone was happy!
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- Theresa, David and Rosalie.
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- Theresa is the Easter Bunny each year….passing out the love and the goodies.
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- Our Parking Lot Mass
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- Mom loves the animals.
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- Jeanette and Mike with Grandma
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- We went one morning to Daily Mass and Angelo was allowed to serve. It was a privilege since, up to then, no servers were allowed.
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- George was ready for the priest to come to Grandma. haha
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- Birthday Boys. Notice the three groups of candles…for 3 of Gin’s boys!
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- Anne is partied out…enough is enough!
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- Z and her kids spend the day building relationships and making a beeee-autiful sidewalk!
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- Father is visiting Mom.
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- Gin’s family building a new sidewalk. Life keeps moving along in spite of “lockdown”.
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- A lovely wreath Gin made for her home.
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- We pray the rosary outside with Grandma
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- Grandma has many lovely plants and solar lights!
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- She gives a blessing to each of the kids with her St. Benedict Medal and her Crucifix.
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- My oldest brother, Mike, and his lovely wife Nellie and family. They live in British Columbia. He always keeps in touch but even more since Grandma has been sick. He sings to her with his guitar and sends the audio clips. He is a gem, that is for sure!
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- Angelo is very close to Grandma and whenever he was missing as a little guy…we knew where he was! Talking Grandma’s ear off!
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- Hannah and Gemma get Grandma’s blessing
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- Discussing things with our son, Sep.
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- Not very often do I get a photo of Sep and Molly and their family.
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- Blessings abound!
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- Sep’s blessing.
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- Vin gets his blessings.
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- Gin gets hers.
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- Toby and new baby brother!
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- Taking a hand at feeding George.
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- Gemma does Grandma’s hair.
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- Father Adams is kept busy blessing Mom’s beautiful items (well, some are mine, too)
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- Mom
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- Father and the seminarians.
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- Gin looks like a honeybee
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- Mom
Thank you for posting ! This is so beautiful and encouraging.
I am continuing to pray for your mom. She often comes to my mind.
And congratulations on the arrival of Elias.
May our Lord continue to richly bless you and your family. 🤗
A lovely gallery! Thank you for sharing your pictures and thoughts with us.
God bless you and praying for your Mom.
Praying for you and your beautiful mother. Much love from all the Porters.
A very blest day to you and the pictures are nice. 🙂 Your mom looks very tired but very sweet….. I pray all goes well.
Thank You so much for sharing your family’s celebration of Lent,Easter and all of the other activities. God Bless your mom and all of your family.
Joan
Such a loving photo of you and your Mum. You can tell by her expression that she grateful to have you with her. Bless both of you!
Love seeing all the photos of your beautiful family. Happy that you had a lovely holiday season despite being an unusual one. You have a beautiful family. Your mom will be in my prayers. Congratulations on the birth of three new grand babies. Welcome to the world Elias Daniel,Ely and Adam. God Bless all
Marion
Beautiful pictures! You are very blessed. What is a “churching of the mother” ceremony?
P. S. Those doctors were very brave to say all that to a hostile environment, especially California. Thank you for sharing! I saw the video on YouTube before they took it down. 🙁 I hope more good doctors will back each other up and share loudly their findings. 🙂
Thank you for posting! I love the family galleries that you post. This one in particular has given me extra inspiration and joy. 🙂
Thank you for your inspiring posts. This one was most uplifting to me today. God bless.
What a beautiful family. Welcome to your new grandsons. God Bless them. Prayers continuing for your Mom. Stay well and safe.
Marilyn