Happy Spring and praying that things get back to some mode of normalcy for all of you! Here is our Spring Gallery….
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- Angelo is experimenting with a material that can be used to make pillars, etc. that look like marble.
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- He has his associates helping with the project.
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- It is a delicate operation and has to be done correctly.
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- His first sample….. 🙂
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- Gin’s birthday cake (Low-carb style) made by Margy.
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- Many nights our Crown of Thorns was on the table with new flowers added.
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- When Angelo goes up and helps my sister who is disabled, he gets to draw a whole flower on one of the thorns. Usually it takes 3 sacrifices for one flower….
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- Time to decorate for Easter.
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- Rosie is busy with Our Lady…
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- …and puts one of her gorgeous doilies under the Infant of Prague who is donned in His Easter white garb.
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- Angelo does above the cupboards…
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- Gemma decorates the piano.
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- She looks a little confused! 🙂
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- Rosie gets out the spring silk bouquet.
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- Juliette is contemplating Good Friday and expresses her feelings on paper…
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- Painting eggs with our good friend, Peter, from Minnesota.
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- Jeanette’s Resurrection Garden
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- Our good friend Ernie from Post Falls, ID was visiting over Easter.
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- Ernie taught them the game “Secret Hitler” while he was here. Dominic, our friend at the end of the table takes part in the games. He is our faithful dish washer. Thanks, Dom! Good times!
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- Our tulips are peeking their heads out. Spring is in the air!
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- We are beginning to sit out in front of Our Lady to say our prayers.
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- Easter morning, after Mass, found me outside hiding the Easter baskets while the kids were sleeping (they went to the Easter Vigil. Angelo was MC and the girls sang. 3:30a.m. was bedtime!)
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- Hannah finds one.
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- I got these neat Easter bags from our favorite Thrift Shop, God’s Storehouse. I’ve never used them before but they were great for holding everything in and keeping the critters from crawling in!
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- Hannah finds Angelo’s basket and quickly hides it again.
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- Rosie finds another one.
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- Hannah’s basket is in an interesting place, too.
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- Yay!
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- Dad had to search for his, too.
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- We have weird stuff in our baskets. We do fruit, boxes of non-gluten mac and cheese, seaweed (yes, you heard that right. My kids LOVE seaweed and rice), etc.
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- And they also get candy…bought from the Health Store.
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- Vin and Gin on Easter morning. They went to the Easter Vigil with all of their nine kids!
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- Easter morning. I’m not sure what Vincent was doing but he wasn’t around for the photo. (Probably feeding his rabbits!) 🙂
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- James brought the muffins for those who can’t do gluten. Yum!
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- My Easter ‘do by Rosie.
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- She is such a good hairdresser!
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- Easter morning finds Rosie and Angelo making breakfast for us…
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- Yum!
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- Tony, Benjamin and Anne.
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- Emma, Gin and Juliette. Gin made all these dresses.
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- Easter dinner and the family arrives and chats.
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- Our sweet Grace!
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- Our table is beautiful without the tablecloth but Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas we bring it out and don the table for something extra special!
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- Sisters-in-law
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- The Easter Bunny will supervise hiding the eggs after dinner.
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- Theresa and Gin, our two eldest. (Gin is the oldest of the two).
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- Our daughter-in-law, Z’s, mother, Mary Ann. A dear friend…
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- Moms and Babies…
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- Father is advising Hannah. Actually…he’s posing…haha!
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- Gin and Anne
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- Devin and Hannah
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- James moved from Massachusetts within this last year and has become a good friend in the parish.
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- Sarah, Lucy and Gemma
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- Two of our son-in-law’s mother on the left…Rosalie. And her sister, Becky, join us for Easter.
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- Theresa will get her helpers to hide the eggs while the children are in the house anxiously waiting…
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- Many hands make light work!
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- “You guys go down there, we’ll hide the ones up here!”
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- James listens intently.
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- Gemma smiles for the camera
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- Dave begins hiding the eggs.
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- Angelo hides them, too.
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- Here are the kids waiting to pounce!
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- Colin helps Charlotte open her egg.
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- Anne is pleased.
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- Here’s one!
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- Rosie helps Anne.
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- Mike is just out there….posing for the photos! haha
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- Juliette’s bag
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- Theresa with her youngest, Adam.
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- Margy and Gemma help Ethan.
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- The boys are contemplating if some eggs are hidden in the trees.
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- Magadalene is pleased.
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- Theresa and Devin.
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- Father is enjoying the sunshine and the sunny smiles of children.
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- Dominic and Sarah help their littles.
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- Gemma and Father
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- Dominic and Rita
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- Sarah and Rita
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- Jeanette, Mike and Elias (our little copperhead).
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- Good times
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- Good times with Father.
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- The boys’ treats are appreciated!
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- Dom and Sarah are surrounded.
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- An adult Easter Egg Hunt was planned this year by our good friends. One of the eggs had $100 in it!
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- Vincent has his bag to carry all the loot he will find in the eggs!
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- Z enjoys the hunt
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- Edward (far right) found the special egg!
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- Margy and Anne, Z and Charlotte.
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- Rosalie and Theresa
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- Good times with sweet children…
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- Our friend, Ernie, decides to paint the girls’ nails.
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- He’s embarrassed by the photos…but humble enough to accept it. haha
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- Flowers…. (Ernie works in Idaho in the flooring business.I think he missed his calling).
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- Ernie’s music abilites truly are amazing and we have such fun singing and listening…. (And, no, the knee holes in his pants are not because they are stylish. He works in the flooring business!)
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- Time for a seaweed, rice and kimchi party!
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- Theresa’s enjoying it!
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- So is Father!
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- Brendan decides to try the wheatgrass that Father brought over to put through the juicer.
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- Yum??
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- Brendan, Adrian, Gemma
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- Hannah decides to curly Sienna’s hair with the new heat rollers Gin gave us.
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- They take 90 seconds to heat up and once in the hair, about the same amount of time to curl. Wow!
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- Cute!
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- Another round of Secret Hitler
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- Father brought over his pipe. Ernie decided to try a “roll-your-own” with the pipe tobacco and some paper.
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- He tries to look tough. 😉
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- Walking out to Jeanette’s new greenhouse.
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- She has her Dad’s green thumb.
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- The start of the growing season…
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- After the Easter Vigil. Gemma, Ernie, Hannah.
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- Gemma, Rosie, Ernie, Hannah
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- Gemma is being silly. She can be a real hoot and have us all unfemininely roaring with laughter!
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- Our blossoming trees against the sunset.
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- We had a Women’s Conference with 3 deacons and 2 priests heading it up!
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- It was a very rewarding morning!
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- David and Margy (who is due in 2 weeks.)
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- To all our friends who know us too well…. hehe
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- To my relatives in Canada….
Looks like good family and friends times! A very blessed Easter season to you!
Beautiful photos as always, God bless you
What a lovely family. It looks like a good time was had by all. Thank You for sharing your family’s Easter.
Marilyn
That Easter egg hunt looks like a lot of fun. Congratulations to Edward for finding the special egg.
HAPPY SPRING
Joan
Thank You for sharing all the lovely photos of your family. Margy will be in my prayers for a safe delivery. Congratulations Edward on finding the special egg.
Marion
Thank you for sharing! It looks like a lovely Easter!