Easter Blessings

We hope that all of you had a joyous Easter! We sure did! Sure we wished that we could be with all of our friends and family, but we had a nice relaxing few days together.

Thursday we toured the Illinois country side as our GPS (aka Calie) got us safely to church via a different route. We stopped to eat at Cracker Barrel to use the last of our gift certificates.

Friday was a nice day to sleep in, but of course we can't sleep past 7:30 anymore anyways. We decided that it was the perfect opportunity to watch The Passion. Since it was actually a nice day, we decided to take a walk in the park before heading to church. We got to church and a nice older man seemed excited to see us. His eyes then filled with tears and told us that he had suddenly lost his wife to a heart attack on Wednesday night, while fighting back the tears. We joined him in his pew to try to comfort this man who said there is nothing that can keep him from his Lord, especially now. I don't know about you, but I would not be that brave only two days after losing my spouse. Steve was able to miss a class so that he could attend the funeral. What Steve realized after this man said he had lost his wife was that they were avid bible study goers, and she had just asked Steve what he thought Heaven was like and told him that she couldn't wait to get there, and she didn't wait.

Saturday we worked around the house and capped the day off at Dave and Busters. It is an arcade for adults.

Sunday was a cold snowy day here. We started the day with an Easter breakfast that pales in comparison to the Easter breakfast at Trinity, WI. We then went to church. We had a relaxing afternoon and had some friends over for dinner. Somehow we got on the subject of the old wives tale that you can't break an egg if it's in the palm of your hand. See the picture for the results of Steve's attempt.

Overall it was a joyous occasion of sleeping in, worshiping the struggles and triumphs of our Lord, and time with each other.