50 Days of Resurrection Joy!

We've certainly been celebrating the Octave of Easter with gusto! We had a fun week filled with lots and lots of activities. We did manage to get "basic school" done every day, but we also went to the zoo, karate, soccer practice, dance class, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, the library, our first soccer game of the season, and a roller skating birthday party! We participated in two Easter egg hunts on Easter Sunday, hosted one for my godchildren and their families on Wednesday, and went to one more at a park with our homeschooling group on Thursday! We enjoyed beautiful weather (except for some rain during the soccer game). And all the while Jon has been working and working and working.... but the end of tax season is SO close now. You can bet we'll be rejoicing even more wholeheartedly once we get Daddy back!

Here are some pictures from our busy, fun week ---

Four of my five godchildren were able to come to an Easter egg hunt and lunch at our place! (Our other godchild lives in Michigan.) We had a great time.

Now this is a beautiful sight! TEN children playing peacefully in our basement. They all had so much fun --- with no incidences or trouble at all!

Homeschool Easter Egg Hunt at a local park ---

Adam and his friend Ryan enjoying a beautiful day at the park!

Ray hanging out at the top of the rock wall.

You've gotta love these classic boy faces!
It's SO hard to wait for the egg hunt to start.

"And they're off!"

 Catechesis of the Good Shepherd ---

At our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd class, we celebrated the Liturgy of the Light.

 

Adam receiving the Light of Christ

Celebrating with our friends!

Spring Soccer Season has begun!

Adam was once again effective and entertaining as goalie!

Adam is a full head taller thean all the other kids on his team.

This is the only non-blurry picture I got from Ray's game. It was raining and I was a little bit busy. See picture below! ;)

Ava's 10th Birthday Party at the Roller Rink!

I can't believe that my niece Ava is turning 10! We had a great time at her party today.... but most of my pictures turned out too blurry or too dark. I didn't even get a decent picture of Ava! My boys had only skated twice before. Ray did amazingly well. He was pretty independent. Adam was another story. His legs were like Jello! But he was determined to skate no matter what. They both skated and skated and skated until the party ended and the lights were turned off!

Roller Kings!
Adam, Carter, Ray

Isn't this funny?
Mamaw helping Adam skate with a "walker!"
Shouldn't it be the kid helping grandma with a walker? ;)

Happy Birthday Ava!

Whew! No wonder I'm tired! What a week. Tomorrow we will celebrate our first Garden Party for our Garden of the Good Shepherd Easter observance. It will also be Divine Mercy Sunday. After that, we're diving into a BIG week of school work... and getting ready to celebrate the END of tax season! Hooray! Alleluia!