He is Risen!

Happy Easter Everyone!

Our Easter Triduum has been a special time with just us 4 at home. In Canada most employees get Good Friday and Easter Monday off, so Andrew's had the whole weekend off.  I know family would have loved to have us come celebrate with them but it really was nice to stay home and spend this time together. Andrew did some work in the garage, he made a planter's box for some veggie plants, we made a lot of food for today, went to Holy Thursday mass, Good Friday service and Easter Vigil. And yes we took Malachi to the vigil, he did amazing! We're so proud of him. We failed to get a family picture but here are a few, plus lots of the food we prepared for today's celebration. 

 Easter Vigil

First attempt to take pics before Vigil mass, Malachi had just woken up and Daddy going downstairs to get his shoes was too much for Malachi to take.

Daddy makes everything better.

He was a little more lively after mass.

32 weeks

The deliciousness we enjoyed

Our after mass snack last night; homemade Challah from an elderly couple from church

We broke tradition and had banana bread with our eggs for breakfast, instead of cinnamon rolls...I figured we'd have enough sweets later.

Our favorite Greek Salad from The Barefoot Contessa on Food Network Channel.

Twice Baked potatoes

Before

After...YUM! Andrew used our charcoal BBQ...it turned out AMAZING!

Homemade chocolate peanut butter eggs...you know, like, the Reese's Easter eggs that are so delicious. These turned out just like them!

Strawberry Shortcake Cake, turned out pretty darn good, but how could you go wrong with strawberries and cream cheese frosting?

Roaming around the house while daddy bbq's.

Chocolate covered banana

He's so cute!

Our "Garden"

Lettuce!

Flowers, oregano, parsley, lettuce

Strawberries

Tomatoes in the back and basil in front.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

-1 Peter 1:3

Palm Sunday Outing

Malachi and I took Daddy to Granville Island to walk around, enjoy some treats and the beautiful weather.

Our dapper little man dressed up for church

31 weeks!

Malachi's Baptism Day

Happy 1st Anniversary of your Baptism Malachi!
It's freaking me out to be posting this celebration...I was shocked to celebrate Avila's 1st birthday last week and now thinking it's been a year since Malachi's baptism is too much for me =).  I feel like I literally just posted about his baptism a couple of months ago, but really it's been a YEAR!

Helping Daddy bbq dinner

Banana split for our little man

Daddy giving some instructions on what to do

Close one

TBT: My Boys and National Sibling Day

Throw back Thursday of my boys. I wonder if come June there will be another boy added to the mix....or will the genders be equal in our household?

Not sure what it is about this photo but I love it!

Can't resist a sleeping baby with daddy.

 And let's not forget National Sibling day...love my sisters so much and appreciate how close all of us have grown, especially just in the last couple of years.

2006

Little over a year ago in Missouri (thank you for coming to visit!)

Trip to see Omi

By family's generosity we were able to make a trip to Oregon to see Andrew's Grandmother, Omi, who is in town from Germany. 

Omi with all 9 great grandchildren

Uncle Nichlas did the boys hair

Malachi is too cool for school (with Cousins, Tobit and Ewan)

Avila's 1st birthday...I remember posting a pic from her birth...CAN'T believe it's been a year already!

Got to see my military man after 2 long weeks!