recapping

all in all, today was a pretty good day. someone special sent me flowers (tulips--my favorite), we had a banana split party at work, and my size 2 roommate asked if she could borrow a shirt. and despite all my protestations about how it would fall off her, it actually looked good.

flowers, chocolate, and feeling thinner than i am. three of my all time favorite things!

now to the easter weekend photo recap:

the weekend began on saturday morning with a celebration of drew's 8th birthday at pioneer park. as the name might indicate, the park had a western feel, and the kids attire would follow suit.

jenny had asked for my expertise (which in this case ended up being highly overrated) in planning the party. ultimately, i took responsibility for the games and foisted the rest back on jenny (see what i mean about being overrated?!) as i suspected, or at least thought possible, most of the games were left untouched, though the squirt guns were a big hit. it was a 75 degree day that felt like a 95 degree day and rachel and neighbor hannah wanted to make sure i wasn't overheating.

the children weren't the only ones enjoying themselves. several of jenny's family members came in from out of town for the weekend festivities.

after the party we headed back to mick and jenny's and arrived to find that my aunt marcia and uncle mike had made it safely from idaho. we spent the next few hours talking and laughing (there would be much of this over the course of the weekend), before we all get ready for the evening's celebration--drew's baptism.

i haven't been to a baptism in several years, and i found this one quite moving. perhaps because drew (and his siblings) now occupy a very tender place in my heart.


after church on sunday (sorry, no pictures), there was a traditional easter dinner, games, and expanding swordfighting peeps. you know, same 'ol, same 'ol.

the rest of the evening was passed with more talking and laughing.


easter is such a strange holiday. it's importance is not lost on me, but it has never felt like a 'real' holiday. my logical mind says that it should be more significant than christmas, but we don't put up trees a month in advance, we don't listen to easter carols in our cars, and we don't start treating one another more nicely, just because it's the spirit of the season. this year, being around so much family (even though most were not actually my own), and having drew's baptism serve as such a poignant usher to the spirit helped make this year's celebration quite meaningful.