He is Risen!

Our church was too full, we had mass in the overflow building, so we showed TnT the new church afterward. We will soon be baptizing little Francis Commodore here :)

 I took these pictures while I waited to confess on wed night...took 3 hrs it was so crowded

 The kids baskets--we still did all the "fun" stuff, but they know the bunny thing is a secular ploy to sell moichendise. :P I can't believe how many people are anti-Christian lately--I only had one person say "happy Easter" back to me while running errands this week...no response at all. Feels so hostile. What a shame.

After mass we got right to work--I had rolled about 50 lumpia the night before to freeze and fry fresh on Easter. Teresa brought desserts and Sangria :) John helped me make the mashed red potatoes, cut up some fresh fruit, we heated up honeyhams and turkey John got through his work, croissants, gravy, salad, and candied yams.

 I felt like a real filipino making pork lumpia---there were only 4 left by the end of the night.

 We took some photos in & outside so we could change into more comfortable clothes.

 Then we let them have their baskets--Frankie got this cute singing puppy toy that both L & O had..its a tradition.

 The kids helped TnT open their gifts...

 Frankie had some peaches too :)

 Then it was time for bubbles and the egg hunt...first we did inside (downstairs only) then outside. They LOVED it!

 John was taking photos while I hid the eggs inside the house--he's getting better with taking focused pictures :)

 Our live-in nanny :)

 Ready for eggs!

 Counting their loot:

BTW we found this snake (very small) in our garden last week. After learning it was a harmless brown snake (I researched the pattern lol) we let it go. 

 So cute huh????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Olivia got her favorite blankie back after 40 days...Lucas got his Wii...

And mommy got her MUSIC back!

 John's coworker Justin came over later and had a plate of food, then we talked about music--he plays guitar and heard from John about my live music gigs. I was excited/nervous to plug in..40 says is long enough to forget a lot...but it was awesome. Even therapeutic. Justin enjoyed playing as well---and loves my equipment too. John's gonna have him over for a 'jam session' next week--he's bringing his taylor acoustic. He said, "John already told me you hate Dave  Matthews so I won't play his stuff!" haha...no argument there lol. We had lots of fun and Frankie was trying to sing with Justin!

 Then TnT's son Dillon came over after getting off work (busy day at Olive Garden). Had some food and relaxed, didn't get a chance to play any games--last time they played Acquire.

 

I hope everyone had a blessed Easter!