Easter!

March 23 He's Alive! Praise the Lord for the gift of His Son and for this Resurrection Day when we celebrate!
i have to admit, it did sneak up on me. with jojo's birthday, then the triathlon, then the party, then ky's actual birthday, then easter - it got a little mixed in. :( sometimes the traditions of the old testament seem like they'd be a real blessing. it would probably also benefit me to just plan ahead - but oh well. here we are. God is so good!
daddy played drums at UP in fullerton this morning. it was good that it was scheduled because otherwise, we'd have had to decide where to go. lately, if he's not playing somewhere, we "church" at home or the park or the beach. we fellowship with believers, just not on sundays. sometimes i have a hard time with that, but there's no simple solution.
so... Easter...
we took pictures in our own yard before church. when i announced to the kids we would do photos, jojo asked "whose grass will we take the pictures on?" because last 4th of july, we only had dirt and took our photos on the neighbors' lawn. :)
after photos we churched. then i attempted more photos at the school/church. the kids were not really into it. we came home and had naps then an easter egg "hunt" in the backyard.
we had easter dinner with the neighbors across the street and their extended family. we hadn't made plans with our family because we'd been together so much this month! mom & dad made the drive from arizona 4 times! anyhow. it was a blessing to be with the neighbors, our extended family here, and to have fun with them.
part of that extended family, one neighbor, has been in the hospital and had just been moved to a rehab center. we visited friday night and he didn't seem right. saturday morning he was taken to emergency and was basically on life-support all day. this morning another neighbor requested prayer for him and her entire church prayed. we received word that afternoon that our sick neighbor was doing well, he was breathing and even eating on his own! what an incredible answer to prayer! we were able to rejoice with our neighbors on Easter day, celebrating the Lord's goodness, even with those who are not yet believers.