I think it stresses Tad out a bit, but Mother’s Day and my birthday usually fall within a day or two of each other.  Here’s how we celebrated those special days!

After church on Mother’s Day, Tad took us to Moe’s (one of our family’s favorite restaurants when it comes to taste, kid-friendliness, healthiness, and speed of food arrival).

My sweet CC fell asleep on the way home.

Jude was happy after his nap, and enjoyed showing off how long he can sit up on his own!

Jude and CC brought me these flowers from church.

That night, Tad cooked hamburgers and corn on the cob!  Such a perfect summer meal.

My birthday was last Tuesday, and Tad made my day so special!  He cooked breakfast for me.

He got me a lovely bouquet of flowers.  Jude had slept quite poorly the night before, so it was nice to wake up to birthday surprises!

I had all kinds of fun mail to open!

We all went out to lunch to our favorite local Italian restaurant.

I got my usual – the Philly Cheese Steak!  The girls split a stromboli (their favorite).

We had salted caramel gelato for dessert.  Amazing!

Tad made a delicious dinner – Chicken Parmesan and garlic bread!  It’s one of the best meals he’s ever cooked.

The girls were so sweet on my birthday, singing to me and giving me lots of extra hugs and kisses.

I am so blessed so have such a thoughtful husband who made these occasions so special!

Unrelated photo but had to share… Vera thought putting this pink hat on Jude was hilarious!

We had a beautiful Resurrection Day celebration today, and we hope that you did too!

Our pastor spoke on how Jesus is the true and better temple.  It was a great sermon!

Hebrews 9:11-12, “But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption” (emphasis mine).

I enjoyed preparing a nice meal for our family (and we’re all still a little stuffed from it!).  I think the girls ate as much food as I did!

Jude was smiley and sweet on his first Easter!

Instead of doing Easter baskets this year, we focused more on reading books about the true meaning of Easter and opening our Resurrection eggs each day leading up until Easter.  Vera is at an age where adding candy to a holiday quickly transforms its meaning to be candy-centric rather than Jesus-centric.  So candy this year was very, very minimal.  🙂

We sang this song at worship this morning, and I love it!  Listen to it today if you have time.

Happy Resurrection Sunday!