Easter Fun!

My mom & dad, sister, John, Jordyn & Jenna came for Easter on Friday. It was so nice to just hang around with them and chat. We prepped for the big Easter meal on Saturday since Bill had an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday and a game on Sunday. The meal turned out really good. My dad bought a delicious ham and I found a recipe for a sweet gravy to go with mashed potatoes.

It's basically pineapple juice, cherry juice, 2 cups of water & the ham. I'm not a big ham fan...but mashed potatoes & gravy (bring it on!). I also made homemade applesauce that was so easy & went well with the ham too. Asparagrass (as we call it), salad (to make us feel like we were eating healthy) and Sister Shubert's yeast rolls. I'm always happy when the meal tastes good cause when I'm cooking...it's really hit or miss :). Then we had pies, my sisters oatmeal choc. chip cookies & mom's easter cupcakes.



Sunday morning, the kids woke up at 6...I threatened them to go back to sleep till 7 :) And then they found their easter baskets.

Church was awesome on Sunday! You know it's good when you don't want to leave at the end...you just want to continue worshipping. We learned about heaven & the resurrection. My favorite is watching grown men, our pastors, up front,  jumping up & down with joy. This always makes me smile & wonder how many will be jumping in heaven!!

After church the kids had an easter egg hunt that my sister & John prepared & the Easter Bunny even came to visit...he was on his way down to the Sixers game to visit his cousin Hip-Hop.

My mom & I took Jordyn & Madison to see Hop and on Monday we had breakfast at Tom Jones & said goodbye. It was a great weekend. I was sad Bill had to work so much on this special holiday but so grateful to be with my family.

My Thoughts on Heaven

Happy Easter Everyone! I am looking forward to having my parents, my sister, John, Jordyn & Jenna visit this weekend. I am a little sad that Bill will be working on Saturday and Easter Sunday...but I am also aware that we are not limited to one day of celebrating the death & resurrection of our Savior. It is something we should celebrate every day!
Sunday's message was about our own resurrection & what our bodies will be like when we rise from the dead. It had me thinking about heaven.
 I have this vision of me entering heaven...beautiful light, beautiful place...so beautiful that it takes my breath away. I see a man coming towards me. He is beautiful. He looks at me like He has known me my whole life...because He has. He is smiling & glowing. He hugs me & I am engulfed in His arms. He steps back and holds out his hands to me. I look down & see the holes where the nails were. But I also see in glowing script engraved on his hand my name...Christina Lynne. I cannot stand because I am overwhelmed by this love and this joy. He stands me up. Brushes the tears away from my eyes, puts his arm around me & shows me around. This is just the beginning...the rest of it...I do not know now...but I will. Not sure when. Hopefully when I am very old  & had the chance to tell my great grandchildren about Jesus. All I know is...my life is in His hands. And I should not fear, but anticipate that day with hope & joy.

Hip-Hop & His Friend

Whose Bed is This?

Two nights ago, on our way to bed, Bill and I checked on the kids, and in the girls' room...found this..

Whose bed is this you ask? Because it looks like Madison's bed...seeing she has taken over the entire thing with no regard that her sister is in the bed with her :)

It's Adrienne's bed.

This kind little soul found pity on her big sister, who was having trouble sleeping, and agreed to let her sleep with her. Little did she know, she would soon be mauled by her, with little chance of escape. I cannot fault my Madison...she sleeps just like her mom.

Just ask Bill.

The Latest Book

I hated History. It was all the same to me...American, World...Boring!
I failed the History Regents exam & had to take it again. It never clicked for me. Homeschooling my kids has opened my own eyes to the amazing, interesting, heroic and sometimes horrific history of our Country. We are studying the post Civil War era and reading this book to the kids. It's about a black family in Mississippi after the Civil War and how they struggled. Stories of the children walking miles to school, passed everyday by the white school children's bus, driven by a bus driver who tries running the black kids off the road everyday. Of white men burning black families' homes, and also murder. This book has evoked some pretty strong emotions in me & also in the kids. Tears of anger and sadness. I cannot imagine what it was like for these families. What injustice they experienced!!! And oh what an easy life we live!!! I am so glad to be learning right along with them...and grateful for this new perspective I have...and we are only on chapter 5!