Happy Easter!

He is risen, indeed!  Alleluia!

It was a bit of an unusual Easter for us.  Instead of getting dressed up in our Easter best for church and helping coordinate the egg hunt at church, we were were off to serve breakfast to the homeless down at St. Paul's in Nashville.  Our church has the 1st Sunday of the month and of course for April, this fell on Easter.   Not surprising, a lot of the usual volunteers didn't want to serve on Easter.  Everyone has family in town, and let's be honest, Easter is probably the best church service of the year.   So my friend Christy and I decided our families would do the breakfast together.   We served up pancakes, sausage, cereal and fruit.  Plus, Christy scrambled up 18 dozen eggs which she brought down in crockpots! 

The numbers were down this month, which although means leftovers, also means that fewer people in the shelter.  Good news!  We packed it up and brought it over to one of the shelter kitchens who said they could use it.   We prayed with the pastor at St. Paul and left feeling the amazing spirit of Easter. 

This afternoon, we enjoyed a yummy lunch out with my parents.  It was the first time I've ever eaten out for Easter.   I missed some of our family tradition dishes, but no clean up and dishes?  That's alright!  It rained on and off earlier today, but when the showers cleared out, Bassam and Matt headed to the golf course.

Now it's nearing dinner-time and we need to start think about digging out our backpacks and looking at the week ahead.  Spring break is OVER!   Although the weather has been a little hit or miss, we crossed a lot off our to-do lists, relaxed, were hometown tourists, plus enjoyed a quick visit from my Uncle George and cousins Cathy and Theresa, and their kids who stopped in for the night on their way home from Alabama. 

Now the roller-coaster ride to summer begins.  Just 7 weeks to go!