To begin, we celebrated my birthday last Thursday. Dan wished me “Happy birthday” a dozen times, bought me some pretty spring flowers, and frozen raspberries to thaw out for a sweet dessert.

Lydia wished me many “happy birthdays” and sang me many happy birthday songs.

Abby dished out happy birthday smiles and entertained us all when she ate her raspberries.

It was a happy, fun, and special day. Oh, and Paul slept better at night as his birthday gift to me.

A few days later we celebrated Paul’s first Easter, and his first Sunday at church. The morning was filled with a joyful church service celebrating Jesus’ resurrection and His ongoing work around the world today (and a yummy potluck breakfast). Of course, the kids were dressed in their Easter best, so we took a lot of pictures.

Handsome little guy, isn’t he?

(Another handsome one here, I might add)

To wrap it all up, yesterday we celebrated another important holiday: opening day.