Mary Clare's First Holy Communion

May 1, 2011
Divine Mercy Sunday
Beatification of Pope John Paul II

In front of the church on this windy morning! Getting excited!


Checking out work by artists from Jerusalem outside the church


Girls in front of the historical landmark for Annunciation Church, completed in 1874


Our family brought up the gifts for the offertory



That most special moment! Our Lord...Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity!


After Mass


Sweet Sisters


With some friends


With Mommy


The whole fam!


With Monsignor


With all the B family cousins who live in town


All the local B family, plus NeNe and PaPa


Uncle Thomas with baby Thomas


Cousin Emily gave her a beautiful pillow with her name, a cross, and her First Communion date and info on the back. She also received lots of special jewelry, precious handmade cards, and even a scrapbook with letters and photos from lots of friends and family!


Girl friends and cousins


The K family kids


with NeNe and PaPa


Then we rushed home to prepare for the big celebration at the farm. I took several trips to the car and back, here was my last one! Steven took a photo of me looking silly on the cell phone holding a giant watermelon!


Relaxing out at Little Way Farm!


Tommy with Aunt Kathy and NeNe


Steven Joseph and his friend J


Playing in the pond


little goslings in a wagon


Climbing trees


PaPa and Thomas


Steven Joseph with a motorcycle and fishing rod. In his element.


driving around the porch


Daddy and Ellie checking out the cows


Mary Clare and friends in the chicken coop


Eating burgers


Beautiful cupcakes


With special flags made by NeNe


A blessed day indeed.

New Bee Videos

This time Aaron, our neighbor and the amazing woodworker who built the hive, is the one doing the work. We also have to credit our friend Devin who first peaked Steven's interest in beekeeping and has been another go-to for questions (Steven also learns on some beekeeping online forums). Thanks, Aaron and Devin!

Day 7 Inspection


Day 7 comb removal

7 Quick Takes Friday

~~1~~
Beehive! Our honeybees arrived on Saturday and seem to be doing well. Here are all my little beekeepers...




and a sweet dessert that our friends brought to celebrate bee day!


~~2~~
Goings-on around here...
Digging in the backyard dirt


and TRYING to finish these last few weeks of the school year! No one is in the mood, but we've got to get it done. Lots of our days just look like this with Mommy pleading with them to please finish lessons before Daddy gets home!


~~3~~
Thomas is such a happy boy. Today (7.5mos) his first tooth broke through, though not far enough for pics yet. These are from last week...





~~4~~
Steven and his buddy J hanging out at the park. They have lots of fun together. Whenever we're going to an event SJ wants to make sure J will be there!


~~5~~
Here was our after-birthday park celebration for Ellie with the pinata we forgot about at her party and the good friends who weren't able to be at the party!





~~6~~
I don't think I've shared here that our newest niece was born last week! Arden Rosalie (Rosalie was my grandmother's middle name) was welcomed by my brother Brice, his wife Allison, and big sis Addison! Sounds like she is doing great and we can't wait to meet her. We so wish they didn't live across the country :(


~~7~~
Prayer requests:
~Some friends are hosting a mother/daughter from Nicaragua since the little girl ("S" age 5) needed open heart surgery. She was very, very sick before the surgery, but seems to be recovering well.
~Tonight I've received a prayer request from friends for a new baby named Max born today who will need open heart surgery very soon.
~A friend's baby boy needs to undergo testing at the hospital tomorrow.
~This morning we attended a local daily mass, which happened to be said for the teenage neighbor of my parents who died suddenly in December. His mother was at the mass and I'm sure could use some prayers.
~We got a call today to schedule Steven Joseph's MRI in preparation for his open heart surgery later this year. May God give us strength on this heart journey.


Now for a weekend of...First Friday Little Flowers, ballet exams, watching our homeschool group's Shakespeare play, first t-ball game, and cousin's First Holy Communion! I'll be back next with Mary Clare's Communion pictures. Have a great weekend! And read more Quick Takes at Conversion Diary.

Bees

We got 10,000 honeybees over the weekend! I'll add some pictures soon, but here is some video footage for those who are interested. Steven and our neighbor Aaron have been working hard, and we're all excited to watch how this progresses! Way to go, beekeepers!