Easter/conference weekend
I loved having General Conference intermixed with Easter this last weekend. Maybe it was extra rejuvenating because since school was out for two extra days, we headed to Newport. It…
How to hold a “stations of the cross” walk
There was a day in Sedona last month where my sisters and I came across this scene at the Chapel of the Holy Cross. We sat in that simple chapel…
ripping open the roof
As we have been preparing for Easter this week with our traditional little yellow “Holy Week” cards lined up above the fireplace, (I always wish we could do it better…
a Palm Sunday lesson plan
It is HOLY WEEK. Oh how I love this week! There are now so many ideas as to how to make it more holy in our own homes. I have…
Easter weekend
We marched into Easter weekend right on the tail of the wedding, so I was kind of grasping at straws to be prepared (gosh, my “one word” for this year:…
Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
That is how people greet each other in Romania on Easter morning. It is translated; “Christ is resurrected!” and the person being greeted responds, “Truly, He is resurrected!” (this is…
What is so good about Good Friday?
Just sneaking this in in the nick of time before the day is done. Because it is Good Friday and it is Easter weekend. I have not done any preparation…
traditions that Make Easter Special
A while back a blog reader wrote asking about traditions that make Easter special in our family. She mentioned she noticed we have a lot of traditions going on during…
Easter Sunday 2018
We started off Easter by weaving our bodies through a few obstacles of yarn strung through the house (from the Easter bunny leading to Easter baskets) to sit in the…