Feastings in Lent

Due to St. Patrick's Day falling during Holy Week, the feast was moved to the Friday before. This falling on our lesson day so we celebrated with Grandma and Grandpa and Aragorn's sister (Happy Birthday!!) We made a yummy "Heart Attack Pound Cake" which is a favorite around here, green grapes (to pretend we were eating healthy), snakes out of Ireland (celery, peanut butter and raisins... tastes better than it sounds, most call them bumps on a log I believe!), See's St. Patrick Chocolates, Candy Potatoes, Green Apple candy sticks and chocolate shamrocks.

These were the candy potatoes, complete with "eyes". (See's Candies)

Chocolate shamrocks to recall St. Patrick's lesson with the 3 leaf clover and the Blessed Trinity.

Since we don't eat meat on Friday we ate our annual St. Patrick's Day Reubens the next day, which also happened to be the day the Church chose to move St. Joseph's Day (since his feast also falls during Holy week.)

Just wanted to show this lovely all wood statue of St. Joseph I bought for a pittance at St. Vincent's. I am sure we ate food this day but all I can remember off the top of my head are those yummy eclairs we ate!

Bilbo 3 Months

Where does the time go when there is a baby in the house.

At 3 months old Bilbo is a rather jolly fellow. But he certainly knows what he wants. This is Bilbo's favorite seat for dinner. I kid you not when I say he actually has cried and then settled right down when he was plunked in this favorite spot.

Galadriel giving piano lessons! :)

More on Goats

This sight made me chuckle as the dog honed his way on to look in on the Goats.

Our three goats now have names Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (need I say one goat is not pictured... the other critter is Frodo)

The snow was pretty deep at this point when a six year old can reach the roof standing on the ground... err... mound.

Even Merry was able to reach.

Our Favorite Things

Bilbo will sometimes get mighty cranky and the only thing that he really wants is a good rocking. Eowyn of course is rarely seen without a book in her hand.

Pen Info-mercial

If you are a busy mother like I am and never can find a pen, get one that stays put. A number of *years* ago I got sick and tired of never being able to find a pen when I needed it so I took a pen and tied a string around it securely and attached it to a shelf. I always had a pen. Now I've upgraded to the real thing, chain and all. I bought several Staples brand and the pen quality is nice too.

Reading Lessons :)

Eowyn giving reading lessons :)

Bilbo enjoying a book

Merry following along.

In Loving Memory of Fr. Alfred Kunz

In Loving Memory

Fr. Alfred Joseph Kunz

April 15, 1930 to March 4, 1998

Requiescat in Pace.

The souls of the just are in the Hands of God,

and no torment shall touch them.

They seemed, in view of the foolish, to be dead,

but they are in Peace.

Thou Art a Priest Forever

To live in the midst of the world
without wishing its pleasures;
to be a member of each family,
yet belonging to none;
to share all sufferings,
to penetrate all secrets,
to heal all wounds,
to go from men to God
and offer Him their prayers,
to return from God to men
to bring pardon and hope;
to have a heart of fire for charity
and a heart of bronze for chastity;
to teach and to pardon,
console and bless always --
what a glorious life!
And it is yours,
O Priest of Jesus Christ
~ Lacordaire


Eternal Rest grant unto him O Lord,
and let Perpetual Light shine upon him
May he rest in Peace.

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