Movies

Seen any good movies lately? We rarely see any movies, but the past two weeks, friends have loaned us their rentals. It's been nice to see a movie. I watched them alone after the kids were in bed and while Mike was at work, but it was still nice.

First I saw No Reservations. It was ok, but a little too slow for me.

Second I saw Dan In Real Life. I really liked this and would recommend it. Just a friendly little movie.

What have you been watching?

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!
Got Eggs??

Good Friday...

So, I came to post a blog called Good Friday, based on my experience of the day. I got here and there was already a post called that. Lucky for me, my experience is nothing to do with the post from Jess, so I will post it anyway. Here I go:

This morning at breakfast we were talking about why there is no school and Mike has work off today. I told the kids it was Good Friday and they have to be good all day. Mikayla said, Nah uh!! I told her it was on the calendar and she better be good today.
Later we were in the car and she stayed in her place until I got the carseats unbuckled so she wouldn't be in my way. Every other day of her life I remind her to stay out of the way and wait, EVERY DAY! So, I thanked her for remembering to wait and what a good girl she was. She told me
"I remembered what day it was."
What??
"It's good Friday, Mom!"

Nice, I wonder when good Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will come?? I hope I didn't blaphem anything.

Good Friday

I thought to put a post up about what exactly Good Friday is...I didn't really learn anything exciting. It is the day that Christ was Crucified. Many religions fast, take the day off work and have a celebration. But it was good for me to read about everything that led up to the Crucifixtion. There is nothing new, but just a reminder. I hope this isn't too heavy for the blog!

Jesus, having been arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane by the Temple Guards through the guidance of Judas Iscariot, is brought to the house of Annas, who is father-in-law of the current high priest, Caiaphas. There he is interrogated with little result, and sent bound to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Sanhedron had assembled (John 18:1-24).

Conflicting testimony against Jesus is brought forth by many witnesses, to which Jesus answers nothing. Finally the high priest adjures Jesus to respond under solemn oath, saying "I adjure you, by the Living God, to tell us, are you the Anointed One, the Son of God?" Jesus testifies in the affirmative, "You have said it, and in time you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty, coming on the clouds of Heaven." The high priest condemns Jesus for blasphemy, and the Sanhedron concurs with a sentence of death (Matthew 26:57-66).

In the morning, the whole assembly brings Jesus to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, under charges of subverting the nation, opposing taxes to Caesar, and making himself a king (Luke 23:1-2). Pilate authorizes the Jewish leaders to judge Jesus according to their own Law and execute sentencing, however the Jewish leaders reply that they are not allowed by the Romans to carry out a sentence of death (John 18:31).

Pilate questions Jesus, and tells the assembly that there is no basis for sentencing. Upon learning that Jesus is from Galilee, Pilate refers the case to the ruler of Galilee, King Herod, who was in Jerusalem for the Passover Feast. Herod questions Jesus but receives no answer; Herod sends Jesus back to Pilate. Pilate tells the assembly that neither he nor Herod have found guilt in Jesus; Pilate resolves to have Jesus whipped and released (Luke 23:3-16).

It was a custom during the feast of Passover for the Romans to release one prisoner as requested by the Jews. Pilate asks the crowd who they would like to be released. Under the guidance of the chief priests, the crowd asks for Barabbas, who had been imprisoned for committing murder during an insurrection. Pilate asks what they would have him do with Jesus, and they demand, "Crucify him" (Mark 15:6-14). Pilate's wife had seen Jesus in a dream earlier that day; she forewarns Pilate to "have nothing to do with this righteous man" (Matthew 27:19).

Pilate has Jesus flogged, then brings him out to the crowd to release him. The chief priests inform Pilate of a new charge, demanding Jesus be sentenced to death "because he claimed to be God's son." This possibility filled Pilate with fear, and he brought Jesus back inside the palace and demanded to know from where he came (John 19:1-9).

Coming before the crowd one last time, Pilate declares Jesus innocent, washing his own hands in water to show he has no part in this condemnation. Nevertheless, Pilate hands Jesus over to be crucified in order to forestall a riot (Matthew 27:24-26). The sentence written is "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." Jesus carries his cross to the site of execution, called the place of the Skull, or "Golgotha" in Hebrew and "Calvary" in Latin. There he is crucified along with two criminals (John 19:17-22).

Jesus agonizes on the cross for three hours while the sun is darkened. With a loud cry, Jesus gives up his spirit. There is an earthquake, tombs break open, and the curtain in the Temple is torn from top to bottom. The centurion on guard at the site of crucifixion declares, "Truly this was God's Son!" (Matthew 27:45-54)

Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Sanhedrin and secret follower of Jesus, who had not consented to his condemnation, goes to Pilate to request the body of Jesus (Luke 23:50-52). Pilate asks confirmation from the centurion whether Jesus is dead (Mark 15:44). A soldier pierced the side of Jesus with a lance causing blood and water to flow out (John 19:34), and the centurian informs Pilate that Jesus is dead (Mark 15:45).

Joseph of Arimathea takes the body of Jesus, wraps it in a clean linen shroud, and places it in his own new tomb that had been carved in the rock (Matthew 27:59-60) in a garden near the site of crucifixion. Another secret follower of Jesus and member of the Sanhedrin named Nicodemus (John 3:1) also came bringing 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes, and places them in the linen with the body of Jesus, according to Jewish burial customs (John 19:39-40). They rolled a large rock over the entrance of the tomb (Matthew 27:60). Then they returned home and rested, because at sunset began the Sabbath (Luke 23:54-56).

Jake-O!

To quote Braden: Is he a cute baby or what?!?!

My peeps are gone!

I was going through our candy shelf in the kitchen a few weeks ago--we have a shelf in the kitchen where we put almost all of our candy (not the hundreds of candy bars that we keep above all the linens in the hallway) to discourage us from eating them all too much--and I found the peeps from last Easter that I had opened up and set in there to let them get stale. I was really excited when I found that they were super hard and totally brittle. I ate part of one, and put the rest back on the shelf. Today, I went to get them so I could take a picture of them and show you all my super stale peeps. I was excited because I know you all share in the same delight of stale peeps. Only, instead of my stale peeps, what did I find? New Easter candy...I was very disappointed. Adrianne said, "They were in there so long, I figured you weren't going to eat them, so I threw them away."!!! grrrr... Now I have to wait a whole 'nother year to have good peeps. Some people!

Happy birthday to my three year old!

Peanutbutter

So today something interesting happened... I was making peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches, that is not the interesting part, stay with me. I had to get a new jar out, as peanutbutter consumption is about a jar a week at our house. A friend had given me a jar of Skippy so I pulled that out and spread it on the bread. Well, I got a bit on my finger and had to lick it off. It was soooo good! I have always been a JIF fan, and so this got me curious. What kind of peanutbutter do you use/like the most? Please don't tell me you buy a generic brand. We buy lots of generic brand foods, but there are just somethings that require a certain brand, so what is yours??

By the way, my faith in JIF has been rocked, I just don't know what kind I will get next time I need more.

How ya'll doing?

This blog has been pretty quiet lately so I thought I'd just post and ask what everyone is doing.

Did everyone but us make it through stomach bugs? Anyone get the flu? How's your weather Mandy? If you read my family blog you know that my family is funny about the weather. We all want to know what everyone's weather is. My sister just got about 14 inches of snow in Ohio. Did the snow move on to Maryland?

What are all the little kids up to? Is Jacob trying to sit? I can't remember how early babies try to do that....How is Sarah? Is she doing anything new? Nick? What is he up to? I always interested in what he is up to because he is so close in age to Ikie.

Is Laura (Andy's Laura) feeling well or does she have morning sickness? Do we know how far along she is yet?

Mike has an exercise at work that he hates. He has to go to work at 11 tonight. He will get home at 7 AM and then for the next two days work 5 to 7. I've been praying for nice weather this week so I can take the boys outside and try and keep the house somewhat quiet so he can sleep. I think we are going to have weather 60, 68, and 70 degrees. Wonderful huh?!! Anyway, Mike really hates this exercise. He always comes home so wiped out and so sore from wearing all his chem junk. The boys and I snuck some tylenol in his lunch bag so he will take it and not have to be so achey. I'm pretty sure he will ignore that we put it in there though. I also hope he takes his little nose breathing strips because he has a hard time breathing and when he has to wear the gas mask it is worse!

Steven is a Teenager!

Steven turns 13 today! We will go out to celebrate tonight, we are going to a Japanese Restaurant for dinner. I thought that Chuck E. Cheese would be fun, but he did not agree.