Hello All,Happy Easter! We hope you all had a great day celebrating Christ's
resurrection. We had a nice Sabbath focusing on the joyous aspects of the
Plan of Salvation. Elsa was especially intrigued with stories of Christ's
atonement, crucifixion, and resurrection. It has been inspiring to see what
a sponge she is. The girls loved waking up to a trail of Easter eggs
throughout the house. Elsa came into our room and said, "Mom, Dad, you've
got to come see this." When we asked her what she was talking about it, she
replied shaking her head, "No. Hurry. You've just have to see it for
yourself." It was fun to see her and Ava get excited about their little
baskets filled with goodies. Afterwards, we had a big breakfast with German
pancakes and lots of syrup - really the only thing that matters to the
girls. We then dressed the girls up in their Easter dresses. It is 30
degrees here, so we had to improvise with petticoats underneath the
sleeveless dresses. Brian got some great pictures of them. (We love our
new camera.)
We had a busy day with church services, dinner with our friends the
Douglas', and dessert with our friends the Smiths. The girls were exhausted
by the end of it all and had an emotional bedtime. Brian and I are just
finishing up a few chores before heading to bed ourselves. We are still a
little jet-lagged from our trip. We have been waking up at 4:00am and then
feeling completely exhausted by 6:00-7:00pm. We can't complain. We had a
great trip with relatively good weather. We saw amazing cities and towns,
enjoyed some good food, and mostly enjoyed spending time together. Amber
was a great babysitter. I still am amazed at how nice it was for her to
watch the girls for a week - with an 18 month-old and being six, almost
seven months pregnant. The girls did great with our absence, but since have
been slightly paranoid about being left again. Even church was a little
challening to have them go to their classes. I am sure the late nights and
sugar overload haven't helped.
I am looking forward to tomorrow. It will be nice to get back into the
routine of swim lessons, preschool, church responsibilities, etc. I am
anxiously preparing for my jewelry show on the 19th. I have quite a few
pieces finished, but have about a dozen or so half-way finished projects.
It has been lots of fun to create new items, and I hope to get some profit
from it all. I have really enjoyed working with my friend and neighbor in
creating new pieces and collaborating. We have already sold a number of
items, which gets me more excited than nervous for the actual trunk show.
After a few weeks of burns and illnesses, life or good health seems to be
returning to normal. Ava's hand looks great. We took the bandages off on
Tuesday night after our return. It still has red raw skin on her palm, but
she uses it freely now. She was reluctant for the first couple of days to
even use it. She was so proud of herself when she first ate with it. I
played a CD with "If You're Happy and You Know It." She was clapping and
said, "Look, Mom. I am clapping with my boo-boo hand." That is now a
common expression of using her "boo-boo hand." She couldn't be sweeter. I
have a follow-up appointment on Tuesday for her pnemonia. She still is
coughing slightly, but I hope it isn't anything to worry about. Poor Ava
has had a run a bad health. She had an allergic reaction to something -
which we will also need to follow-up on.
Fortunately, Elsa has stayed healthy and happy. She is such a big help with
everything. She loves swimming and is proud of each new accomplishment from
her lessons. It is fun to watch her realize her own potential. She starts
soccer this week, for which she is so excited. We bought her soccer cleats
and shin-guards on Saturday. She ran up and down the store to test them
out. It should be fun to watch her. She is very agile and a fast runner.
I am sure she'll do great.
We hope you're all well.
Love,
The Heaths
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