Preparing for 1st Holy Communion

Helping this lil' lady prepare for her 1st Reconciliation and 1st Holy Communion this school year has been humbling and an honor. Can't wait to celebrate with our Roslyn Ann tomorrow! God is good!

Resisting Change...

Alleluia, Our Lord is Risen...Happy Easter!

Happy Easter...our Lord is Risen!

We participated in the Easter Vigil Mass last night...kids were awesome at mass!

Was absolutely beautiful and powerful at church yesterday!

God sent us a magnificent RAINBOW yesterday after our rain shower!

Was stunning! Heaven on Earth! 

Easter Sunday Morning!

Easter bunny was good to us...so much fun!

Worth the Wait...Lent is Over...Coffee never tasted so good :)

Holy Saturday...In Silence We Await...

The silence of Saturday...
We don't hear much about Saturday of holy week. The disciples have fled in fear of being next and the leaders had broken the Sabbath themselves doing whatever they can to try and stop the Resurrection. But as Jesus promised, "it is finished" there will be joy. Remember this in times of silence when we think God is silent. We are never alone but we must go through the anguish

John 16:20-22 records Jesus saying, “I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A women giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.”

Our Most Somber Day of our Faith...Good Friday

Thankful for Catholic Education...

Holy Thursday is Here...

The holiest of weeks is among us...truly enjoy sharing this week with the kids and our faith community.

In less than a month, Roslyn will be able to share communion with us. Can't wait!

Remain in me...

John 15:4

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

http://www.yourdailybible.com/verse/2017/04/11

Happy Holy Week...

Palm branches are a symbol of peace and victory, and they were laid down in Jesus’ path as he rode into Jerusalem – leading to the name Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday’s thought: Life is full of ups and downs. Glorify God during the ups and fully trust in Him during the downs. - Unknown

Happy Holy Week...the most somber week of our Christian beliefs...

Crayola Experience was the PERFECT 2017 Spring Break Trip!!!!!

We decided to take a 2017 spring break trip to the Crayola Experience at the Mall of America, and man was it worth it! What an incredible day spent together as a family. Very thankful.

Started off the trip eating our cooler full of packed lunches on the balcony overlooking LEGO Land and Nickelodeon Universe...aka Camp Snoopy. Our kids were great sports...not eating out, not walking through Lego Land but overseeing it, and looking at all the rides without actually riding on them. Life truly is what you make of it...It's the "LITTLE" things in life that matter!

Maybe someday we'll make it back as a family to enjoy the amusement park!

And then we were off to the Crayola Experience!

Roz with her favorite colors, Blue and Purple.

Andray with his favorite colors, green and Duke blue.

And Rinny with her favorite color Purple.

Never a dull moment with Roz!

And we're in! Amazing teacher/educator discounts and family discounts!

So true...the history in this place was amazing.

First exhibit allowed kids to create their own "wrap" for their favorite colored crayon.

Andray of course picked GREEN.

CC wanted purple and Dad was there to help...

Pretty sure Jake had a "say" in this crayon wrap :)

Then we were off to create our own personalized coloring sheets.

Smile big Rin!

So cool.

Then the girls were off to color their "own" coloring sheets.

Next stop...the Molding Magic exhibit with Crayola play-doh.

Spent a significant amount of time here, was nice to sit down and rest!

Roslyn's fav color from the wall of 64 colors!

There was even a kid-size Lite-Brite there...kids loved it!

Found Andray wandering around in the Candy store...pretty sure he was drooling :)

Where it all began...was so amazing to read about how Crayola started and the evolution of the colors, crayons and markers, etc. 

This was by far Roslyn's favorite exhibit...Rainbow Rain.

This was so fun to dance under!

Then we were off to Doodle in the Dark!

Andray's quote, "I don't want to leave!"

(neither did I, such a cool place)

Despite being under the weather, CC mustered up enough energy to doodle as well.

Love Roslyn's doodling!

"I love my Stang and Frank family! I don't want to leave :) Me loving this time at the Mall of America." Sweet as always.

One last photo opp before heading to Rochester. Honestly, a great place for families!

Amazing field trip opportunity!

Our "Wrap it Up" results...love my family more than anything!