Sweet Family

Sorry it has been so long since I last blogged! Life has been hectic but GREAT!!

Went home last weekend for Easter and it was such a treat!! Being with my family just fills me up with so much JOY!! They are the best and it was such a blessing to get to spend the weekend with each of them!! :)

Again - we have some funny Easter traditions as well with the Farrell/Boedecker/Devitt clan. Since before I can even remember, we have all partaken in the breaking of cascarones. I have no idea how my family started this tradition (I should probably find that out) but it is something that I look forward to every year. Throughout the year, my grandmother carefully cleans out and saves every egg shell that she uses (she's amazing). She then fills each of them with colorful confetti (one lucky egg is filled with gold confetti - the person that gets it has extra good luck for a year) and places colorful tissue on the top. Year after year, we do the same thing - each of us take as many eggs as we can carry and then break them over eachothers heads. It sounds silly - but it is really fun - and it is said to bring luck and good fortune to everyone who has one break on their head! :)


From the beautiful Easter Sunday Service to cascarones...
Easter dinner...to a rousing family-wide game of Apples to Apples
This Easter proved to be absolutely perfect!

It is through these wonderful seasons of my life and loving moments with my sweet family that I am especially reminded of the greatest gift given to each of us - eternal life with our Father in heaven!! I am so blessed.

Boe