Christ, the Lord, is Risen today!

Happy Easter to all my friends and family! I want to start off with something I saw in church today, and found it extremely powerful! I also shared this on Facebook earlier today.

Early this morning, the McCarthy's were all outside in their pyjamas (except for Nathan who got ready for Church extra early) in search of the Easter Bunny's stash that was hidden around the front and back yards! Josh, obviously taking after his father, started devouring the chocolate alost immediately upon finding it, where as Nathan built up quite a colorful collection of eggs, and still has most of them intact in his bedroom somewhere.

After the hunt, the rest of us got dressed and ready for church. The church was packed! It's unfortunate that some people only set foot inside the church on Christmas and Easter. At least today, they were presented with a great message! Not only did the Twitter video speak volumes, but the message was great too!

For Easter lunch, Liesel prepared a delicious roast lamb with mint jelly, my favorite! There wasn't much time to savor the meal, since we had to hit the road. Liesel and the boys were joining me on my business trp to Grand Rapids, MI, with one pit stop along the way, IKEA! After two hours of driving, we pulled into Liesel's favorite home store, checked the kids into the supervised play area, and then walked around the showroom, finding some great deals. Carry-on luggage for Nathan and Josh, a kitchen light, a summer duvet for Nathan, were just some of the purchased made today. What made this trip better was that there was a special on today that if you spent $100 or more, then your entire meal would be free! So we treated ourselves to an early dinner, that was "on the house".  After checking out, we drove another 2 hours west to Grand Rapids, and checked into te hotel for the night. Before climbing into bed, the boys went down and swam in the heated pool before relaxing in the whirlpool! Not a bad way to end the day!