Easter

My sister always has a big Easter dinner at her house every year. This year we were able to again celebrate with her. Now that my parents live in Lancaster Co. PA it was only a 1 hour and 10 minute drive. It was a much easier drive than when they lived in Gettysburg.

We drove to her house in North Wales (north of Philly) Saturday afternoon. We stayed with her Saturday and Sunday night in her very old three story house. We went to church with them at Ambler Mennonite Church. Dinner was a smaller affair than usual as several were sick. My parents of course couldn't make it. It will be a few months before mom has more energy to be going out.


This morning we just enjoyed being lazy, no rush to go anywhere. My sister and her husband of course had to leave early and go to work. So we have been doing some cleaning and trying to get her house back in order. Thanks Greta, Marc and Isaiah for a lovely weekend.

God bless,
Rita for the Schwarzes in PA

Merry Christmas!

This is wishing all of you who read this blog a Merry Christmas. The first picture is our oldest Tobias, then Heather, Lane, and last is Seth. I should have them all together in front of the three, but, well we only had three red shirts. I really wanted pictures of them in red.

We have had a pretty good day. The kids loved their presents. Heather has a stomach bug and so she is not the least bit happy. We thought that Steve had food poisoning on Monday, but now we think maybe a bug is going around.

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving day in the afternoon was spent with our Pastor Jim Oliver and his family. We forgot the camera, but had lots of good food, fun, and fellowship. The kids enjoyed riding the four wheeler and shooting the BB gun.

On Friday we had our own private Thanksgiving dinner. We did this mainly because Steve and I love Thanksgiving leftovers. Tobias did the table decorations. They came out of the sixth grade Abeka art book.

Our Thanksgiving holiday also includes the reading of three books: "Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving" by Eric Metaxas, "Thank You, Sarah" The woman who saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson, and "Thanksgiving A Time to Remember" by Barbara Rainey. They are all very good and remind us of our heritage.

We have been eating leftovers ever since. We had turkey and sweet potato casserole on Friday. Turkey and mashed potatoes on Saturday. Saturday lunch and Sunday supper we ate a wonderful turkey soup. Sunday lunch and today's supper were casseroles that called for cooked chicken. I substituted turkey. So far no children have complained which is odd. Tobias especially doesn't like turkey leftovers.