Easter Weekend

This year has been a year of firsts for me and being away from the family over a holiday has been one of the more difficult things for me to handle.

This weekend started off great! Josh and I were both off on Friday and we were able to spend a lot of quality time together without being interrupted by the baseball season :). We spent the weekend (or most of it) searching for the right appliances for us and making the move to purchase our fridge, washer and dryer. The other parts of the weekend were spent relaxing and looking for furniture.

Easter Sunday then came around and without even realizing it, I got really down because it was yet another "first" holiday without my family around me. No, Easter isn't one of the BIG holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving, but it is a day that would typically be spent with my dad's side of the family at my grandparents' house where my wonderful grandma would make a delicious meal and a wonderful Sunday afternoon nap would follow. I miss the family times like that and I regret, in a way, that I did not savor the times with my family more before we moved out here. I just took those times for grantid and because of that, I wish I could be at home for the holidays that come along.

Even though we Josh and I spent Easter as a couple, we were able to enjoy the day. We went to church in the morning and heard a great sermon on the grace we have been given because Christ died and rose again. We went home and I made a large meal (to fill the void of missing Grandma's meal) and it turned out well and Josh liked it! After that, I headed out to sit by the pool and get some sun while I worked on my Bible lesson for my weekly study. The later part of the afternoon was spent watching the Cub's get another win and relaxing some more.

All in all it was a good weekend and while we spent Easter differently than I am used to, we made it ours and that it what it's all about. Starting our own traditions. Keeping the same values in tact, but making the holidays what we want our future family to experience and focus on the reasons why we celebrate.