Easter Thoughts

It's hard to believe that in less than two weeks I will be going through the sacrament of Confirmation into the Catholic church! Back in September when I started my Rcia classes, I thought that April was a long ways away, but boy has it really flow by! I am so lucky to have gotten paired up with the Parish Companion that I did! Deanna has been the most wonderful and helpful woman I could have hoped for, not to mention she is incredibly thoughtful and Emma absolutely adores her!

Tomorrow is my first confession and, surprisingly, I'm not nervous for it! I took about an hour to write down the things I want to confess and feel really good about it all :) Ethan said his first time took 45 minutes, but I think I will be lucky if mine is even 10 minutes! Now I'm not saying that I'm better than him by any means...I just mean that I don't feel that I have to elaborate on a lot of my confessions. I will go into more detail where I feel the need, but that's about it. Anyhow, I am getting really excited for everything and love the new church family that I have found!

March Madness!!

This week Mom has been here with us and we have had a nice time! Really wishing she didn't have to leave tomorrow, but we will see them again around Easter for my confirmation :) Here are just a few photos from this past week of all the fun we have had! Enjoy!

Bugs and Visitors

We are working to fight off some sort of illness here at the Spotanski residence, as has been the case for the past two weeks or so :( It seems like now when Nick and I get sick, it's Emma that the bug originated from! I would think it would be more of the other way around, but seeing as how she does go to daycare once every two weeks, she's probably exposed to more illness than we are. Nick actually broke down and went to the Alegent Health Quick Care this evening because of a pretty bad earache, which he thought to be an infection. Turns out that all of the sinus drainage has somehow backed up a bit and is causing the pain, so they put him on an antibiotic. Tomorrow it's my turn to go because I have this cough that really hurts my chest when it starts up.

Hopefully they give me some antibiotics too, because on Tuesday Mom, Gma, Gpa, and my cousin Zack are all coming up for a visit! Mom is going to stay until Sunday (woo hoo!!!!) and the rest of the bunch are just making a day trip of it, which will still be nice, because I think the last time they were here was early last summer, if not earlier than that! I'm really excited to show off our "new" kitchen, and how we have the frontroom arranged! It's funny how a few changes can really alter the look of a place, and then it's really hard to imagine it looking any other way :) However, I think I am DIY-ed out for a while, and will settle for a smaller project (like painting the upstairs bathroom) for my next "renovation!" Needless to say, I am really looking forward to getting to spend some time with Mom, because it's been quite a while since she's stayed with us for a few days! For tonight, I will leave you with some of the more recent photos I have! Enjoy :)

She was fascinated by Lauren's Ipod Touch!

Having fun outside with Papa Harold :)