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Hi everyone,
Sorry for the unannounced little blog break. Many of you know we have been in Pete's home town in Tennessee for the past week. I completely forgot the fact that some people actually live without Internet! I had visions of catching up on postings while the kids ran around with their grandma and other assorted relatives. No such luck. The Internet fast was actually much harder on Pete who is completely addicted to all things computer related. On Monday we found a Panara about 30 minutes from my MIL's and left Pete there while the girls and I went shopping. He was a changed man after an hour of Internet access!
Aside from the Internet issues, we had a great week of visiting with relatives and driving around the beautiful Tennessee hills (I just can't call mountains - I'm a Colorado girl!). Spring has actually sprung there and it was amazing to get to see the dogwoods, pear and cherry trees abloom.

I am looking forward to sharing some of our experiences with you in the next few days, but first things first - we have a winner for March's drawing. Congratulations Angie! Let me know where I you would like me to send your Barnes and Noble gift card.

Angie has a great blog about her life as a mom of four and a missionary living in southern Africa. Go check it out.

Easter Snacks

Today was my daughter Emily's class Easter party. My friend Susan was in charge of snacks. She created these cute snacks that were a huge hit with the kids. I loved that they were special for the kids but were not pure sugar and food dye. These are the instructions from Susan.

• Break a long pretzel stick in half. This makes the cross beam.


• Dip the ends in chocolate (white or brown) of the broken shorter pretzel and a full pretzel.


• Place the long pretzel on a cookie sheet or wax paper. Add a drop of chocolate 2/3 of the way up. Place the broken pretzel on the drop of chocolate.


• Add more chocolate on top of the broken pretzel where the two pretzels meet.


• If desired, add sprinkles while the chocolate is still warm.

Susan suggested using an extra pretzel to hold up the "cross beam" pretzel while the chocolate is still drying.

I was thinking it would be cute to make purple chocolate from white chocolate. You could make the center section looked draped in purple. That is probably more complicated than I personally could make - but I know some of you out there who could do that!

Enjoy!

Holy Week Devotions

Hi Everyone,
I posted daily devotions for all of holy week on my website. The link is on the right hand side of the blog. I thought that would be easier to print out than waiting for me to post them everyday. There was fresh snow on the ground here in Denver this morning, making it even harder to believe that Easter is this Sunday. I need to make a menu for Sunday night and get organized!
I hope that no matter if your week is snowy or hot, busy or slow, you are able to create the type of Holy Week that your heart desires for your family.
Wendy