HE is Risen INDEED!

Easter, what more do we need to say...The night has turned to day, the morning has come. The tomb is empty, death is defeated...Our Priest and intercessor is now at the right hand of the Father explaining to Him, "I've been there I know how hard it is, I bled and died for them, forgive them for they knew not what they did..My blood covers their sin"...
We had a touching Easter service this morning and I am thankful.
Breakfast was served after the service and plans were then made for the day. Karin is keeping everyone on schedule...volley ball at 10:00am fishing at the pier from 3:00pm to 5:00pm and Easter dinner at 6:00pm. We are enjoying the beautiful weather, the warm gulf waters, the abundant fellowship and this house.
Pictures below are from yesterday.
We pulled in and crashed in mom's condo until daylight. Rachel cooked a big breakfast for all of us new comers and some that had been here a day or 2. Below are the 2 youngest here having breakfast.

The volley ball net was set up and the players started arriving. They had 2 hours of fun playing in the sun.

Between games visiting and re-hydrating.

The kids were loaded up into strollers and walked over to the condo Diane rented where Dan, Susan and kids had been staying for the last week.

That condo is beautiful, 3 bedroom with a big open floor plan and a big balcony.
Dan had been cooking breakfast and when we got a better look at him he had a big black shiner. He actually got it surfing but we all teased him about minding his wife better.

The house we rented had check in time listed at 4:00pm but we had so much stuff in the van that needed to be unloaded before we could do our grocery shopping we sung by after 2:00pm and unloaded the van. The cleaning lady was not happy, we thought she was done but she said she still needed to clean the kitchen sink. We also wanted to check to see what kind of supplies the house came with and what we needed to buy.
Then came the shopping, between Karin, Mark, Rhoda and I we spent over $300.00 buying the necessary things for the next week. We finished up and every started arriving at the house by 4:00pm and were thrilled with the place. It is huge and very beautiful.
Below is looking down from the second stairwell into the kitchen area where some of the kids are enjoying chips and dip before dinner of which David and Stephanie were preparing.



They served the best fajitas we have ever had along with Mexican rice.
Below is the table all set for our family.

and the very roomy living room.

Rachel brought her group over after dinner for our usual nightly worship. We sang out on one of the 3 spacious balconies this house has. We ran into one problem we NEVER have on mom's balcony, mosquitoes. Must be because this house as nice as it is, is not right on the beach, it is on the lagoon side. Oh well if it wasn't for that we might think we were in heaven.
Our dessert of ice cream, peanut butter and decaf coffee was served after worship. Even though we were tired we still stayed visiting and enjoying one another until after 10:00pm. Our bed felt wonderful and we woke to this beautiful Easter morning.