We’re through our first week of April already, and it’s time once again to count our blessings lest they pass unnoticed. I join with Susanne at Living to Tell the Story to share about our weeks.

1. Easter is a tremendous blessing, and not just once a year. What a marvel, that God loved us enough to send His Son to redeem us.

2. Easter with the family. We had a lovely meal together. Then the guys and Timothy had an Easter egg hunt with money in the plastic eggs. 🙂 We had to do it inside because the ground was wet from morning rain. I made a basket for Timothy and smaller spring buckets for the adult kids. We had a paper tablecloth with puzzles and picture to color.

3. An egg hunt for Mom and Dad. Jason, Mittu, and Timothy made up and hid some eggs for Jim and me! That was unexpected! And fun! His had a boy stick figure on the outside, and mine had a girl figure.

They filled the eggs with little slips of paper where they wrote things they appreciated about us. That touched my heart. I especially liked Mittu’s “You made my favorite man” and Timothy’s “Thank you for my Dad.” 🙂

4. My own Easter basket. This year, Jim made an Easter basket for me! That was also unexpected and thoughtful. Yes, that’s a lot of sugar! But it’s all packaged, so I can parcel it out over the next several weeks.

5. Peony buds! I’ve wanted peonies for a long time. Jim planted these last May, but it was past their blooming time. He thought they had not survived the winter. But he discovered they’re about to bloom!

That’s our week. How was yours?