March 19, 2006
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Thank God for mothers! We have had a busy weekend and a busy week. Today after Church I was just wiped and I had a little nap. While I laid down my mom made us a nice big pot of lentil soup; that was nice to wake up too! Thanks mom!
We had a wonderful week and weekend. It’s been busy. With Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesday and Akathist on Friday and in between school, swimming lessons, track team and sleep overs our week was very full. I am so glad the children have been able to have so many “new” Orthodox experiences and are getting even more familiar with our friends and clergy in other Orthodox Churches.
Last Sunday we took the older two boys and the baby to the Antiochian Church to experience the Pan-Orthodox Vespers of Sunday of Orthodoxy and yesterday we took them to the OCA Church for a Lenten Retreat with Mother Gabriella. I was so GRATEFUL to my parents for watching Jonah (they all went to a baptism and Jonah had a good weekend with them) and letting Fr. and I attend the retreat. Mother’s words were such a blessing and I felt like a dried up old sponge that was being filled with water again. I was also able to go to confession and attend Vespers. The boys were able to go to confession and they enjoyed the children’s program during the retreat. It was really wonderful to be able to worship as a family during vespers. Usually the boys are with Fr. in the altar but Fr. didn’t serve so we were all together.
In other BIG NEWS…..lol
~Pretty , pretty princess turned 5 months old today. ~
“Holding court” with her subjects. They seem pretty captivated.
This is classic Maria~Angelica, with her little thumb in her mouth. Her gums are really bothering her, poor dear.
Comments (19)
:love: :sunny: She is absolutely precious!!! :heartbeat: :spinning:
I love the 4th picture of her!
Thank you Elena Maria. :sunny:
I don’t think those boys know what they are in for when she gets older.
My daughter has gotten the boys to play dolls and Sweet Streets (fisher price toys) and lately they are teaching her baseball. 
beee-yoo-ti-ful!
She looks so dainty in her smocked dress!
Love the pictures :sunny: It’s cute with her thumb in her mouth…it reminds me of Owen – he did the same thing….I think it’s cute!
What a little angel!
Yes, that little baby is so precious! Thanks for posting more pics. So adorable. :love: So glad you got to see and hear Mother G. You know she is one of our favorites!
:sunny: :heartbeat: :love: You have such a precious family!!!! :love: :heartbeat: :sunny:
She is such a pretty little thing. Would you like to set up an arranged marriage for her and Thaddeus??
she is gorgeous!!
The princess is so beautiful! And you look so good in pink.
“Mother’s words were such a blessing and I felt like a dried up old sponge that was being filled with water again.” — how awesome
Mom’s are awesome! Yay!
OH Lisa!! Maria~Angelica is such a beautiful little girl! I LOVE her dress, I would pick, and have some that are very similiar, that same dress. It’s kinda like when we were kids, what our mothers would dress us in. I look for styles like that because I think they are classics. SO SO cute!!!! You look so prety as well. That is a great picture of you and your daughter. God has really blessed you with such a beautiful family.
Most importantly your mom is a real gem!! BTW, lentil soup is one of my most favorite soups!!!! There is nothing like a mommas love, even when you are our age!!!!!
YAY for moms! And I love looking at the pics of your kids. :love:
(I’m so embarassed, I had an extemporaneous apostrophe in my comment. Eeek!)