Zach's 1st communion!

Sunday was Zach's big day. Michael and Nicky were altar servers and took some direction from the deacons before the mass:

Deacon Mark Pavlak will be ordained in about a month. He has been helping out at All Saints while finishing at the St. Paul Seminary. He gave Zach his first communion.

Our family - yep, the kids are getting so big...

Grandparents and Zach..what a blessing that they could all be there:

And speaking of blessings, Aunt Jo has been able to make it to all the kids' 1st communions...

Zach counted down the weeks to his first communion and we did, too. From now on, no one in our family will be left behind in the pew as others receive the Eucharist.

Easter! plus b-days and Skippy shaming

A few weeks ago Skippy ate Nicky's leather belt. The aftermath was very unpleasant. Why, Skippy? He tore up the corner of one of our new chair cushions, too. Now he gets to stay in the laundry room when we go anywhere, which he hates. But he made his own (doggy) bed.

Happy Easter 2016...

...yeah!

Nana and Papa came up this weekend to celebrate Nicky's and Michael's birthdays...

Yet another Sam's Club cookie cake for Mikey the 17 (??!!?!) year old. Holy cow, those years went fast.