Happy belated Easter!!

Easter was a fun filled time for us starting with Holy Thursday Mass, then Good Friday Veneration of the Cross, Holy Saturday, and closing with Easter Sunday. We went to my dad’s house for Easter dinner and had a blast.  We also went down to see my nephew, Russell, and his family.  My niece, Rochelle, from Canada was there on vacation so we got to visit with her and her family. Maria had her birthday without us, but she said she had fun. She went with her friends to Santa Cruz for skydiving but she stayed on the ground as moral support this time around. When we got back home we celebrated Maria’s Birthday with Chinese food and watched a movie together.  Then on Sunday it was The Divine Mercy Sunday and marked the end of my vacation. We had our Annual blood drive at the church on the 21^st of April. As always it was a good turnout of people willing to give the gift of life in the form of their blood. Then Arlene’s daughter Maya celebrated her First Communion on Saturday the 28^th. It was a very nice service and the reception party put on by Maya’s Grandmother Diana was the greatest with lots of good food, family and friends. After Mass on my birthday, the 29^th of April, Tessie and Maria took me out to Lunch. Then we finished moving Maria out of her place in Sacramento.