The Olsen Family Journal » Holidays http://joeandkristenolsen.com/journal Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:59:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Samuel’s First Easter http://joeandkristenolsen.com/journal/2010/04/06/samuels-first-easter http://joeandkristenolsen.com/journal/2010/04/06/samuels-first-easter#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:29:23 +0000 kristen http://joeandkristenolsen.com/journal/?p=637 We had a fun time at our church’s Easter service. Every year we have it at Morro Rock. This year even the flies were excited so they came out in force and were a bit distracting. Easter Sunday was also when our founding Senior Pastor Tonye handed over the reigns to our Senior Pastor Jack. We really enjoyed Pastor Jack’s message and it was fun to hear a Easter message from 1 Corinthians 15:1-22.

After that we had BBQ with our friends and I took a bunch of photos. Sandra took some photos of our little family and here is our favorite one:

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Samuel really enjoyed getting to be held by a bunch of people, although he doesn’t really show it in the pictures. Here he is with some of the ladies:

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Our friend Amy “the Baby Whisperer” was able to get Samuel to go to sleep in her arms:

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Also, it appears that the U-Haul is very romantic. Here are Samuel’s Godparents Josh & Sandra:

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There are a bunch more of really fun Easter pictures.

All in all it was a great day at the beach, and we can’t wait for when Samuel is older and we can teach him more about what this day really means.

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Early in the week when I was having an especially frustrating day he surprised me with a gorgeous flower bouquet. Then when I came downstairs on Valentine’s Day, there were all kinds of filled chocolates from Ghirardelli waiting for me (Joe was at church early).

After church that day we went shopping and had lunch at Panda Express (one of Joe’s favorites). We came home and relaxed, and then we cooked Chicken and Portobello Rollups while watching The Lion King (it was his idea to watch that movie!).

We had a fun day together and I love him :)

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