Easter Joy

Now that we knew little Hale was on the way, Easter had an extra special importance that year! Carly's good friend Kate Ebeler came to Boston for Easter, and they had such a blast! It was so much fun for Carly to share her good news with Kate! Carly and Matt had called Carly's dad on his birthday, and told her parents that they would be grandparents again! Look out AJ...there's another one on the way! Matt hadn't told his parents just yet, as he wanted to surprise them in a little bit more of a creative way. He sent them #1 Grandma and #1 Grandpa hats. It was fun.

Meanwhile...there are plenty more folks in Boston that needed to know the Hales' exciting news. We didn't know exactly how it was going to work out, but Matt and Carly decided to tell Sister Olga on friday before the service. I know it was a strange time, however we just really wanted to let her in on our secret. Sister screamed, and we just tried to play it cool, though everyone knew something was going on. We went through the service, which is always very hard and touching, but exciting as we know our Lord triumphed over the death on the cross for us!

There was a huge group congregating outside, including all of the brothers from the Brotherhood of Hope, at least the local ones, and somehow, word starting spreading like a wildfire through the crowd! Before you knew it, there was hugging, screaming, congratulations everywhere; it was awesome! We truly felt like we were celebrating with family!

Carly and Matt had an Easter feast planned for Sunday morning with a smaller group of friends. Of course Carly would spare no expense in cooking, and probably made enough food to feed twice as many people as were at the party. But isn't that the way Thomas parties end up? Carly was proud that she made her first Lamb cake, not as good as Aunt Laura's, but it was tasty! Carly's dad found a lamb cake mold and sent it to Boston for her! Of course there was green jello, jello eggs, and lots of candy! Of course we ate normal food too, but that's just not as important, right? A great time was had by all....even though they couldn't move by the end!