Visits from our parish family

Christ is Risen!

One of the great blessings that Janette, Noah, and I have is that our parish community, Holy Angels Byzantine Catholic Church, is very close.  When a new baby arrives many families help prepare meals to take to the new mom, dad, and child.

Since Noah was born, many wonderful families have come to visit and bring us food. Others have brought food to church on Sunday for me to bring home. In the Byzantine Church the mom and child are not required to come back to church for forty days after birth. So, I have been flying solo the last few weeks at church.

Our first visitors to stop by were Rebecca Holm and her three children, Simon, Leo (the great as he likes to point out in my ECF class), and Agnes. Rebecca's husband is in the Navy and currently out to sea.  She made us home made pasta and fresh baked bread. Janette and I at it all in one sitting.  (Sadly, I forgot to take pictures of their visit.) 

Alexis, Janette, and Noah

The Denure family came to visit us later in the week. The four DeNure boys were excited to see Noah, and Tate really wanted to hold the new baby. So, we let him. :-) Clint and Alexis brought us some vegetarian lasagna, which was devoured by the two of us soon after they left. Earlier, that same day, Bob and Janet Greenwell stopped by with some left over chili and other assorted snacks. The Chases had a lot of food. 

The DeNures (minus Clint and Zach) 

Last night, we had the Deane family come over (finally as they had been sick for a few weeks). We are very close to the Deane family and always have fun when we see them. They have five children, ages 12- 4 1/2 months. The whole clan did not fit in our old little house, but in our new condo they did.

It was fun putting Noah and Guinevere side by side to see how big she is at 4 1/2 months compared to Noah at three and a half weeks. 

Jonathan brought over two great beers from one of my favorite breweries, New Belgium, and we drank them both. Susan prepared a local dish called Cardiff Crack (a steak that is so good it is like crack) with some vegetables. After, a fun filled evening Noah, Janette and I feel asleep. (Dad from drinking too much beer :-) )

Others at church made us delicious food and we are very grateful for their generosity!