Last Saturday we had a Jensen Family reunion with Josh’s dad side of the family. It was great to see his aunts, uncles, cousins, and cousins children (besides Josh’s sisters’ families as well!). The kids had a great time playing together. We’re very thankful for all everyone did to make the gathering possible.

Thursday afternoon Becca and I attended BJU’s Living Gallery. The next day Josh, Isaiah, Anna, and Clara went with Mom Jensen. The rest of us hung out at the snack shop, and when it was over we all rushed off to CPBC’s Good Friday service. Beautiful service.

We attended the Easter service at Hampton Park Baptist Church and the spent the afternoon with Josh’s parents and sisters’ families. It was a lovely day together celebrating our Lord’s resurrection.

Monday we spent the day with our friends the Rodriguez family – we’ve known each other since the girls were about 6 months in Texas. We had a great time at Paris Mountain State Park. We ended with tacos at their house.

Tuesday my sister came over, and Wednesday we celebrated Josh’s birthday at his parents. I took Josh out for breakfast on his birthday….but he paid. 🙂 Thankful for Josh and all he means to our family – especially this year as we travel around so much and don’t have our normal rhythms and norms.

Reflections: A few people have asked about our family Passion Week traditions. It was just too much to try to keep up with life here and celebrate Passion Week the way our family normally does. As Josh said to me when I was bemoaning the fact that I wasn’t even thinking about Lent, “You are ‘lenting’ life this year.” It did give me much to think about with how much people actually focus on the season. I really want to order more of our lives around the church calendar and our thinking about how that effects each day of our lives.