Thursday, April 28, 2011

First Easter

Our first Easter together. 
By Craig Haskins

I had to work a graveyard shift and while coming home I was able to watch the sunrise.  As I was driving and watching the sunrise at the same time all I could think about was what was happening 2,000 years ago. Jesus was raised! It was a very sobering moment. 
I got home at 6:15 am. I pushed out my makeshift Craig out of the bed and was a sleep by 6: 20! when 9:50 came around my wife woke me up with a "HAPPY EASTER!" and had me go on an "egg hunt" around our apartment.  As you see from the video I was not all there and I had a hard time reading all of the clues! At the end of the "egg hunt" there were two groupons to a 9 hole golf course! It was awesome.  You know some wives out there don't want their husbands playing golf all the time but mine embraces it! 
We then went to Northview Bible Church for easter service and Norm Schwab preached out of Acts 3.  His main part of his message was that we should obey God in terms of our call to repentance and following God's will and, are we praising God in the midsts of our trials?
After Church we went to two dinners!  One with our couple friends, Chris and Julie Aurtry and Spencer and Mechenzie Mroczek. We then went to one of my professor's house for a BBQ. It was fun mingling with all of my classmates qhilw having my wife there! 
Overall I say it was the best Easter EVER!!! 







I was getting so frustrated working with an extremely exhausted and sleepy husband...he didn't read the clues in the rhyming swing I had wrote and my battery was dying.  Therefore, I had to shut off the camera, assist him a bit, and then he proceeded with much success.









It's a bit hard to understand him as he reads the first letter and then the clues.  In quote, "Happy 1st Easter - 2011 Style!  We don't have eggs, we don't have a yard, so actually you won't have to look very hard.  Instead of eggs you look for clues, they are written on paper in Easter color hues.  They fit like a puzzle, they fit like a piece, so don't give up, don't cease.  In the end you won't regret, so don't give up my precious pet.  I love you more than words can express, if you can't finish I wouldn't love you any less.  So let's celebrate, let's jive, because Jesus is really, REALLY alive!!!"

Clue #1 - It's natural to think this belongs on a shelf, but you can't open it because it's for my eyes only!
Clue #2 - This tradition began the year we were born!  Hey!  Wanna go play some indoor golf?!
Clue #3 - . <- you know what I mean. <3 Molly
Clue #4 - Here lies all of the kind words we received for our wedding.  Some included money $, some gift cards, some just words (boring!)
Clue #5 - I get so dirty when I bake and cook!  My shirt gets all messy!  I really should wear this to prevent that.
Clue #6 - Shake it like a salt shaker...shake...shake...shake it like a salt shaker
Clue #7 - you comment, "these taste like air)
Clue #8 - Tweet!  Tweet!  The little birdie thanks us for his new home!
PRIZE - 2 groupons for 2 rounds of golf at the par 9 hole done the street :)
Happy Easter!!!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Snow in April

Craig and I have been keeping busy - a little too busy!  We hardly see each other throughout the week and we long for our weekends, which begin on Saturday afternoons.  I have been working more and more as the weather gets nicer and Craig has been really focused on his studies and winding down his classes for the semester.  He was going to take an online class this summer but our finances didn't account for the expensive cost it would be so he will be taking the summer off, hopefully working more and gearing up for the fall!  He only has one more year left and then who knows where the Lord will lead us.  We are really enjoying Spokane and feel we can call it "home" now.  We absolutely love our church and the friends we have made here.  The Lord has blessed us in so many ways.  Some of our favorite things to do here are go on walks to WinCo and the local coffee shop, find new restaurants to eat at, watch movies on Netflix, play one of our many board games we got for our wedding, hang out with the Mrozcek's, play racquetball, workout, and just exist together.  Laughter really is the key to a healthy marriage!  :]