Happy Easter!

Chloe has been asking who will pick us up at the airport. After a few days of trying to figure out what she meant by this, she finally came out with, "mommy, when are we going back to my country in California?" Hmmm, how do we explain? Although Chloe is very happy at her new "butter house" and her Academy, she is starting to miss home. It is unbelievable how resilient kids are though.

Joaquin will be two next week, I can't believe two years have gone by. He reminds me more and more of my brother Logan everyday...he has really figured out how to drive Chloe crazy. He got his first real haircut in a 100 year old barn turned salon and everyday asks to go to town and get a shreet (I believe this is treat and sweet mashed together). Almost everyday someone slips him a pound for his sweeties. Chloe taught him how to cover his mouth and giggle like a girl. He basically does everything she asks him to.

Carlos and I had our first informal young adults meeting at our house and got a good lesson in Northern Irish slang. Do you know what Chav, Naf, Bok, or Banjaxed mean? Well I do. University students are pretty much the same around the world and we love them. Carlos and I are putting on a Good Friday service at First Saintfield called Way of the Cross. Most of you will probably recognize the name. It has been an interesting process and we have learned a lot about the culture here. Carlos and I are meeting incredible people and are having a lot of incredible conversations. We are excited to see how Good Friday impacts the community.

Easter will be our first big holiday here in Northern Ireland. It is fun learning about different traditions like rolling hard boiled eggs down a hill. There aren't Easter egg hunts like we would have in the US. The Fernandez family will miss the hunt at Newport Dunes and fighting over the prize eggs. If you ask for an Easter egg here, you will get an enormous Cadbury hollow chocolate shell with a pack of sweeties inside. Our kids receive them about every other day from someone and they are in love with eggs now. I'm trying to figure out how to dye our eggs because I have yet to find white ones here. Anyone know if brown eggs can be dyed?

Happy Easter to all from our family...He is risen indeed.