Crumpets?

Confession time! I've not been a big fan of all this Royal Wedding hoopla. It's been the topic of conversation on most news and daytime television shows. There's more "Will and Kate" shtuff for sale than one could even begin to conjure up. And really, who cares how much jewelry Kate has worn or will wear 10 years from now. BUT...I must say that I'm contemplating waking up in the middle of the night to watch the show take place! I'm off and I have a sermon to write, but I might get up in 3 hours and 45 minutes just to see what's goin' on. Now, if only I had some crumpets! I will opt for coffee rather than tea - I hope the Queen approves!

It's been awhile since I've posted. I got side tracked with Easter! And let me tell you, I needed me some Easter! As fast as Lent went this year, it was long. I needed some "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" and some fanfare along with the Alleluias! The Easter Vigil was AMAZING - almost as good as seminary - not quite  - but close! The Exultet was phenominal and I'm still watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIhBdt5XRcA&feature=share  just to hear it over and over again. I'm in love. We had a baptism at the vigil which was enjoyable! : ) AND during communion mr. music man played and sang this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kmg4n7XHPtw - he's quite talented and it made me cry. Aight, thats enough worship reporting! Let's just say it was good!

I wasn't really feeling the drive home after worship and 2.5 hours of sleep, but I'm really glad I went! I got to see my parents and Aunt and Uncle and my cousins. We played games, had good food and didn't argue. Which is remarkable! I tend to argue with my Uncle for one reason or another, but I think we both made a conscious effort to not! Maybe we're all growing up!

Oh! Good news! My Marine Cousin is coming home from Afghanistan in two weeks. I'm excited to see him - I'm excited for him to be back in the States. I'm thankful he won't be in the middle of the war. I'm really proud of him even though I don't completely understand why he wanted to be a Marine. At the end of the day though - if that's what he wants to do - he's got my love and support. He's come a long way...has had a hard time and I think he feels like he belongs there...so I'm 100% behind him! No more questions asked - I tried to talk him out of it - it didn't work. I won't be doing that anymore.

Love my cousins to pieces - they are like my brothers.

There's more, but that's all for now! If I'm getting up for my non crumpet Royal Wedding Viewing I better go to sleep!

Love and Peace.