End of Easter Break

How can Sunday be the last blog I wrote? It seems like forever. I do want to keep the blog up, but will need to rename it. Or maybe "lent" can be an acronym for something. Joseph Reninger's Life, Entertainment, News and Trivia? Descriptive but bland. I am open to suggestions...Anyway, I will provide some updates since Sunday.

We seem to have recovered from sickness, though Jacob has all the signs of teething again--drooling, cranky, bitey, not sleeping well. Hopefully he will be over it soon. He was a little destructive on our play date Wednesday. He bashed in a toy drum with its own drumstick (though it already had a hole in it) and kept pulling off a lampshade from a toy lamp. Luckily he neither broke the lamp nor wore the lampshade on his head. We have a New Members' Brunch tomorrow with PATH. Hopefully it won't be too violent. Check back tomorrow.

Rosemary headed back on Tuesday after a wonderful visit. We had a fun time hanging out, even if that did mean being sick together for some of it. On Monday, we went out to visit my mom in Front Royal, which was a lot of fun for all. Mom wanted to celebrate Rosemary's birthday with her (though it doesn't come till next month), so we did the usual restaurant followed by dessert at home. We'll send a present from the Reninger household of Columbia later.

Easter Update

Jacob has updated photos on Facebook, including getting ready for Easter Sunday Mass this morning. It's been a rough day because Angie is sick, Rosemary is sick, and Jacob is on random nap mode. He slept for the second half of Mass this morning (it was just he and I since the ladies were to sick to go). I made an all too brief appearance at Brian and Teresa's fabulous Easter brunch. I did put in a good show of Jacob and Angie, but he wouldn't stay asleep and I had to leave early. I was really bummed out by that. Brian and Teresa are so awesome, we want to hang out with them more.

Jacob was cranky most of the day (except when watching videos online--we have to get him off the habit). One highlight today was skyping with Nate and Helen. It was fun to catch up with them. Which reminds me, I need to put together a DVD of the wedding footage that I took last weekend. Now that Lent is over, I think I will definitely blog less often than every day, though no promises. I do want to do more video editing to catch up on old videos (like from our honeymoon in New Zealand!!).

Holy Maundy Thursday!

Lent is rapidly coming to a close! I can't believe we are already almost at Easter Sunday. Time is flying.

We've finally made a major Lenten donation to SQPN, producers of the best Catholic podcasts on the net. I guess if you listened to every show that they put out, you'd spend all your time plugged into your iPod or at your computer. My favorite is Catholic in a Small Town, a show hosted by a young Catholic couple raising three kids in small town Georgia. They are quite hilarious. In their latest episode, they talk about buying ten chicks for their sons for Easter, along with the largest bag of feed ever.

Also, we received another Lenten appeal from the DC Archdiocese, so we are writing them a check as well. Which reminds me of one thing from the weekend in San Francisco. When we got to the cathedral of St. Ignatius, we look in the pew and found envelops for the SF diocesan fund drive. Yikes! Luckily it was Palm Sunday so there was too much liturgy for another appeal to be made. It was a close call, though.

Tonight, we can't make it to Holy Thursday Mass because Jacob has been throwing up all morning. He's on a mostly liquid diet right now and seems to be better, though cranky. His 18-month appointment is tomorrow at 9 a.m. The doctor's assistant said that they'd do the physical and maybe defer the immunization shots if Jacob doesn't seem up to it. Say a prayer!