The Russo's

We did a community outreach the day before Easter inviting people to our Easter service. We had Coke and Diet Coke to hand them along with an invitation.    Gianna was very bold and was talking to people giving them all the details about Sunday. She surprised me at how comfortable she was with it.  Hudson was on the corner with Nana B and Paw Paw Doug. He would go with Nana to the car and hand them a drink. He did start asking if they would like a drink.  We made posters to hold out on the street It was the first time the kids have been involved in an outreach and it went well. We had a few people come to church the next day. It was a good experience for them to serve in the community. 

My Mom hosted a dinner for the March birthdays on March 28th. She made each one their own cake and Josh's was lemon.  Josh's parents hosted dinner on his birthday with crawfish. Our first boil of the season and they were really good.  Thanks to the guys for cooking the crawfish  The kids were equally excited  Hudson was catching some nice fish in the pond  A friend from church made him a cheesecake for his birthday cake this year. He usually does cookie cake. It was homemade cheesecake and very good!  Hoping this 41st year is a great one for him! He is doing well since Covid and hasn't had any lasting symptoms or problems. We are thankful for another year of his life!  Three generations of Russos

I brought the kids fishing with Paw Paw Brent  Gianna had dress rehearsal at dance and we were able to see their dances for recital She had pictures later that week and she chose the jazz costume.  Her picture for the program. She is looking so grown up!  We rode to Ramah to check the water level for crawfishing. Josh let Hudson drive his truck on the levee road. Paw Vic let Josh drive on the levee when he was growing up.  The kids got to pick baby carrots from Paw Paw Brent's garden  Hudson started catching crawfish again in the ditch He then killed an eel in the ditch also. I was glad it wasn't a snake. 

 My birthday was on a Sunday this year. Josh got me a coffee from CC's for when I got to church.  Gianna wrote me these sweet notes  We went to hibachi for lunch with most of our family Just Josh and I went to dinner at Sammy's that night. Our anniversary was three days later, so we celebrated early.  Jen was coming in town the next weekend to celebrate our birthday. Mom and I picked her up from the airport. We got coffee on the way home.  On Saturday, we had brunch at the Ruby Slipper and got pedicures after.  Gianna came with me and got her nails and toes painted Mom had a family dinner at her house that night with shrimp etouffee and king cake. We went by to see Granny on Sunday and visited outside. It was a full weekend, but very fun!