St. John Bosco and Our 30th Anniversary!

If you have read my profile, it says thirty years already. I think when I went through updated info., like grandbabies and such, I just rounded up. This (Jan. 31) is the for real day of being married to my wonderful husband for 30 years. We were sooo young- 17 (me) and 21 (hubby). I know at the time quite a few people thought we were crazy but here we are thirty years later, truly blessed beyond belief and happily, madly in love. Please don't misunderstand that to mean that there have been no struggles. We have those every day. But I can't imagine going through those struggles with anyone else at my side. Truly thanking God today.

And, St. John Bosco! This is one of our favorite saints. I guess I could actually say that about almost any saint we learn about, but he is a "boys' saint" (although I am sure girls love him too). He had a heart for boys, and my boys and I have enjoyed learning more about him.

In celebration of St. John Bosco, we are going to:
*listen to his story on Saint for the Day
*read about him in our CHC Stories of the Saints book
*make these special cookies and hot chocolate (to eat and drink during the story)
*and prepare this special stuffed bell pepper meal from Catholic Cuisine (with pita bread pizza as alternative for the kiddos).

To top it all off, a friend of ours is loaning us the movie, St. John Bosco: Mission of Love.  It will be a great day to celebrate this saint and spend time together with our family celebrating our anniversary!

To read if you don't have a book about this saint: St. John Bosco at Domestic-Church.

Also, a Novena in Honor of St. John Bosco.

One more thing- I almost forgot. Paul says he is going to juggle for us in honor of St. John Bosco. ;)