If ever an occasion called for festive new clothes, this is it! The assembly gathered on Easter Sunday in its best dress shows the special nature of Easter. If you’ve tuned in to our radio show Catholic Women Now, you’ve heard Julie Nelson and me talking about spring fashions. We challenged ourselves to put some fashion tips into practice this Easter. Here are the results!
What’s the Nelson Clan Wearing?
With two sons currently out-of-state, the Nelson family has downsized a bit this year. Here’s Julie with husband Lynn, son Daniel, and daughter Mary. Julie was a happy momma this morning as the Nelsons accomplished a first in many years … arriving early enough to snag a seat in the church and not the overflow parish center! We Schmidts are always late to the party, so kudos on your promptness, Nelsons!
The Nelson Clan (minus two)
Look at Jules’ dress — doesn’t she own that sapphire blue color?! Looking great, girlfriend. The pearl necklace adds a nice soft touch, too. I say she looks like the First Lady of Catholic Radio! And I’m loving the shades of green on the rest of the family. Speaking of, on the way out of church today, here’s what Mary said to Julie.Â
Mary: Mom, mint green is the color for spring.
Julie: How did you know?
Mary: Because a lady at church told me she liked my dress and that mint green is so in right now.
We like to think the lady heard it first on Catholic Women Now! (And you do look fabulous in mint green, Miss Mary!)
And What’s Das Schmidt Haus Wearing?
We decided to work the “in” spring colors as well. Joel wore a manly (oorah!) pink dress shirt and festive multi-color necktie. The kids are both working shades of green, too — mint and emerald. Message received; all shades of green are in! Lucy is sporting a nice Easter bonnet that I found at Target for $1.00. I threw my favorite coral-colored sweater over a very comfy navy and white dress. Comfort is in this spring, right?
Das Schmidt Haus, Easter 2013
The Boys of Das Schmidt Haus
So What Did You Wear?
In an effort to build community and get to know our great listeners, we want YOU to show us your Easter best. By doing so, you’ll be entered to win a gift card to Fashion by The Halltree, the best darned fashion boutique in the greater Des Moines metro area. In the comment box below there is an option to upload a photo. Click on the “Choose File” icon to upload your photo. FYI, don’t try to upload a photo via the Facebook comment plugin because it won’t work. You must use the comment system illustrated here.
Are you ready to show us your Easter best? We can’t wait to “meet” you. No rush — we’ll leave the post open throughout the week, so savor Easter Sunday with your family! And don’t forget to tune in to Catholic Women Now the week of April 8th to hear who wins the great prize.Â
This post is linked up to What I Wore Sunday hosted at Fine Linen and Purple. Head over there to see others’ Easter best.
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Each week Julie Nelson and I explore the depth, breadth, and strength of the Catholic Church through a feminine lens on our radio show Catholic Women Now. The show, produced by Iowa Catholic Radio, is heard in the Des Moines area on 1150AM, 88.5 & 94.5 FM. Listeners outside this area can stream online via ChristianNetCast or through the Tune-In Radio app. Show times: Tuesday at 2:30pm, Friday at 9:00pm, Saturday at 8:30 and 11:30am and Sunday at 6:00pm — all times Central. Tune in; tell a friend!Â
Frivolous topic for Easter blog. This is the first one I received in my email. Hope it improves.
Hi Cheryl. Sorry to read you feel that way. Allow me (Lisa) to offer some perspective on this post. Not every post we write is an apologetic or spiritual reflection. Some posts are meant to be fun, but still carry a deeper meaning. For example, this post is meant to hint at the following: 1) dressing with dignity, 2) dressing appropriately to meet the King of Kings on the Church’s highest feast day, 3) and simply celebrating the day together as a family by going to Mass. While the post is meant to be fun, we find the topic anything but frivolous. Finally, I co-host a Catholic women’s radio show. A recent show about dressing with dignity received many positive responses from our loyal local listeners, and this post is designed to build community with them.
Happy Easter!
Since we were celebrating Corey’s full communion into the Catholic Church, we snapped this picture after the Easter Vigil! Thanks for celebrating with us, Das Schmidts!
Thanks for hosting. See the whole gang at Catholic All Year, We Had Easter, It Was Cute!
Thanks for bringing some frivolity to the solemnity. And I can only hope ALL of our blogs improve, after all, what’s the alternative?
ALLELUIA!
Awesomely bad family pictures like this one will always be my favorites. Happy Easter!
Happy Easter Schmidt Family, here’s what our kiddos wore. :)
I think it’s non-frivolous to show the world that, “Look, we had all these kids and can still look halfway decent!” But hey, a little frivolity during the octave of Easter never hurt anyone :)
It was an awesome Easter and I’m still wishing the girls’ dresses came in my size :)
At some point I could no longer talk the kids into matching oufits. Same color family is always nice, but…..nowadays we settle for as many as possible looking forward into the camera and holding still for our awesome photographer/ friend, Laura Wills. (not sure our youngest got the memo).