Easter

We got back from Disneyland just in time for Easter. The Easter Bunny must have known that we were tired from Disneyland because he decided to keep things easy and small. On Saturday night the Ashlie and Tyler decorated eggs. Sari decided this year that she was too old to decorate eggs and so she was in charge of the camera. She was not however to old for an Easter Basket :)

We had a wonderful Easter morning. The kids woke to Easter Baskets with a bit of candy. Thank goodness there wasn't too much in there because Tyler ate all of his for breakfast. The Easter Bunny has made it tradition to also leave them each a new toothbrush. After Tyler had eaten all of his candy he took all of the plastic Easter Eggs the Easter Bunny had given him and stacked them all together and created a "Stripey Butterfly". We included a picture. He kept it long enough to even show Grandma the next day.

The previous week during Family Night we had a lesson on Easter and the Resurrection. The girls seemed to really enjoy the lesson. Tyler pretty much enjoys causing disruption during our lessons so it was nice that they were still able to get something out of it.

After church we went over to my sister's house for an Easter Dinner with the family. After eat way too much yummy food we had an Easter Egg hung. Sari once again was too old to do the hunting but was thrilled to do the hiding. Papa had helped with the egg coloring at our house and had made a special egg that was worth $5 to whomever found it! Ashlie spotted the egg first and received the $5 prize! Tyler just enjoyed running around grabbing the eggs and chucking them (literally) into his basket. Ashlie ended up with 26 eggs and Tyler ended up with 24 cracked eggs. They all had a good time.

I was thankful that we were able to remember Christ during the Easter season. Unfortunately, Easter is becoming a lot like the retailer's Christmas season. There are a ton of different Easter Egg hunts and spending crazy amounts of money on Easter Baskets. I think it is so sad that most people don't even get the reason why we celebrate Easter. It is just another way to celebrate and spend money. I am thankful that I was able to help celebrate Easter this year with my family in a way that honored Christ and all that he has done for us and for me.