Easter 2010

I love celebrating Easter with my family. The kids have begun to understand what it is all about (to a point) and I enjoy taking time to remember what HE did for me. I spent some time that weekend watching THE PASSION-never easy to watch, but a good visual reminder of the sacrifice. As a mother it is even more heartbreaking to think of Mary watching her son go through all the torture and abuse.

Our service that morning was great. We had a choir along w/ the normal praise team. Day lilies were all across the stage and a cross was hung in the middle draped with flowers.

Baylor was not in much of a picture taking mood, but you can still see the cuteness:)

We spent the afternoon with our AWESOME neighbors. We all pitched in to make a yummy lunch and indulged the children in one more hunt

The Easter bunny made a visit to our house that morning. He left baskets FULL of all sorts of goodies...bubbles, T-shirts, coloring books, movies...

Trying out the new kaleidoscopes

and Baylor has new 'food' to feed her baby

It rained Saturday morning, so they moved the egg hunt at church indoors. The kids didn't care one bit. I forgot to ask if any adults found a chocolate surprise during service the next day...

Our favorite friend:)

They did let the "big kids" hunt out on the playground. Only someone as tall as Christian could have found this egg

Our good friend Lila

Lighting may not be the best, but those are some cute smiles

On Good Friday we dyed eggs (with our good friend Caroline) and talked about why we were doing all this celebrating to begin with

Baylor's class party was at her friend Kyle's house. It was the perfect spot for a fun day outside.

We all played outside in the BEAUTIFUL weather

Found one!!!

Everyone make a silly face

Baylor and Ryan

all the boys checking out their stash

OC Egg Hunt 2009

For the third year running it has been windy and cold when it was time for our church wide hunt. Above you see Jeff and our long time friend Mary Alice huddling up in the cold
There's always time for kisses...even if we're freezing
Stuart found a few eggs too
And she's off!!!

I could hardly keep up with Christian he was going so fast

Caroline, Avery and Macy
We always want our best friend every where we go
Ruby, Lila, Baylor and Christian...Levi will be in the picture next year:)

Easter Sunday '08

It has been neat to listen to Christian talk about the Easter story. He is really getting it and seems to understand that it was a big deal. I am so thankful that we have a good children's program that focuses on teaching the children the background to all the stories. He is learning so much.

Here are my two Easter blessings Mom and Mim bought this dress for Baylor not long after she was born b/c it was just too cute to pass up...the matching jacket was a must for this chilly Easter. I was lucky enough to find a sweater for Christian that matched:)

Checking out their baskets
Our attempt at a good family picture

More Easter fun

I don't know how we got this many kids to sit down for a picture:) After the egg hunt Nana came back to our house to do some special cupcakes with the kids. She dyed icing and coconut flakes green for 'grass' and then they added jelly beans for 'eggs' They had a good little assembly line: Nana did icing, Baylor did grass and Christian added the eggs

They were both concentrating hard on their jobs
What fun is cooking without a little sampling?!?!?

Otter Creek Egg Hunt '08

We had a cold, but fun egg hunt on Saturday. I was a bad mommy and forgot jackets so my kids were freezing by the end. Daddy was still on his trip to Vegas--so here is our family picture minus 1 Christian is all hunched up from the wind:)
an action shot of our life group girls
Lila and froggy were hunting eggs too...her sister Ruby was home sick:(
Baylor and her good friend Avery checking out their stash of candy