Easter

My, my- the month of April just slipped right by. We had a pretty good Easter, it was actually pretty laid back, which felt good. Here's a look at what we did.

On the Saturday before Easter, we hit up a few Easter egg hunts. The first one was at the high school, put on by the city, and it was seriously done in under five minutes. We know this because we were a few minutes late and well, it's true what they say, "You snooze, you loose." We decided we won't be wasting our time for this one in the future. Terrible candy + tons of people + done within seconds= not worth it.

So then we ventured over to Broulims. We saw the Easter Bunny, looked at the baby chicks and did the two aisle egg hunt for our second year in a row. Once again, not really worth it. We were one of the first in line, so I kept getting irritated by parents who let their kids cut to the front of the line or run past the line & down the aisle, leaving the Broulims workers to babysit. It was crowded, there were way too many kids for eggs and Jace & Rylee were both feeling a little bit too claustrophobic by all the eager kids. Crowds + kids not really caring about it + the 5 eggs we took home (with candy that my kids do not need any more of) = NOT WORTH IT.

I'm glad that there is a real meaning to Easter.

So after our egg hunt fiasco's, we enjoyed the afternoon outside flying kites.

Easter morning the kids awoke to a few gifts from E.B. and then it was off to church. After church we enjoyed a nice meal with my family. I'm so grateful for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through the resurrection, our spirit will be reunited with our body in a perfect, immortal state, no longer subject to disease or death. I can't explain how much joy and peace that brings to me for our sweet Rylee. To have her body free of disease and hurt and pain. I wish that we would have been able to go to Jerusalem and see the Garden Tomb from which Jesus rose. All of my family talks about the amazing spirit that was felt there. I truly hope we have another opportunity to go and feel of that spirit ourselves.

Jace & Rylee both got some rain boots for Easter. Trying them out in the rain.

Jaden got the Bumbo seat. I love it- so easy to move from place to place.
Hope you all had a happy Easter as well.