He Is Risen!

We enjoyed a wonderful week leading up to Easter Sunday!  Amidst the fun, brightly colored, candy-filled eggs, we tried to focus on the real meaning of Easter.  

We started with some nightly reading from Resurrection Eggs.  Then Daisy and I 'egged' ourselves on the front porch one rainy Sunday.  Each kid actually wants to find the empty egg (which reminds us of Jesus' empty tomb).

They sought the thrill of the hunt
 (at a couple places, actually).

My fearless trio tested their climbing skills at one celebration.

Thanks to Aunt Sister we hunted some goodies in our own backyard.

We tried our hands with a Pinterest recipe with our friend Keira.
Not 100% success, not 100% fail; with Pinterest activities, that's not a bad outcome.

Without complete Pinterest failure, we decided to give it another whirl.  This time with Empty Tomb cookies.  After reading scripture to go with all the ingredients, we put them in the oven and sealed it, just like Jesus' tomb was sealed.

The cookies were left in the oven all night.  We morning came we rolled away the proverbial stone.  The cookies were supposed to be hollow and empty, just as Jesus' tomb was after he had risen.  

Pinterest fail.

At least they tasted good.

Of course the Easter Bunny left his fun, brightly colored, candy-filled eggs.

The dogs helped themselves.  I kept finding empty eggs outside with candy wrappers near by.

And Mommy and Daddy gave the kids a little 

somethin-somethin.

All that excitement and we still made it to 9:15 church on time.

We enjoyed making Resurrection Rolls, which did turn out empty like they were supposed to.

Easter Sunday--time to flip the cross around…

and take some pics.

We sure do love these puppies!  Not that they have anything to do with Easter, but they were a part of our celebration.

 

Next we had Easter lunch with Grannie, who gave us another egg hunt.

 

What a great celebration of Jesus' redeeming work on the cross!

He is risen!  He will return!