Easter Weekend 2013

*This post is pretty long, and full of lots of pictures!*


Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Christmas is probably my most favorite, followed closely by Easter. After all, as a Christian, Easter is the center of my entire faith! Easter has also come to be a day where we spend time as a family, and create memories together that I hope will last a lifetime.

We started out by having an Easter Egg Hunt at my parent's house on Saturday. We had 40 eggs between two kids. It is so much fun seeing how much they truly enjoy looking for the eggs. They get so excited when they find one, and their little faces light up with joy!

After the egg hunt we had a traditional Easter lunch with ham, potato salad, and green beans. Yum! Jenny loves potato salad, and this was her first time to eat the homemade kind. She said she liked it better than the kind you buy at the store. 

Sweet cousins.

Allie Kay, my niece - already almost two months old! The sweetest, most beautiful niece in the world! :-)

I hope these two grow up to be best friends!

Aiden had a game that afternoon, so we took a break from Easter activities to watch his baseball game. He played well! He needs some more practice on catching the ball, what to do after he gets the ball, and what to do after he hits the ball. 

After Aiden's game we came home and ate leftovers. Then we colored some more eggs with Aunt Jillian. 

After we colored eggs it was getting late and time to come home. Everyone knows that the Easter Bunny doesn't come until you are asleep! We came home and the kids rushed to get their pajamas on and get ready for bed. We waited close to an hour to make sure they were fully asleep, and then The Bunny went to work.

The tradition in our house is that the night before Easter, we set our our Easter baskets in hopes that the Easter Bunny will fill them while we are asleep. This year, we were also hoping that the Easter Bunny would bring a basket for Sophia since she didn't have one. Last year on Easter she was only four days old, so she didn't get a basket.

 The Easter Bunny put out a trail of eggs from their rooms to their baskets! He also hid 20 candy-filled eggs around the house.

The Easter Bunny came! He brought Sophia a basket, too! 

Jenny and Aiden woke up bright and early this morning, before the sun had even come up! We woke up Sophia and headed out into the living room to see if the Easter Bunny had brought anything.

After emptying their baskets, we all got ready to go eat breakfast with my parents, my brother, my SIL, and my niece. 

After breakfast we went back to my parent's house and just hung out as a family. We went on a walk around the neighborhood and played Old Maid with Jenny and Aiden. It was just a fun time to be together as a family!

We had a wonderful Easter! We have so many reasons to celebrate and be thankful this year! We are incredibly blessed - Praise The Lord!! Christ is Risen! My Redeemer Lives! I am just beyond thankful for His sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice!

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" 
1 Peter 1:3

 "He is not here; he has risen, just as he said..." Matthew 28:6

Easter Egg Coloring 2013

Jaime and I colored Easter Eggs with Jenny and Aiden last night. It was kind of late when we got started, and Sophia was getting sleepy so we put her to bed. There wasn't much she could have done anyway except watch us.

This year we tried out two new ways to dye eggs. In the future, we probably won't do it this way again. It was messy, and the results were not very impressive. However, the kids loved it, so it was worth it!

The first way we tried was with shaving cream and food coloring. This is something that one of my MOPS friends told me about. Basically, you fill a cookie sheet with shaving cream. Then add drops of food coloring and use a toothpick to swirl the color around in the shaving cream. Then, you roll your egg around in the color swirled area. Once you cover the egg, you let it sit for a few minutes and then wipe off the excess shaving cream. The result is supposed to be an egg with a marbled appearance. Ours didn't turn out that way at all. Basically, they ended up looking the same as eggs dyed with regular egg dye. 

The other ones we tried were from an egg coloring kit that I bought at the store. It was called 24k Eggs. The reason why I didn't like this one was because you didn't actually "dip" the eggs. You painted the color on them. They turned out the way they were supposed to. Except that my kids like to mix the colors, which drives.me.crazy! ;)

In the future, we will probably just use the plain dye and do it the normal way. Much easier, much less stress, and much less mess! If you look on Pinterest you can find tons of different ways to color Easter Eggs! Who knew there were so many creative people out there? Obviously, I am not one of them! How does your family color Easter Eggs? Do you do it the normal way, or do you do something fancier?

Easter Baskets 2011

Jenny's Basket

Jenny got bubbles, Play-Doh, a chocolate bunny, a Crayola Color Wonder drawing pad and markers, a magnetic tic-tac-toe game, and "The Miracle of Easter" book.

Aiden's Easter Basket

Aiden got bubbles, sidewalk chalk, a Crayola Color Wonder Toy Story 3 drawing notebook and markers, a coloring book with crayons, and a chocolate bunny.

They also both got....

Guinea pigs!!

The one in the first picture is Aiden's, his name is Reeses. The one in the second picture is Jenny's, his name is Ralphie. They are both boys, and we were told that they are about 6 months old.

So far they have been very easy to care for, and Jenny is able to help with a lot of the responsibility. She refills their food and water before going to school, and helps me clean their cage every couple of days. She especially loves giving them treats and getting to hold them. Aiden loves them too, and he is very sweet with them. Everyday he asks to hold them, and he is always telling them that he loves him and he thinks they are cute. Haha!

Happy Easter!

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead," 1 Peter 3:1

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your day! We sure are!

The Easter Bunny came to our house last night. We have been playing with chalk, bubbles, and markers all day. It is beautiful here too today! So thankful that He is risen and I am saved!!

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Easter 2010

Today was such a wonderful day for our family! I couldn't stop thinking about Jesus all day!! Unfortunetly, we didn't go to church this morning. I was up till 5am this morning with a horrible cough, and I was all out of sorts this morning. Thankfully, I am able to watch services from my church online. So, that's what Jenny and I did this morning!


They put on a play called AD33. It was about Jesus, and how he was crucified and resurrected from the grave! It was really great! I tried to find it on YouTube to upload here for you all to see, but it isn't on there. I'll keep checking, and if I find it, I'll post it here.

Jenny watched it with me, and she really liked it! Of course, she had a lot of questions to ask me once it was over. I answered them all the best I could so that she would understand. At first I wasn't so sure if she understood, but then later we went outside and THIS is what she drew....

It's a picture of Jesus on the Cross!!

She also drew a picture of a sad face, and a happy face. She said that the happy face was the blind man that Jesus healed, after he was healed. And the sad face was the people watching Jesus be crucified. She is so smart, and she never stops amazing me!!

The Easter Bunny came to our house this morning, and the kids were both very excited to see their baskets! They BOTH ran to them! Aiden started taking the things out of Jenny's basket, I had to show him which one was his. Ha! Here is a picture of their baskets...

Jenny got: A Spongebob book, sidewalk chalk, a pink stuffed bunny, candy, nail polish (blue, purple, and orange), bubbles, bunny ears, and a chocolate bunny.
Aiden got: A puppy book, a soccer ball, a blue stuffed bunny, candy, bath toys, bubbles, bunny ears, and a chocolate bunny.

After they looked through their baskets, ate breakfast, and we watched the online church service, I took the kids outside to play with the new stuff. That was when Jenny drew the chalk pictures. Aiden LOVED his bubbles, and even learned how to say 'bubble' today! While we were outside, Jenny pointed out two solid white butterflies that were in our backyard. She said they looked like angels. I believe that they were!
We had a great Easter! How about you??