Easter

We had a wonderful Easter day full of worship, family, and fun!




We started the day by going to the sunrise service at 7am at church. (I agreed in a moment of weakness!) Sadly, it was pretty cool out so I didn't get any outside pictures of the girls in their dresses.

Sweet girls with their dresses that Gran made and bonnets that I made!

This silly little girl makes me laugh all the time!

The girls got to peek at their Easter baskets before church. The big girls got princess sleeping bags and bubble bath along with a few other small things. Ruthie got a little toddler backpack with her name on it and yogurt melts and a few other small things. Everyone was quite pleased with the bunny!

After church we came home, did a few last minute things and headed to NC to celebrate Easter with Paul's extended family. We always love these gatherings and as usually we had good food and good company! After we ate the kids had an Easter egg hunt. All of the eggs had stickers with them and my girls were super excited with all their new stickers! My favorite moment of the day was when an adult was helping Ellie find eggs and Emmie mentioned she only had one. Another adult went to help her and Ellie (who only had 2 or 3 eggs) pulled an egg out of her basket and ran to take it to Emmie. So, so sweet. I was especially touched because this was so out of character for Ellie. I think she's spent so much of her life guarding her things from any sister that might want to come take them that she generally doesn't voluntarily give up something important to her.





After the egg hunt we did a very cool scavenger hunt. The church where we gather has an old cemetery and Uncle Clyde had created a scavenger hunt of the gravestones. For instance, you had to find things like the oldest gravestone, the family names in the 4 corners of the cemetery, when certain people were married, and other interesting tidbits like that. He also talked to the kids about how we use the markers to remember those who have passed. He explained that even though know one is alive who remembers the first person buried in the graveyard we still know about them and remember them because of the marker. It was really a neat activity that the adults and kids all enjoyed.
After the scavenger hunt we did the egg toss. Blake and I were partners and we made it to about the half way point. Emmie really wanted Paul for her partner and fortunately these eggs had thick shells so they didn't necessarily break if they hit the ground. In the end Karla and Doug won!

Emma took the egg toss pictures for me and she did such a great job!

The girls were worn out by the time we left but we all had a great time!