We spent this month preparing Evelyn for Easter. The Johnston Family got Evelyn a nice set of resurrection eggs last year, so we spent a lot of time going through them. They have a set of 12 eggs with something in each egg to tell the story of Easter. Each egg also has a verse and a little story that is read along with the opening of the egg, the last egg being empty, representing the empty tomb since Christ rose from the grave. She is very good at memorizing (which she must get from her father) so she was learning what came next from in the egg sequence. She is always interested in Jesus, wanting to read his book (the Bible) during rest time and wanting me to show her which one is Jesus. We really enjoyed the resurrection eggs this year and looking forward to her understanding the Word, a little better every day.
Since we only had Evie last year, we went a little overboard with her Easter basket. This year, I (we) decided to be very minimal. As much as a love to spoil our children, something that Steve and I have talked about it instilling in the the gift of generosity. It is so important to us that are children find joy in loving and blessing other people. There are obviously many ways to do this but giving is a good start.
So this ended up being our babies Easter baskets this year... which of course are not from us... but from the Easter bunny! woot woot :) We had fun telling Evie about the bunny coming to leave her a surprise on Easter morning.
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| We did all just wake up... |
Then we also had their Easter outfits. One of my favorite memory's of childhood in general was the beautiful Easter dress (and hat, and gloves, and purse) that we got for this holiday. Thanks Lady! :) Cyrus was more fun to dress this year than Evelyn. So trendy.
After a great Easter service with our wonderful church family, we headed over to the Johnston home for lunch and "the hunt". This family was a wonderful example of what I want to teach our children. We are invited to their home for any holiday that we are not spending in Indiana. They know our family is far away and they want to make sure that we are loved on and reminded about what being a part of the body of Christ is all about. We were one of several families invited to their home to celebrate. They are an amazing example of Jesus, we are lucky to call them friends.
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| Cy was not interested in hunting eggs |
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| They even had coloring pages for the kids |
It was a great day. Praise God that He conquered the grave so sinners like us can live with joy knowing that we have the gift of everlasting life because of the sacrifice made for us by Jesus Christ!
