Easter 09

Saturday night the boys enjoyed coloring Easter eggs. We got the decorating kit that had stickers so that was a big hit, of course!

Their finished products...

Easter 09: Part 2

After church on Sunday, our friends Jeff, Kristina, Maddy and Keenan came over for Easter dinner and an Easter egg hunt. The weather was horrible...40 degrees and pouring down rain. So, needless to say, the Easter egg hunt was indoors this year!

We decided it would be best to let the 3 three year olds do their own first...

Bryce and Keenan ran around the house stuffing as many eggs in their baskets as possible while Drew would pick one up at a time and immediately open it! He didn't care that 1/2 of the egss had "monies" in them - he just wanted the ones with candy! It was so funny to watch!
The 3 boys with all of their loot!

We gave the boys ziploc bags to sort their "monies" and candy into. Keenan just dumped out his eggs to eat the candy - mainly chocolote. Drew dumped out his eggs too - mainly to eat skittles (new to him!). Bryce dumped his eggs out and in a very organized fashion, seperated his goodies into appropriate piles. I love to see the differences in children's personalitites. They are ALL so different!


Since Maddy is 9, she got to have her Easter egg hunt all by herself!

Although we receive enJOYment from the Easter baskets, the jelly beans and Resses peanut butter eggs, and the cute outfits, our true JOY comes from understanding what Easter is REALLY all about.

I love the lyrics to this song...

"Can't Keep A Good Man Down."

He said goodbye to the angels of heaven

And He came to earth as a common man

He taught us how we could love one another

There was healing in His hands

There were those who believed and followed Him

And there were those who wanted Him dead

They thought the grave would silence Him forever

But they found out instead

Chorus:You can close your eyes

You can say it's a lie

You can stick your head in the sand

You can turn away and try to explain

He was just another man

When they nailed Him to the cross by His hands and His feet and they put Him in the ground

Three days later everybody found out that ya can't

No you can't keep a good man down,

I hear you say that it all sound crazy

It's a good story but it can't be true

How could a man who was dead and buried

Mean a thing to you and me

Here we are two thousand years later

And still the choice is just the same

You can say ya don't believe it

But it doesn't change a thing

Chorus

I can take you to the hill where they hung Him on a cross

I can take you to the empty tomb

I can tell you He's alive 'cause He lives in me

But the rest is up to you

Chorus

He is risen!

We had a wonderful day today celebrating our risen King. We went to church, the boys opened their Easter baskets, colored and decorated eggs and had an Easter egg hunt! It was so much fun! Although these "commercialized traditions" are fun and memorable, we always want to remember and teach our boys why we celebrate Easter.

This is the perfect reminder...At the ninth hour, as Jesus hung on the cross he cried out in a loud voice ,"My God, my God why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46) And when Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit." (Matthew 27:50) Three days later, Mary Magdalene and Mary went to look at the tomb where Jesus had been buried. The angel said to the women "Don't be afraid, for I know that you are looking Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. He has risen from the dead." (Mark 28:5 -7)
Remembering our first Easter with our babies - Easter 2006

The boys were just 2 weeks old. We were so thankful to have our babies home safe and sound AND to have the help of Nana Miner!

Easter 2008

We colored eggs for the 1st time

And decorated them with stickers

Bryce had fun making a picture with his Easter stickersBryce and Drew's 1st Easter Egg Hunt!