HAPPY EASTER!!!

I love Easter time! Despite what the world has turned the holiday into, I love it because it's the day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through him we also have the opportunity to be resurrected after we pass on. We have the opportunity to have eternal joy and be like Him. I'm thankful for the great sacrifice that our Savior made. A sacrifice made because of the love He had for each of us. He took upon Himself our sins, sorrows, and pains so that we may live with our Heavenly Father again. It pains me to think of all the pain that I personally caused Him, but at the same time am so grateful for Him. I will forever be eternally indebted to Him. And I can only hope that I may live worthily enough to live with Him and our Father in Heaven again someday. 

I love that in our town, during the Easter and Christmas holidays, a cross is made of lights up on the 'E' above our town. It shines brightly at night for all to see. In a world that is quickly turning their backs from our Lord and Savior, our town still worships Him in this way. And I rejoice in this!

Even though our Savior's resurrection is the true meaning of the Easter holiday, we do still have fun with the kids, what with the Easter Bunny and hiding eggs. Thursday morning the Easter Bunny was visiting our local library, so we took Jared to get a picture with him! Kerry, Ella, and Sariah were there as well, and also Tamra, Tyler, Trestan, Taylor, my mom, and George. Out of all the littles, Jared and Sariah didn't seem to have a problem with the bunny. Although Sariah stayed in Kerry's arms for their picture, perhaps she would have had a problem if she were given over to the Easter bunny?

 

Jared is teething, so he's had his hand shoved in his mouth the past few days. Fortunately it isn't bothering him too much.

Trestan and Taylor were not happy about 

sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap

Poor Ella was scared of the Easter Bunny

Friday afternoon, we had an Easter egg hunt with Shalum's brother and his wife's kids. Each kid had their own color eggs to find. That way the eggs could be hid according to the age, and everyone got the same amount of eggs to find. Except for Jared and Sariah, they shared the same color and so each had half the amount of eggs as everyone else. But they're still at an age where they were more wandering around than anything.

Easter morning Jared got a few gifts. A soccer ball, apparently he doesn't have enough since we keep getting him more. A little spiderman chair, and an outfit. The moment we took him downstairs he went straight for the ball.

His Easter outfit. He looked adorable in it!

I was asked to help in the nursery at church that day, so Jared had a fun time with all the toys! So fun he kept trying to take all the toys away from everyone else! And sitting down to learn about Jesus's resurrection was not interesting to him. How could he sit when there were so many new toys to play with! Then we had a family dinner that evening with Shalum's family. All in all it was a good Easter! (Although Ella might disagree. Not only did the Easter Bunny scare her, Jared bit her really hard Sunday night. Naughty naughty boy! He's getting a little bit into a biting frenzy right now. Sigh.)