Easter

I love Easter! I love knowing and spending a day celebrating Christ's resurrection. Who doesn't take joy in knowing that Jesus gave his life for us and that we are set free from our sins? We all need a savior, for none of us are perfect, me being so far from.

Our church does a family service for Easter, I like the idea and think it is important that Caroline understands that Easter is something more than a make believe bunny, egg hunts, and chocolate. With that said, it was very hard for Caroline to sit still...thank goodness I snuck a little Laffy Taffy in my purse. Also, most of my family was at church too so they could help with Caroline. It was a great service, I love my church and hope to get more involved sooner than later. Right now we go to the service and that's about it.

After church we went to a bluebonnet patch that I'd been eyeing to get some Easter pics and annual bluebonnet shots. Caroline had busted her lip a few days earlier so I wasn't expecting much, but she loved running through the flowers so I captured a few sweet candids.

Being midday, Carter had trouble looking up without a major squint so his shots weren't so hot. I forced others to pose for pictures too, some turned out nicely.

After the bluebonnets, we all went to my house for a nice and easy Easter lunch. I did ham and baked potatoes and everyone brought something too. Of course my mom made a bunny cake, this thing is tradition!

The Easter bunny left surprises in the dining room for when the kids woke up. Caroline claims she saw a chocolate bunny sneaking around the house Saturday night. We also got so many goodies from Aunt Andrea and Jesse, Papa Mike and Michaela, Grammy, Granny, Nana and Papa, and Aunt Carol and Eric! Thanks so much....we are still digging out of all the chocolate and sweets!

Before we ate lunch we did a quick egg hunt because it looked like rain. Thank goodness we pushed it up, or Caroline would have missed out on hunting eggs this year. She was disappointed no one was there to help her, so Mark jumped in. It's really funny how much she always wants someone to play with. She asked me the other day if some friends could come over. I guess we are nearing the age of friends coming to play!

Thankful for a wonderful family and Easter spent all together. I'm also thankful for our newest addition to the family, my sweet, perfect new cousin baby Prescott. More about him soon!