Happy Easter!

Jesus has risen. He has risen indeed! Alleluia! What a reason to celebrate! No longer do sin, death, and the devil have any power over us. Jesus has the victory, and His victory is ours! Easter is truly one of my favorite holidays! We did some special things to celebrate ...

My sister had told me about a fun idea that was popular in Montana: hiding 12 eggs in someone's yard, then placing a "You've Been Egged!" sign on their door (describing how they would find 11 filled eggs and one empty egg -- since Jesus' tomb was empty -- in their yard). Our boys thought this sounded like great fun! We "egged" two friends' yards. A few days later, it was such a treat when one of these sets of friends "egged" us back! :)

Our boys enjoyed dyeing Easter eggs with help from Grandpa and Grandma. They both stuck with it quite well. They dyed the dozen that we had hard boiled, another dozen that we hadn't, and would've kept going!

The wire whisk really worked well as an egg-holder. (Thanks, Pinterest!)

The day before Easter, our church held a large community egg hunt. Both boys definitely got the hang of quickly grabbing eggs after Pastor John said, "GO!"

Right after the hunt was done, the boys opened up their eggs to find the candy inside.

The boys enjoyed jumping on the bouncy structures and playing some carnival games before we all did the Resurrection Walk (new this year -- very well-done!) and ate a hot-dog lunch. A very fun morning!

The boys woke up early on Easter morning and ran to see what "the Easter bunny" had left them in their baskets.  The boys had goodies from Momma and Daddy AND from Grandpa and Grandma! Of course, they wanted to sample some of the candy right away!

We paused for some family photos before church, especially because we we all relatively coordinate and happy. :)

We joined Jon, Chelsea, and some of Chelsea's family (visiting from Montana) at our church's yummy Easter breakfast.

When we got home from our Easter service, we found out that our neighbor Gloria, had "egged" our yard! What a fun surprise! The boys were thrilled to find a $2 bill for each of them in addition to some yummy candy.

Thank you, Gloria!

We were happy to be able to host an Easter ham dinner for our family and Chelsea's family.

Cousin Love!

Happy Easter to everyone! :)