Resurrection Sunday

He is risen and we are forgiven!  This was such a beautiful Easter for so many reasons.  But the most precious, priceless, and everlasting memory this Easter is Hogan making the choice to be baptized.  It meant so much to have our families come and support him.  We went with our church to the Weeki Wachi and he was baptized in the river.  Praise God!

Countdown to Easter

We did lots of fun Easter activities this year and tried to keep up with all our traditions. We went to a very fun Homecircle Easter party.  We had LOTS of Easter Egg hunts.  We spent priceless time reading the scriptures, doing resurrection eggs, and reading Benjamin's Box.  We dyed Easter eggs and made the Easter Story cookies.  We had a lot of fun counting down to Resurrection Sunday.

Easter Eggs

He is Risen!

For Easter this year we participated in a movement called "Forget the Frock".  Instead of buying and wearing a fancy outfit on Easter Sunday you dress with a purpose. We ordered t-shirts and all the proceeds went to support a Christian charity in Seul, South Korea called Kindred Image.  We had a wonderful morning at church, hunted for Easter Eggs, went to the river to watch baptisms, and went over to Marinda's for Easter dinner.

Happy Easter

He is Risen!

We had a wonderful time preparing for and celebrating Easter this year.  We did our Resurrection Eggs each day leading up to Easter.  Hogan and Lauralee, especially Hogan, really seemed to get it this year and they both say they have accepted Jesus into their hearts as their Lord and Saviour.  Lauralee says the longest, sweetest prayers at night and they both sing songs about God, usually self composed, spontaneously throughout the day.  We made Easter Story cookies.  We decorated Easter eggs...

We had lots of Easter egg hunts in the front yard.  We made Easter crafts...

We went to an Easter Party and egg hunt...

On Easter we had a special breakfast, went to Church, came home and made Resurrection Rolls, took the kids to the river to watch baptisms, and then went over to MayMay and PopPop's to spend the rest of the day with people we love!  

As soon as MK gets to MayMay and PopPop's house she goes into the kitchen and gets herself out a cup and a box of Cheeze-Its and brings them to MayMay to put Cheeze-Its into the cup for her.  And if she spies PopPop in the kitchen she runs over and points to the cookie jar so he will give her an Oreo.  She's got it figured out. 

The"big" kids were playing a very elaborate game with the bunny rabbits MayMay and PopPop gave them for Easter.  They are so funny together, play the most creative games, and have so much fun.  They are so blessed to have cousins close to their age!