Easter Festivities

Well, better late than never. Due to the lack of camera I had to collect all my Easter pictures from various locations! I had high hopes to do quite a few Easter crafts and even had all the supplies, but alas time got away from me and we only did a couple. There is always next year, right?!

We made a papier-mâché egg. This was quite a time consuming activity and Andrew only last through the first layer of tissue paper and I finished later on. He was not a fan of the gooey and messiness of the activity either. The end product was pretty fun though!

We colored eggs with Shell and Rich. It was a bit last minute and kinda late at night, but hey – at least we were able to do it. I put Bry in charge of mixing the colors and we ended up with the wrong colors in the wrong cups, but that’s okay! Andrew was really into dipping the eggs while Carter was being his usual “Carter Monster” self when it comes to activities like this.

 

We started a family tradition of doing the commercialized Easter activities the Saturday before Easter Sunday. I am really beginning to like this tradition! There is no stress before church, no sugar hyper children during church, and we are able to enjoy and focus on Christ on the Sabbath. I think we will add things to this Saturday of festivities as time goes one, such as planting flowers to focus on new life. Andrew was really excited to find all the eggs the Easter bunny hid around the house. That silly bunny left foot prints all over as well. Who does he think he is jumping on the furniture?! There was no hesitation in getting into the chocolate….or “coclate” as Drewbie calls it. The child loves his chocolate!

We had Sunday dinner with my family on Saturday so that my dad could be there since he had to head back to Cali on Sunday. It was a wonderful meal of ham, creamed corn, rolls, jello, salad, deviled eggs (of which I did not partake since they were made with miracle whip YUCK!), and a beautiful fruit salad! I love holiday meals – they are divine!!! I am glad we do not cook like that year round though or else I would be quite round!

We planned to have all the Baker brothers and their families over for Easter dessert on Sunday evening, but plans changed and we were excited to have just Brig and his family over. The kiddos has a blast playing and we did an Easter egg hunt in the backyard with SO many eggs. Most egg hunts were cancelled on Saturday due to to the poor weather.

I made these festive Easter sugar cookies – a bit of work, but fun!

It was a wonderful Easter. I am so grateful for this time of year to stop and reflect on our Savior and His love and sacrifice for us. I am so grateful for the gift of eternal life and that I can be with my family forever.