Easter

Easter rocked this year.  No kidding.  It really was the best one yet.  We kept things pretty chill since we did have a two week old baby - but that whole week went really well.  Each night leading up to the Sabbath we watched the new Bible videos on lds.org about what went on during the week of the resurrection. We had watched all the videos before, but I think it really helped the kids get a better grasp on the events of that week.  On Saturday we had out neighborhood Easter egg hunt and then Sunday morning the kids hunted for their Easter baskets before going to church.  I took Leah and Graham just for sacrament meeting and then brought the three of us home for a nap while the others stayed for their classes.  The weather was so perfect this year!  We went on a resurrection walk around the neighborhood that afternoon where we asked the kids to gather things that reminded them of Christ and the resurrection.  We weren't too sure what had really sunk in but I was so impressed as the kids started collecting things. A lot of the items were pretty self explanatory; a green leaf to represent Christ coming back to life, an old rusty nail to represent his crucifixion,  a little piece of black plastic that Clara said represented the dark tomb and lots of other things.  Grady even found an old chapstick lid on the side of the road that he said represented the bowl of water that Pilot washed his hands in before he gave Christ over to the soldiers.  It had really stuck in their little brains!  We were so happy and brought all the items home to have them tell us about them.  Clara set up her stuff hers inside a hula hoop in the yard and then taped a little Easter sign she had made in primary on a piece of re-bar and stuck it in the middle of the hula hoop and put on a little Easter play for us.  It was awesome.  We sat out side with our new little baby chicks, Leah included.  I love teaching these guys about new things - especially things as important as this.