Easter

My parents have a great Easter party, each year, with eggs, a ton of food, a big Family Home Evening, and lots of chatting and catching up while the kids run each other ragged. It was shockingly cold and wet, this year, but we had fun anyway. Most of my pictures are from the egg hunt (it's Joseph's first Easter, so you've got to take lots of pictures) and these are a few of the better shots.

All the kids waited in the computer room with me and Gwamma while the rest of the adults hid eggs all over the house.


Joseph and I looked around for eggs together. I would find one that was his height then set him down and point to it. Joseph would then crawl over and grab the egg.


After the first round of "Hunt, Then Count" I helped Elena find a few of the more cleverly hidden eggs. She only found 8 or 9, total, because she would stop after each find, open the egg, and unwrap the chocolate inside.


I took this one because she reminded me of Little Red Riding Hood, at Grandma's house with a couple baskets of goodies.


Back at our house, this beautiful (though still chilly and damp) Easter Morning, Elena (who was still wearing the dress from yesterday because I was not about to try sneaking jammies onto a sleeping child the night before) and Joseph found their baskets had been filled with toys. We only hid a few eggs, but they had fun hunting them down.


Joseph was facinated by Elena's Potato Head doll (Thank you, Jeri). If you look closely, you'll see he's standing all by himself, here.


We also watched The Prince of Egypt. I know, that's Passover, not Easter, but it's nice to remember the many ways the Lord has delivered all of His people. May God bless you all, and I hope you had a Happy and Blessed Easter Sabbath.