Easter

We had a wonderful Easter weekend and celebration of Christ.  This year I was so excited to really teach and  help Macie understand Easter and the importance of it.  We started off our Easter celebration by counting down 6 days before.  Each day Macie and Weston would open an egg that would have an item in it to teach about the Crucifixion and resurrection.  We read the story of Christ in  Macie's Bible before we started which really seemed to help.  So the first day the egg had a piece of bread in it, (Jesus shared his last meal with his friends) we then read a bible verse about the bread, and I would explain the meaning It was great fun for Macie.  Weston understand quite so much and ended up eating his bread. Macie would ask about opening her egg first thing each morning. Once again, I found this great idea on Pinterest.

 

 Daddy and Weston ran to Home Depot on Friday so Macie and I got to spend more time together.  We made Resurrection Rolls.  I loved doing this because it added to her understanding. AND they TASTED YUMMY!!!!

 As Macie and I were doing the Resurrection Rolls, I realized that the magnitude of what Christ did for us is amazing.  I am so thankful I believe. I hope and pray Macie and Weston someday realize the complete meaning of the cross and follow after Christ.  It is one of our daily prayers for our kids.

 Good thing this girl loves crafts! 

As she was making her cross, Macie kept singing songs about Jesus rising up.  Her teacher at school said that when asked what happened to Jesus after dying on the cross Macie shouted, "HE RISED UP!" 

 After Weston and Daddy got home, we had a picnic outside and then dyed Easter eggs. 

 On Saturday we headed to Blake's second Blast Ball game.  He did great!  Macie cheered for him and it was fun to see how much he improved since last year!  IMPRESSIVE!

 I knew Weston would enjoy watching the baseball game.

 We headed to Josh and Lyndsie's house for lunch and an EASTER egg hunt.  Weston and all the kids loved jumping on the trampoline.  It is a major hit.

 Lyndsie did such a great job making our Easter celebration special.  She had cute decorations, plates, and cups.  The kids dyed eggs and enjoyed eating together.  It is hard to believe Weston and Blake are joining the big kids.

 This is my favorite picture.  I think if Blair would have had her basket, it would have been on her head too.  While the kids were hunting eggs, she sat down, looking at her eggs, and tried to put her bucket on her head.  Little eyes are always watching!

The Hunting Began...

Once Macie's bucket was full she was finished picking eggs up even though there were still several eggs out there.  They all got lots of eggs and enjoyed eating the candy afterwards. It was a beautiful day which added to the fun.  After our Egg Fun we head to Nonnie and Pappy's for a nap.  Then we went to Chuey's for the perfect ending to our day.  The weather was beautiful so we sat outside and ate dinner.  Weston did really good too which was an added bonus.

Easter morning we got the kids ready, had a scavenget hunt to find out Easter eggs and then went to church.

 A blow toy and crown added a nice touch.