Easter Day & Night

Easter was fantastic!  

It was full of joy, friends, treats and worship.  

We started bright and early with our Daylight Savings time going into effect.  Then we switched our church worship time to the morning.  (We usually worship together at 5pm.)  We had decided to wait on Easter Basket eggstravaganza until after church, so we could really enjoy it together as a family and not rush through it.  I must say that was a GREAT decision on our part!

Church was wonderful.  We had a huge turnout and afterwards we shared a lovely brunch together.  I love our church community.  It was delightful to spend time with familiar friends and also to meet new visitors there as well. (Pics courtesy of Stacey!)

 The kids always have a great time at church.  

I love that they don't complain about going, but on the contrary get excited for it.

Dan with a tired baby

After church, we did our Easter Egg Hunt.  Instead of a hunt, we do more of a Treasure Hunt.  We give them clues around the apartment and they need to go find the next clue based on the message in the egg eventually leading them to their baskets of goodness and sugar.

Worthy is the designated "Clue Reader" and he did a great job of letting the other two find some of the eggs. We were all over the apartment building (not just our flat) - the bike storage room, entrance way and our storage cubby.

in the elevator...

oh yeah - I found Jelly Belly beans... Yummers!

 After all that crazy-ness, we had many from our small group over for Easter Dinner.  I made lamb, potatoes, green beans and chocolate cream pie. Others brought food as well.  It was definitely a group event.  It was a really, really lovely evening and completely worth the effort and work involved. 

He is Risen indeed!