Happy Easter!

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Easter turned out to be a gorgeous day! The kids came into our bedroom WAY TOO early and said excitedly, "Happy Easter!" Greg told them to go back to bed that it wasn't even 6:30 yet. They were too excited and said, "But it's Easter." So I told them they could go down and find their Easter baskets. I loved hearing them run around looking all over. (Their little feet pattering across the floor, their voices filled with excitement saying, "over here". ) I loved it! Aussie's was found first under a table in the Livingroom. Ashley's was found next, in a box in the Foyer.

And Mason didn't find his until I gave him a clue that it was in the Kitchen.

I have to say that I am super proud of them. Each of them gave up something for Lent and they stayed true to that promise for the entire 6 weeks. There was one time that Ashley got upset that she forgot, but it happened to be a Sunday- which most people who practice Lent say that Sundays are not part of the 40 day fast. But they had gotten Littlest Pets in their Happy meals at McDonald's, so they didn't even think about it until after the fact. And I stayed true to my fast too, of not playing Webkinz. That was very good for me.

Austin was VERY adament about picking out his Easter outfit. Mason wanted to be slightly different from Austin, so he had a white shirt instead of blue.

And Ashley picked out her Orange dress to match. She had grown out of her white shoes the week before, so I had her try on some others to find out the size. I found a fabulous pair of white shoes at the consignment shop for only $4 in perfect shape. She tried them on in the car and loved them. On Easter Sunday morning...they didn't fit. So she wore white tennis shoes. Oh well!

So a friend of mine and her twins came to church with us this morning.

After church we went to Pizza Hut. I had planned for a ham lunch at home, but my friends are vegetarians.

Then we went to the park to have an Easter egg hunt and take some good pictures.

It was BRIGHT!

The kids had a GREAT time!

They even posed for pictures.

HE even posed for pictures!

They played on the playground.

And they played by the lake.

And we even got some pictures of us and our family.

All was good!

Happy Easter!

Planting a tree

We also planted a tree last Saturday. Ashley was my big helper. Mason and Aussie came out after we were pretty much finished digging the hole. Mason helped cover the hole back up. Aussie was upset that he didn't get to dig, but he found a lot of happiness with the worms. (He may like ballet and purple fairy dressed teddy bears, but He is a BOY!!!!)

He even wanted to keep some as pets. So he put some dirt and grass into the bottom of this milk jug and he has 3 or 4 worms in there. They are in the GARAGE! Ashley didn't want to get close to any of those yucky worms!

Saturday Easter Weekend

Saturday was a wonderfully busy day. First thing we did was go to the Y. The kids had an Easter egg hunt and Aussie got to see the Easter bunny. It was quite chilly. They had long sleeves on and then we put some sweater coats on them.

Then we went to our church to do a Resurrection trail. It was wonderful! Each station had a little token the kids could take with them that could remind them of each section of the Bible we read. The first station had a piece of fur which represented the donkey Jesus rode. One station had praying hands that represent Jesus on the mountain praying, etc.

But the station that really got me and moved me was station 7. The kids had Greg write notes and then they signed them of something they wanted to be forgiven for. Then they nailed them to the cross.

They had big long nails there for the kids to pound into the ground. I couldn't even explain to the kids what they were for. Greg realized I was emotional and picked up and told them what it was for.

And then unfortunately Greg's phone rang. The alarm on our house was going off. So we left immediately. We got home as the police showed up. Everything was fine. We were unable to go back and go through the rest of the trail.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of some beautiful tulips blooming at church.

This picture just screams Spring to me. Oh how I love tulips!

Then later in the evening we did some more Spring celebrating and colored some Easter eggs.

They named their eggs. I really wanted to eat one, but how could I? I would make Starry lonely if I took the one I made away from it. Or Stripes would be upset that I ate him. Anyway, I had to wait a couple days before I could eat one.

That evening Ashley dressed up as the Easter bunny and gave us a picture in our Easter baskets that she drew.

Ahhhh....I have more, but it must wait. I must go to bed.

going to bed

Greg told me I need to come to bed

by 11:30PM. (sigh)

I told him I will be there by 12:00 that 11:30 was

too early.

I guess I need to be told...

but I don't like it.

I've been editing pictures, so I'll have quite a bit more to

put on my blog tomorrow.