Happy Easter!

I am in a flurry of blog posts right now.  But I want to stop and take a breath and pause on this one.

Easter.  Our Lord’s Resurrection Day.  Our Salvation. Our Reason.

It can be so easy to gloss over this with all the flurry of egg hunts, ham, services, dresses, and gatherings.

But this is it.  This is the day that defines our faith.  Without a resurrected Savior, we’ve got nothing.  No promise of everlasting life.  No fulfillment of prophecies.  No story of hope to share. Nothing.

Breathe. Remember that the God of the universe cared so much for you that He sent His one –and only – Son to live his life as example for you, to die on a cross for sins that he didn’t commit, but to take that pain for your sins, and then raise from the dead so you can LIVE in Him! 

Awesome, right?

Now, that we have centered ourselves.  I’m going to jump back around into the Easter pictures, the family gatherings, and the egg hunts. Family pictures.

              

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, mom sent the kids on a nature scavenger hunt in pairs.  It wss fun to see them work together. 

              

The adults looked on as the action happened.

    

Then, they had to complete the activity that was in their eggs – singing, jumping jacks, etc. Then, they got some candy.  I think the kids enjoyed it… some may have been a little embarrassed.

We had delicious ham balls, cheesy potatoes, etc.  It was good.  I may have eaten more than necessary.  Madison made this fabulous cake.  (I need to post about this sometime.  She is in 4-H this year, and her project is cake decorating!)