He is Risen!

We began our Easter celebration by talking about Christ's death on the cross on Friday. They both took awhile to understand that Jesus wasn't actually being put to death right then but that we celebrate Good Friday as the day he was crucified. We also had the girls dye their Easter eggs that night.

On Saturday night, we attended the Easter service. Jennifer and Randy met us there. The message was titled "Believe." Steve talked about the difference between a belief in your head (even a belief in God) and "Believing" in Jesus Christ as both your Savior and making Him your LORD. We enjoyed worshipping together and then headed to Applebees afterwards wtih Jenn and Randy.

We got up Easter morning to say "He is Risen!" I asked the girls how they think Mary Magdelen and Mary the mother of Jesus must have felt to go to the tomb and find it empty. Grace looked at me and said "I bet it was a little scary."

Then, the girls enjoyed looking through their Easter baskets (one from the Easter Bunny and one from our sweet neighbor Rafael---he wanted to thank us (again) for doing his fence). The girls went out front to find all their hidden eggs. Madeline was cracking us up as she tip-toed through the flower beds to get to eggs. They looked like a pair of old women with their robes and house shoes on:) At final count, Madeline found 36 and Grace found 30!!! Grace said "mom, where are everyone else's eggs?" to which I replied "Well, I guess they already hunted them this morning."

Sorry the pictures are all out of order; still can't seem to figure that out.....