Easter

We had a wonderful Easter. Our first here in Virginia. It was made even more special as our dear friends from NC came and spent the long weekend with us. We are use to spending holidays with family and friends and it was nice for this tradition to continue in a new way here. Our kids have had the privilege of growing up with each other and so they get along fabulously and really enjoyed getting to share their new house with their friends and spend some time together, as they are used to seeing each other daily.

We did manage an egg hunt, even though it was chilly and didn't seem quite like a spring Easter.

Aaron wasn't at first sure why he was being asked to find these plastic eggs in the grass, until......he discovered they had candy in them. Then he couldn't find enough. Though he is not really a big candy eater, he loves M&M's. Ken had to keep re hiding his eggs, as he was such an enthusiastic finder.

Caleb took this opportunity to sleep!

We have a tradition of making Resurrection rolls each Easter. Taking a marshmallow (Jesus) coating it in cinnamon (burial spices) and then wrapping it in a crescent roll (burial cloths) and putting it in the oven (tomb). When it has been baked the marshmallow has disappeared ( Jesus is risen). What is left if the sweet taste of the marshmallow (the Holy Spirit). We've been doing this since Hannah was little and it has become a favorite and looked forward to tradition. Here Lauren is making one with some of our friends.

We also enjoyed decorating egg shaped cookies and our children and friends always enjoy producing some kind of performance when together. They are always very silly and fun to see them all working together to express their creativity.

Here is a picture in our Sunday attire. We have finally found a church we are liking. They apparently do a big Easter drama the week before Easter, so when we arrived on Sunday morning there was a live Camel, sheep, lambs, donkey and chickens outside the church in an elaborate set up looking like old Jerusalem. The props and animals had been used during the drama the night before. As you can imagine the kids were surprised and excited. I'll have to post some pictures later. Aaron was quite taken with the Camel.

A wonderful weekend celebrating Easter and the company of our friends.

I'm working on a post about Caleb, as I know many are wanting some pictures of him. It's hard to narrow them down. As Lauren frequently states when playing with him, " I can't take it, he's s000000 cute". Hopefully later this week.

Catherine