Easter Greetings

Hallelujah! 

He is risen! 

I know, I'm a little slow, but these weeks have been flying by and blogging isn't near the top of the priority list right now.

So, without further ado, our Easter fun...

We spent a few (late) nights with family back in our hometown. 

Good Friday...

** A visit with Great Grandma

** Grandma B. bravely took four of her grandchildren to the church's living stations (a.k.a. "the Jesus play"). 

** A glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt in the park.  Thanks Aunt J. for the awesome idea!

**  Unorganized parents decided to start the Easter egg decorating party somewhere around 10:00 pm.  Who needs sleep anyway?

Saturday...

** Cousins reunite again in the morning.

** Uncle S. and Steve put their plan into action.

** The kids are instructed to put on their shoes and coats so we can go see our nephew and niece's Easter gift from us.

** We head out to the garage to find the special treat.  Steve wanted to out-do the Easter surprise from last year.

But what could it be?

Nothing says Easter like the Risen King and...

a lamb.

This lil' guy was the center of attention...

 E loved him, but cautious J steered clear of this tiny creature.

My niece and nephew (pictured with Uncle S) were thrilled,

 their dad, J, (who I never did get a picture of)...not so much.

It didn't take too long for the truth to come out.  Unlike the duck and chick from last year, we just borrowed the lamb for a few hours, so no one actually got to keep him.

I think he was sad to hear the news...

 I know my nephew was.  He wanted Wrigley the lamb to live in his basement.

Following all that excitement, we went on with our day...

** A community Easter egg hunt.  Baby S (she's not a baby at all anymore, but that's what we keep calling our youngest cousin) was able to join us. 

** A visit to Grandma and Grandpa S's house.

** Steve & I went to a 40th birthday party that night while J and E hung out with Grandma and Grandpa B's.  They made resurrection cookies and read the Easter story from the Bible.

Easter...

** Jesus is risen!

** The Easter bunny left some treats.  E's favorite was the Easy Mac.

** We read the story from the Bible.

** We get to spend the day celebrating with family at Great Grandma and Grandpa B's house. 

** After the long weekend, we finally return home to find that the Easter bunny found our house. 

**Exhausted and thankful, we call it a night.

**  Happy Easter!