Easter 2009

It poured down rain all day this year on Easter. We ended up having Taco Bell for dinner because what we were cooking got ruined. At least we can say it was dull, boring, or ordinary....right?

Edwards Baskets (Kirk's is the one you can see a tiny bit of)
Checking out the loot!

Easter Outfit

Easter Outfit with the hat!

Local Easter Egg Hunt

We took Edward to the local Easter Egg Hunt....it should have been called Disappointment. We stood in line for over 30 minutes so that Edward could "hunt" eggs for 3 seconds. It was a huge let down, very poorly organized but Edward had fun and that is what counts...right?

Waiting for the Egg Hunt to Begin
The Egg Hunt Field (pitful isn't it???)

Edwards Haul

Edward on the Resurrection

Yesterday at Sunday School, Edwards class made Resurrection Eggs. In the eggs there was a dime, a leather strip, a cross made of pipe cleaners, a piece of muslin fabric, a stone & a piece of purple ribbon. We went over with Edward what each item stood for in the egg. He told us the dime was for when Judas betrayed Jesus in the Garden, the leather strip was for when the beat Jesus, the cross was for when Jesus hung on it for our sins, the muslin fabric was for when they wrapped Jesus up (after they salt and peppered him (he meant the burial herbs and oils)...we were almost rolling on the floor laughing when he said this portion), the stone was for when it was tomb where Jesus was buried and also for when it was rolled away and he was gone (also the cloth goes here because it was all they found in the tomb after the stone was rolled away 3 days after his death on the cross), and the purple ribbon is royalty and Jesus's Resurrection.

What He Should Have Worn for Easter

Due to extremely abnormal freezing temps on Easter, Edward was unable to wear the outfit that I had bought him for Easter (seen below in the pictures), he had to wear Jeans with a short sleeve yellow (with blue and white stripes) polo shirt, and a coat to church for Easter morning. Crazy weather!!!

Finding the Easter Baskets

Look what the Easter Bunny left for me and Daddy!!!!! Cool!

Egg Hunt

Unfortunatly it was way to cold outside for us to take Edward to the Easter Egg hunt on Friday night, due mainly to the fact that they (the rec center) still choose to hold it outside in the freezy cold. So we took the eggs that we dyed Friday night and I filled 18 plastic ones, hid them while Kirk and Edward were gone to a movie. When they got home Edward went into the playroom and hunted the eggs. He had fun, but I still feel that bad that he wasn't able to go to an actual egg hunt. Didn't want to risk him getting ill from the freezing temps. I did have to laugh though, everytime he came across a plastic egg, he had to open it up to see what was inside before he would go on to hunt for another egg. All the candy is put up now and he has to go through me to get some. Trying to limit sugar and junk intake.

PTL!!! He is RISEN, indeed He is!!!

Easter is one of my favorite holidays because I get to contemplate how our Lord and Savior loved us so much that He choose to come to Earth and die on a Cross for my sins, your sins, the sins of generations past and for all those yet to come. That is the ultimate in love. I can't even begin to understand what it was like to do something so compassionate for those whom you knew might turn against you. I don't know how people can even begin to believe in there being no God, it is just beyond me. I look around me every day and see God's beauty, love and compassion for humanity and I can't see how some can choose to turn a blind eye to what is so obvious. I am sickened how this country that was founded by Christians has forgotten its true heritage (and reason for being) and how now even the word Easter Bunny is offensive. I remember when I was in school it was Easter Break and Christmas Break not Spring Break and Winter Break. How you were able to have a Christmas concert at school and sing songs like Holy Night and Away in the Manger. Since when did a Christmas tree become a Holiday tree? I don't mind that others choose different religions, that is their choice, God did give us the freedom of choice....however this country was founded by Christians so that they could have their Christian faith and values, so not to be ruled by others on how to believe or worship God (not Buddha or any other type of "God"), so why should we have to change our laws to accommodate others...they don't change their laws for Christians or people of other faiths. We have become to lenient as a Country. I wish more Christians would take a stand, so we can take back our country and return it to how those who founded it dreamt it to be for future generations. I am so amazed by God every day and thankful that he choose to love me in spite of my human imperfections and ways. PTL! That He is RISEN!!! Happy Easter. PTL that my father is the King of King and I am a princess. I can't wait to go home to Him.

Easter Baskets

Just wanted to share a picture of the Easter Baskets that I made for Edward (the one with the bow) and Kirk. I despise the pre-done baskets. I enjoy making them up myself and customizing them to the person who is receiving them. What is your feeling about them?

Decorating Cookies

Our local Kitchen Store had a free Easter Cookie Decorating Activity for kids today. I took Edward and they let him decorate two cookies. He got to choose between egg shaped ones and bunny ones, he choose to do two egg shaped ones. He had a blast. He enjoyed doing it. Here are some pictures of him decorating his cookies.

EGGcellent

Edward loved dying his Easter Eggs tonight before we went to bed. Tomorrow daddy will take him for a few hours so mommy can deal with the Easter Basket and hiding the eggs in the house (too cold to do it outside) for him to find after they get back. Here is some pictures of him dying his eggs. I loved the dying kit we used this year, it was called Dunk An Egg, came with everything including the containers to hold the dye. Very easy clean-up. We only did 10 eggs (2 broke during the boiling process) this year, enough for our little family to enjoy some egg salad or deviled eggs later this week.