Happy Easter--and all the great things that go along with it!

This Easter snuck right up on us but we had a great time anyway. Friday night we began the celebrations by dyeing hard boiled eggs. We ended up with some real works of art. I think my favorite was the green monster hands which Emmeline created by placing her whole hand into the dye cup when she was trying to get out an egg. She decided that was a much quicker method of gathering the eggs then trying to balance them on a little spoon. Truth be told. . .it is easier that way. What a smart little girl. :) We also had an egg spinner which we purchased at Wal Mart last year for 75% off. We've been waiting a whole year to try the sucker out and we were not disappointed. It was a lot of fun banging the top down and watching the egg spin around. It definitely created more action (or at least more noise) then the usual drop and wait method of my youth.

The Easter Bunny came to our house and on Saturday morning the girls found baskets full of goodies. It was so funny to see how differently they went through their baskets. I know that age has something to do with it but perhaps it is also indicative of their differing personalities as well. Emmeline went through hers slowly. As she found a new item, she would forget about the rest of the basket and want only to play with the toy she found. Brett and I sort of had to coax her into looking at all of her new little gadgets. Mabel on the other hand, just liked to pull stuff out. It seemed as though her objective was to empty out her basket as quickly as possible, occasionally sucking on something that looked especially tasty (plastic eggs, sunglasses. . . .you know the really good stuff) then discarding those items to get back on task and finish unloading all the goods. Basically, it was just hilarious!

On Sunday we had a nice meeting at church. Of course, Easter is always a special occasion to remember the atonement and resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I love how joyful the Easter hymns are. "He is risen, He is risen. . .Tell it out with joyful voice! He has burst His three days' prison; Let the whole wide earth rejoice! Death is conquered, man is free. Christ has won the victory." What a wonderful truth and what a glorious gift.

We finished up the holiday with one more easter egg hunt here at our house, a delicious traditional easter feast of ham, funeral potatoes and of course deviled eggs, and a special family devotional which consisted of telling Emmeline the story (the two year old version) of Christ's Atonement, death and resurrection and watching the Living Scriptures movie "He is Risen."

All in all, it was a truly wonderful holiday!!