Easter Fun

My favorite part of Easter was hands-down reenacting the crucifixion and burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ with my kids...with Lego men. We had made a little garden tomb scene last Monday for family night

and we had talked about how Jesus had died and then was resurrected. I wanted to reiterate the point on Easter morning, after the Peeps had been devoured and the Easter baskets plundered, so we gathered in Jacob and Beau's room and busted out the Lego men. Bekah even has a Lego girl, so she ran and got her so she could be Mary Magdalene. That is my favorite part of the whole story - where Mary Magdalene thinks that the gardener has taken Jesus' body, only to find out moments later that she is talking to her beloved - and now resurrected - Jesus Christ. My kids helped me tell the story...I want them to know and remember what Easter is truly about and why the empty tomb is so marvelous.
As for the rest of the day...we went to Church (where the kids enjoyed lots of candy, courtesy of their teachers), and later had a family dinner and Easter egg hunt with cousins. It was a really fun night. I love this picture of Rus and his brother and sister chatting out on the back porch while the kids played. Don't make fun of Jacob's face..he really does look like that. ;)

After dinner the kids were dying to do their egg hunt (well they were dying before dinner but they had to wait until after). The adults hid the eggs outside and then the kids lined up youngest to oldest, ready to find them.

My backyard, as you may recall, is a mess of cactus and sagebrush and dirt, and thus the eggs were hidden in cactus and sagebrush and dirt, but they still had a good time and no one got poked. This was the best "hiding place."

Beau found the egg but he couldn't reach it...which made for a very loud and whiny Beau, and a very amused panel of adults. I did help him...after the picture.
Here are Russel and Beau showing off their treats:

And here are some other pics, just for fun:
A happy Marianne (who is seven months now and has her first tooth!)

And a very happy Beau

I hope your Easter was just as delightful!