Easter!

We were blessed with yet another beautiful Easter morning. :-)  It's been a busy weekend and the weather hasn't been great in recent weeks, but it turned out to be perfect.   

The kids were very excited to wake up and see the Easter Bunny had arrived, though apparently he didn't know which basket belonged to Madie and which one belonged to Livie, because he switched them.  What a stupid bunny!  The girls switched them back and everyone was happy again.

We got up early, so we could all get showered and beautified, so we could head out for church.  They had their annual Easter breakfast and it was yummy as usual!

The kids sang today "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?".  We took a quick picture of them before they started singing.  Livie was a werewolf earlier, so I think that she was still a bit on the kooky side when I took this picture. ;-)

The song was really beautiful though and they did a really great job.  It gave me chills in a couple places.  I'm always so excited to see them sing!

After the service, we had our 5th Annual Easter Egg Hunt.  They are always beyond excited about this!!  This was the first year that Madie wasn't able to do it.  She's too old now.  So, she helped hide all the eggs. :-)  Livie was our only one to actually collect any eggs.  She was dumping the candy and prizes into her bag and putting the eggs back, so we can use them again next year.

Once again, Noah declined to grab any regular eggs, because he wanted to find the golden egg.  He didn't find it, but he seemed ok with that.  Maybe next year (his last year) he'll find it.

We had to take our yearly family picture by the tree.  It's been so cold that there isn't a bit of green yet - not a leaf, not a flower, nothing.  But, hey, at least it was sunny and not too chilly.  Could've been worse!  Plus, it IS a little early for Easter this year.

We decided to take a photo of all of our kids.  Can you tell they had a little fun with the hunt? ;-)  Anyway, hope all of you are enjoying a wonderful Easter Day.  What a joy to know that we serve a risen Savior who died for our sins, so that one day we could live forever with Him.  Praise the Lord!