Jesus is Alive!

For Easter this year we went with a lavender theme with yellow and light green accents.  The kids looked adorable, and we were able to get a picture with our whole family, which somehow we forgot to do last Easter.

We went to church at LBC, with Mom, Ron, and Uncle Brent joining us.  In Sunday School, Joshua made a megaphone that they decorated with stickers.  He used it to repeatedly shout through it, "Jesus is Alive!" which is presumably what the teachers taught them to say, which is a pretty cute and applicable craft project for small kids on Easter.  We then went to Mom and Ron's house to meet up with everyone.  Mom and Ron had prepared Easter baskets for each of the four cousins, complete with books and bubbles, which were a hit.

At their house, in addition to the LBC crew, we were joined by Grandpa and Grandma; Julie, Andrew, and Benjamin; Matt and Abby; and David and Elle.  It was nice to have time to relax and catch up with everyone as well as to meet Elle, though unfortunately I didn't get a chance to chat with her, so hopefully that works out next time.

Grandma's birthday was yesterday, so we celebrated it today while we were all together.  Julie made some very tasty cupcakes, and we were able to sing for her and give her cards (except I left our card for her at home, so I'll have to bring it to her later).  Later, Grandma and Clara enjoyed eating cupcakes together.

We didn't really have a chance to do our family Easter time in the morning, so we did it in the early evening once we were home.  I hid eggs around the family room and play room.  Joshua's were blue, so I put those in locations that were a little harder to find (higher up, behind pillows, etc.), and Clara and Hannah shared the purple and pink ones, so those were in pretty obvious places (you can actually see three of them in the photo on the right).

Each egg had two to three pieces of candy in it, and the kids were supposed to put the eggs in a big bowl after they found them, but they quickly realized there were treats inside, and pretty much just tried to eat all the candy in each egg as soon as they found them.  But we managed to save some, and once the kids were up to the table they were allowed to fully dig in.  Here you can see where Hannah finished hers as she eyes Joshua's and seems like she's contemplating stealing his in a desperate attempt to acquire more.  Meghan sewed backpacks for the kids which served as their Easter baskets this year (I apparently didn't get a good picture of them), so the kids got some additional goods in addition to the candy.  It was a special day with lots of celebrations and lots of family and fun.