Easter 2012

Our Easter celebration started on Palm Sunday when we were supposed to have Easter with Erik's immediate family.  But, Norah had a fever, so her and I stayed home so we didn't infect anyone with whatever she had (which turned out to be Roseola), and just Kyler and Erik went over to have dinner with Erik's family.  Kyler also got to go on an Easter egg hunt outside while he was there, and brought home lots of goodies and fun things for him and Norah.

We celebrated Easter with just the four of us on Saturday afternoon before Easter.  Erik has to work Saturday evening, and then all Sunday morning of Easter, plus we were going to my aunt and uncle's right after church for Easter with my side of the family, so this was the best time to do it.  Erik and I set out their Easter baskets and Erik hid eggs while the kids took their afternoon naps.  It was funny to see what each kid did when they got up.  Norah woke up first, so we had to try and distract her from taking all of the eggs.  She kept going around and collecting them, it was really funny.  Then when Kyler got up, he wasn't sure what to think, but knew right what to do!  We had hid M&Ms in big plastic eggs and then hid foil-wrapped chocolate eggs around the house.  Kyler only wanted to collect the "big" eggs, but then after  he found all those, he decided he could collect the others too. :)  Here are some pictures of Easter with just the four of us:

 Kyler and Norah's baskets

 Kyler checking things out after his nap

 Sarge!!

 Norah checking out her basket :)

 Look Dad!!

 Kyler looking for eggs...

Norah looking for eggs :)

Saturday evening, Erik had to work at church for the Saturday night Easter service, so after dinner, the kids and I headed over to my parent's house for an Easter egg hunt over there.  Both kids were again extremely blessed by the goodies that were in their Easter baskets and enjoyed looking for eggs once again. :)

On Easter morning we got up and headed to church for the 10:45 service.  After the service, we came home for a quick stop, and then loaded up and headed up to my aunt and uncle's farm, just east of Sumner. At the farm, we celebrated Easter with my entire extended family on my mom's side.  We enjoyed a wonderful meal of ham, potatoes, salad, bread, corn and fruit.  We even had some Scratch cupcakes for dessert. :)  After lunch the kids took naps and the rest of the family played a game of baseball-which was quite hillarious.  When the kids woke up, they played a bit, we had a bit of a "snack" for dinner, and then headed home.  Here are some pictures of our family on Easter:

Best picture of my two kiddos all dressed up!

 Our family on Easter!

 Miss Norah :)

 Miss Norah and cousin Ava!

Kyler being silly and chasing Norah :)

We had a wonderful Easter with our families, and although this post is more about the things we did, we are even more grateful for what Jesus did on the cross for us, and the real meaning of Easter-that Jesus is ALIVE!!!!  We hope you had a wonderful Easter too!!