Easter 2011

I know Easter was last month, but I wanted to share a few pictures anyway. Since Pre-School is over for me, I can hopefully get caught up quickly!

The weekend before Easter, we went to an Easter Celebration at church.

Picking up butterflies...I understand the symbolism but I really wish we could just have an egg hunt!

Frosting butterfly sugar cookies.


The Saturday before Easter, we colored our own Easter eggs.

Emma used a crayon to write on the eggs before we dyed them.

Sara enjoying the rainbow of eggs!


Easter Morning!

Before church in the house...

and before church outside.

After church, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for lunch and egg hunting.

Action shot!

Plotting her attack.

Relaxing by the pond after the hunt.

Sara is happy with her haul of eggs.

Marcus had to leave before we did so he could sing in the choir. We left church before he did, so we weren't able to get a family picture in our Sunday best. Here we are in Easter casual wear!

Happy Easter!
He has risen!

Easter 2010

In an effort to please our fans, here are our Easter pictures!

The girls had a great time at the Resurrection Celebration at church. After a group sing-a-long, each age group of children were set loose in a different room to search for butterflies. The girls were able to find a bunch!

After the butterfly hunt, different stations had been set up so the children could participate in a variety of different activities. Here Emma is having fun decorating butterfly cookies.

The girls also make butterfly mosaic magnets with Bible verses on them.

My favorite was "Bowling for Roman Soldiers." After a Bible story, the girls were given a ball to send down the alley to knock down the soldiers. Cute idea!

We also dyed Easter eggs. I boiled them way too long so they didn't turn out exactly right but the girls didn't notice. They had a great time anyway.

Easter Sunday picture with Daddy in his choir robe.

After church and Easter dinner, the children were let loose at Grandma and Grandpa's house to hunt for eggs. Here is Sara's action shot!

Emma in mid-run!

Cooper, Emma and Sara relaxed on the swing set after gathering up all the eggs.

Spring Break started next day, so the girls and I headed over to Grana and Grandaddy's house for more egg hunting.

A trip to Grana and Grandaddy's is never complete without a shopping outing to the mall and a ride on the carousel!

More swinging and playing catch with Mama!

Sara constructed her own castle too!

(Not sure what was in that Huggies box)


Hope it was worth the wait!

Easter Egg Hunt!

The church that houses Emma's school had a great Easter egg hunt Saturday. I'm so glad we decided to give it a try! Here the girls are enjoying the bubble station...they probably could have stayed there all day!

The bounce house was also a big hit. We had trouble getting Sara out!

Snack station! Yeah!

Then...the main event! Egg hunt! Marcus stayed with Emma while I tried to keep up with Sara.

Sara was so intent on her egg hunting that she really didn't care which basket she put her eggs in. If I wasn't close enough to her, she would put her egg in the closest basket!

The egg hunters exit the hunt.

After a trip to the mall to search for Easter shoes and a supper out, we returned home to check out those Easter eggs.

All the eggs were taped shut, so Marcus and I had to help the girls open up their eggs. I think Emma found 22 eggs filled with chocolate, Life Savers and bubble gum!

Sara found 26 eggs...that number doesn't include the eggs she shared with other people.

Happy Easter!