Easter.

Easter was wonderful.

It a time that I'm reminded to teach my kids about Jesus dying on the cross for us.

I repeatedly ask them the true reason for Easter

& I know I've done a pretty good job when they say,

"Because Jesus rose up to heaven!"

Easter is such a biblical time.

(like Christmas)

It helps remind our family to focus more on Christ.

We get to watch the Ten Commandments, & The Passion,

we read children's christian books about Easter,

this year I rented a children's version of the Ten Commandments

& the boys loved it & are starting to understand the story better each year,

we go to church dressed in our best,

& this year we really enjoyed the warm weather for an egg hunt.

Of course we also spend time with family!

We spent the night at G & G Herdina 

& had a riot with all the uncles, aunts & cousins.

Everyone went to Ryan & Lisa's farm the day before

& the weather was gorgeous(!)

Luke & his brothers & sister, along with some nieces & nephews,

 got into a heated game of bball in the big shed.

And while the older crowd was getting all hot & sweaty

running around like a bunch of school kids

the younger group of boys rode scooters, ran around, & played on the gravel pile. 

The next morning all the kids wanted to ride in the good ol van!

And believe it or not, we had room for all of them.

The van consisted of 8 kids, Luke & I, Frozen playing on the big screen

& lots & lots of laughs.

This van is the best thing we've bought yet!

I bet we secretly have all the Herdina's looking into buying one now.

haha the kids all want one & who could blame them! 

Vance found his 2 favorite aunts to cuddle with for the weekend.

Of course it was the 2 with shorter dark hair. Robyn & Tracy.

It's his thing.

He will bat his eyes at them until they pick him up.

Then he will snuggle in & stay that way

for as long as they will let him.

It's very strange, odd, weird, or whatever you want to call it.

Here's a little proof.

Cousins!

G & G had a egg hunt & hid a basket for each of the grandkids.

They loved it & ate a whole bunch of candy before church.

This was all before 8:30 in the morning!

To keep Vance busy we just brought in the big tricycle

so he could fix on it!

 

We also spent whole day at G & G Johnson's.

The day started with going to Central Park in Litchfield

for the best Easter Egg Hunt we've been to.

Not too many kids, lots of eggs, & good candy!!!

Grandpa Wayne & Gabe came too.

Vance had a good time picking up eggs.

And the other boys ran for their life filling their baskets.

Mike, Em & Levi came to the park too.

Too bad we didn't spend much time together

because the hunt was over in a matter of minutes.

But we all went to the Opera house for a little more Easter fun.

Vance screamed & cried at the sight of the bunny.

So this was the best picture I could get.

(the bunny was quite scary!)

It's nice going to the farm because the boys go outside & play in the barn 

& Vance gets to see all of his favorite animals.

It little calf season on the farm.

And the season for mucky poopy pasture by the barn. Poor cowies.

We hopped on the ranger to get a good look at feeding the cows.

As requested, grandpa Wayne gave the boys a Easter egg hunt 

with eggs filled with money!

The boys are now ready for garage sale season with all the coins.

Uncle Joe even became a human merry-go-round!

The day also consisted of many ranger rides.

Our family was home for Easter Sunday.

The weather was gorgeous & we took full advantage of it.

We went to church, searched for Easter baskets

& had a egg hunt.

The rest of the day was spent outside cleaning up the trails in our woods 

& getting outside stuff organized.

At the end of the day I was sore and worn out.

It was awesome!

Happy Easter!