Easter 2009

This past weekend we celebrated Easter. We started out the day by having our traditional "find the basket" hunt. Jackson is still very much into this Easter Bunny character and asked lots of details about his height, how he gets into our house, why he hides the baskets. I explained that this very tall, very crafty, very sneaky bunny is also very shy and prefers to hide everything. That answer sufficed...I wonder about next year though. I typically make the kids baskets but Costco had a really great one that I probably couldn't have topped, full of street chalk, bubbles and great candy.

Jackson enjoyed his success.

Jessie enjoying her peep and duckie.

After our morning festivities we readied ourselves for Mama Jan, Papa Jerry and Uncle John to join us for a visit to a new church in the downtown area, Blacknall Presbyterian. It was in a nice section of town and in a great older building that had a beautiful sanctuary. I enjoyed the message and am really glad our family, or at least our Fayetteville family, could be together on Easter. They called the children up to the front before children's church and it was so sweet to see the Jackson and his new friends up at the front reciting "He is Risen...He is Risen Indeed!"

I wish I could have gotten a better pic of the kids in their Easter clothes, but they were um...a bit WILD from all that candy.

After church we all ventured to Elmo's Diner for lunch and then on to our house for a good ol' fashioned egg hunt.

All in all, a fantastic and draining day, however, Monday came WAY to early this week. HAPPY EASTER!