Happy Easter

Happy Easter my sweet boys! We had a wonderful day yesterday.The sun was shining and all the kids looked amazing in their new Easter outfits. It was so fun to have Kyleigh, Karissa, and Keaton up to share with us. We went to church together in the morning. Chris and Dave did worship at West so our gang headed out there. Kyleigh and Keaton had a great time in the new sunday school classes. Jack, as usual, screamed when I tried to take him, but settled down some when he found out they were doing an Easter egg hunt. Tessa tried the nursery, but with naps not on her side, she didn't last long. The night before I had planned some special treats to make with kids that mimic the resurrection of Jesus. First we made empty tomb treats that involved marshmallows, crescent rolls, butter and sugar/cinnamon. Then we made a torte like treat that also had the same symbolism. The kids really enjoyed doing that, except Jack who wanted to go ride his tricycle. I know Jack probably doesn't quite understand the real meaning of Easter yet, but hopefully he is starting to understand a little bit of it. It's fun to create our own traditions and activities to do at holidays. I hope my boys enjoy doing them for years to come, even when they seem to old to being to them.
Here are some pics from the day. We got several good shots of the kids. Then after we went back home, we gave Jack and Cole their Easter baskets from us. Well...you will just have to see for yourself how Jack liked his.

And our family picture straight up screams windblown and exhausted!

Cole was just happy to be home and get changed into comfys and relax. He laid on our bed for about a hour just rolling around and watching "Praise Jesus" as Jack calls it, which is really his Praise Baby dvd.

Surprise! Since Jack's birthday is a week after Christmas, and Christmas isn't exactly the greatest to give a kid a bike, we thought Easter seemed like a good time. He was so excited. At first he couldn't get the hang of it cause he kept wanting to pedal backwards like he can with the tricycle, but once he got going, he loved it. He calls it his motorcycle like grandpa's! I am sure we will have many evenings of riding bikes now.