EASTER WEEKEND....

Well, Easter has come and gone, but remembering what CHRIST did for me will never fade away!! He is Alive!!!! 

My hubby and I were reflecting on what our Easter's were like as a child and its very different from what our children are experiencing. You see for both of us we had grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins around that we spent our holiday with. Egg hunts were with the different sets of cousins, lunch or dinner with grandparents. Dying eggs and getting our fingers all dyed. Dressing in our "fancy" new Easter dresses and going to church with our family. These are the memories we have.

Now what are the memories that our children will have??? As a military family we don't have the option to be close to our family. So we create different memories! We egg hunt on Sat. because that's when our church has their egg hunt. Our kids love hunting with their friends from church. Our friends here take on the roll of "family" when you don't have any family close. After several hours of egg hunting, crafts and lots and lots of desserts, its time to leave the church and come home. By now all the kids are on a sugar high...so outside to play it is!!!
Sunday mornings are always the best...its almost like Christmas for them. The night before they leave their easter baskets on the table with hopes that there are "goodies" in them the next morning. I was woken up with, "momma, momma, he came come and see."!!!  :) Sure enough the Easter bunny had come and what did he bring this year?????   BABY CHICKS!!!!  and lots of little things in their baskets.

After the hyperness wears off its time to get ready for church...more squeals..the girls have been waiting to wear their new dresses!!! Off to church we go..this is what it's really all about.
After church we head out to lunch at a local restaurant..yip I said it, no homecooked, big Easter meal. It's just the 6 of us, and the kids would rather go out to eat, so that 's what we do. Then after lunch we spend time doing what the Z's love to do best....be OUTSIDE!!!!!

So these are the memories that my children will have to share with their kids one day. Hope you enjoyed spending a little time in our lives this Easter. And remember where ever you are there might be military families... so invite them over to share a meal or a holiday with you!!!

These are pic of the kids hunting at the church!! Ashlyn was funny, she'd put an egg in then through it back out. She wasn't sure what to do at first!!

The kids are instructed that during the egg hunt there are special eggs with #'s on them. When the hunt is over the kids gather around and the # egg are brought up 1 at a time and the story of Christ death and ressurection are told to the kids. They really enjoy this!!


EASTER MORNING.....

Aren't the kids new sunglasses COOL!!!  This is what they wanted the Easter bunny to bring them!  :)