Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, everyone! It's been a great Easter weekend for our household. On Friday evening, our church community, The Well, gathered together for a time to remember and think upon the tremendous sacrifice Jesus made for us. It was a great way to start the Easter weekend. On Saturday moring we once again got together to serve our local community at a food pantry and home for women. Jesus' death was the ultimate act of loving servanthood to all of mankind, we wanted to follow this example of loving servanthood by serving our local community. We plan to make serving on Easter Saturday an annual tradition. Then on Sunday morning we celebrated Easter with a huge breakfast and worship service. Later we spent time with our family (immediate and extended) which was a great way to end the weekend, although we are exhausted!

Jake and Emily looked prettty spiffy today. Thanks to Gam and Papaw and to cousin Lauren for the clothes! I remember how excited I got about my Easter dress as a little girl. It was so fun to dress Emily up for her first Easter.

By the time we got to the big lunch with the family, Emily had missed her morning nap and was pretty tired.

She perked up pretty fast when she saw this dog that barks "Mary had a Little Lamb"

Here is a pic of Jake and Emily their cousins, Lauren and Jillian. Emily is wearing Lauren's Easter dress from last year. The girls are growing up fast.

It was the moment Jake had been waiting for...the egg hunt. He had a ball running around finding eggs. This picture is funny because for every child hunting eggs, there was at least one adult with a camera or video camera following them around.
Looks like Jake did a pretty good job on the hunt. When we opened all the eggs there were quite a few hair barrets and plastic rings. I guess that might have something to do with the ratio of girls to boys in this family. Poor Jake, one boy among a sea of girls. He didn't seem to care. He said that little sister could have the girly stuff.
Happy Easter everyone!

Thank you, Jesus, for such an act of loving servanthood! May we strive to show your love by serving others before ourselves, just as You did.