Easter

I hope you all had a great Easter. We stayed here this year instead of traveling to Bristol. We missed not getting to spend time with the family but we did enjoy participating in church activities. The kids were so excited about the Easter egg hunt. Channing got to go first. There was a little stampede of 2-3 year olds trying to get through the fence but there were plenty of eggs! I think Channing thought she was a bunny for a little bit as she would hop from egg to egg. She accumulated quite an amount of eggs. She even happily shared some of her eggs with others who didn't find as many eggs. She made her momma proud.

Channing on the hunt.



Channing with her friends.
After Channing finished hunting eggs, I sent Craig to find the boys hunting field while I took pictures of Channing with her friends. When I later went to catch up with the boys, they were already finished. I was surprised because the times were staggered. Well it turned out Craig got a little confused and the boys hunted on the wrong field. I'm sure there were a few mommas a little unhappy about the big boys stealing eggs from their little ones. Of course, I was mortified and ready to die from embarrassment after finding out what happened. Oh well, the boys had fun!



Sullivan on the prowl!


Don't look too closely at the competition...

Afterwards, we stayed for a message from the Pastor and then took a few more pictures before heading home.



We also looked up a trivia question the Pastor challenged the kids with. Whoever found the answer of the name of one of the men who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus and told the answer to the Pastor would get a dollar. Well you know my kids were all about getting a dollar.







On Easter Sunday we had to hunt the Pastor down so the kids could answer his question. Dalton chimed in first, "I know your answer!" He answered Cleopas, then Channing, then Sullivan. Yep, we left there with $3. Before leaving church, I wanted the kids to see Richard do his painting. If I can get a video clip of it, I will post it. Richard had 4 canvases and painted them with a brown cross, then various black lines. Then he rotated the canvases and put them back together forming an amazing painting of Jesus. All three kids enjoyed watching it. Sullivan commented, "He's a good artist!" I think he's amazing!


After church, the Easter bunny had left some goodies on their beds. After that, the kids raced around the back yard hunting eggs. Sullivan was caught trading toy filled eggs with his siblings' money filled eggs. They didn't seem to mind too bad.








We finished the day by making a cake in the shape of a cross. We had a great time! Channing added a flair of star spinkles. Besides missing spending time with family this year, we had a great Easter.