Easter Weekend

He is alive!  The whole reason we celebrate this Easter season is to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.  I am so thankful I serve a living God!  One of the most amazing things about this weekend is remembering we aren't separated from God anymore.  We can have a close personal relationship with Him - everyday.  We don't need to make sacrifices for our sins anymore as the ultimate sacrifice was made on the cross.  The reminder was that the veil was torn in the inner court of the temple.  To show the power and awesomeness of God, when Jesus died the 60 foot, 3 inch thick veil tore from top to bottom!  Wow.  He truly was the Son of God - Matthew 27:54.

Also with Easter, God has graciously given me a wonderful family to celebrate with.  My grandparents came to town on Wednesday.  This was the first time meeting Kate and seeing us in almost 2 years.  Thursday we got Happy Meals and shopped a bit with the kids.  Friday we went to our park and played on the playground, had a picnic and fed turtles in the pond.  This one of the triplets cracks me up.



Friday night we had an awesome Good Friday service full of worship and the Lord's Supper.  On Saturday we had our Easter.  The kids opened their baskets from Papa and Gigi and I gave the triplets some owl pillows I made, some fruit snacks and books.  We let the kids hunt eggs before lunch.  This was Kate's first hunt and she took off, got about 10 eggs, sat down and began devouring the candy inside.  Jack had the most with about 40 eggs and the triplets had 25 - 30 each.















After eggs, we ate lunch and my mom got the kids a small inflatable bounce house which the spent a few minutes in after which we said, let's move this indoors because it was hot outside.  The fun continued inside and then ate lunch.



Naps came after lunch and we then let the kids play in the sprinkler and slide.  They loved it and were so funny.  Some the photos are hilarious.  Please excuse Kate in only underwear.  We aren't that redneck, we just didn't have a swimsuit for her.









Sunday morning, the kids got a few treats from us with some wrapped "saved" Christmas gifts from last Christmas (now Easter gifts) and we headed to church.  Again, another time to celebrate Christ and his resurrection.  Easter is my favorite holiday and time year - can't wait for next year!