Today in Pictures

We had a great day dying eggs and adventuring with "the cousins". Enjoy a peek into our day, jammies, crazy antics and all.

The "ugly egg" (dipped in every color) wasn't even close to ugly this year.

Who could bring the biggest rock up the hill.

Rock rolling contests ensued.

Everyone competed.

Some of us preferred being spectators

Venturing down the hill...

further...

and further...

and further still.

Now for a throw back from a few years ago...

2009 (I believe?)

2014

March Slump (what we've been up to)

I started off strong with regular posts in January and February then March hit.  Can you say slump?  Oh how I long for the sun, warmth and green of Spring.  Here's hoping it really is just around the corner.

Regardless of the regularity of my posting, life has continued around here.  Never a dull moment and lots of connection going on.

Our newest obsession: Board Games.  We were gifted with some unexpected funds so we went all out and bought two incredibly fun games to play as a family.  Justin and I both love playing them together and Lydia can't get enough.

Ticket to Ride (my favorite!)

Three Players makes it interesting.

Ticket to Ride - Africa Expansion. In our house this includes praying for the cities we are traveling between

Carcassonne

If you like board games I would definitely recommend checking these out. I had a blog planned about how we surprised the girls with a scavenger hunt to find these games, but this will have to do.

Random March pictures:

Forts and book.  Lots and lots of books!

Cushion mazes

Veterinary Clinic with Dr. Emma

Easter Pictures:

We had an "unplugged" week leading up to Easter so I made these pillow case covers so they would have a soft cushion to carry around wherever they wanted.

All different symbols of the Easter story

Resurrection Cake

Easter Egg Hunt with Mana

The Cousins annual Easter Egg Hunt Picture

Teaching Hoppy and Mana Ticket to Ride

Hoppy and his two girls

Mana and the girls looking at Resurrection Eggs

Mom, me, Lydia and Emma after church

Thanks for reading and catching up with whats going on in our litter corner of the world.  Blessings!

Easter Activities

He is Risen!  He is Risen Indeed!

I love Easter.  The story of Easter is what give us hope in this dark world and is the most life changing story of all time.  We have already been working through some activities surrounding the Easter story and the girls are getting to better understand a rather difficult story.

Next week, we will review the Passion week activities starting with Palm Sunday.  The book we are basing our activities is found here on Amazon.  Each day and part of the story has a different color assigned to it.

Green - palms
Purple - bread and wine shared with friends
Red - Jesus' death
Brown - grave
White - Angel said "He's Risen"
Yellow - bright sun

It is just a nice, simple book that is not too deep for little kids to understand.  Because the girls are much older and able to understand I plan on reviewing the Exodus from Egypt more to help them understand the idea of sacrifice and the idea of the perfect lamb.  One day I want to plan a real Seder dinner but not just yet.

I have seen pictures of lots of different Resurrection Gardens and have plans for making one of our own.

Lots of fun and reflection involved.  Blessings to you and praying you come to a greater understanding of the Hope of Easter!