Easter Week

The kids were beside themselves excited for Easter. They had multiple parties with school, friends, neighborhood, and family. The curse with not having much candy or goodies in our home very often has caused some slight contention and I'm about ready for it to be all gone. Thank goodness it almost is. But the kids have had a ball, except for when they were being disciplined for naughty behavior, which was often.

Our Neighborhood Egg Hunt: a very cold and windy day. Nathan's basket was full to the brim with eggs.

Nathan and Hannah each enjoyed Easter parties at school as well and came home loaded up with candy. They both were so sweet about sharing.

One of my favorite family traditions is the Eyre family Easter egg hunt and traditional egg-ala-golden rod breakfast. It never disappoints! It is a favorite of Aaron's as well. Good thing since I forgot to make it for him before we married, as it is a pre-requisite that one must LOVE this dish before joining our family. (j/k) The Easter egg hunt is of course the grand kids favorite part. My parents split their yard up according to ages. This year they added money to some of the eggs and had a special prize for whoever found the golden egg.

 Nathan found some money!

Nathan also found one of Dad's famous Easter eggs. None of us have ever mastered this art like he has.

Mom does such a good job decorating her house for each holiday. Not one of my strengths for sure. The tables were so cute. Each grandchild had a little toy at their spot. With 30+ people, we managed to squeeze in and enjoy our scrumptious meal!

The rest of our time together was enjoyed by dad talking to us about the true meaning of Easter. It's always a challenge to keep the children quiet, but this time more of the little kids wanted to hear what grandpa had to say and joined us for his lesson.

With all the fuss over the Easter Bunny during the week and the fun that that side of Easter brings, Aaron and I were excited to have a more meaningful Sunday. The kids woke up to their baskets with a little candy, but mainly they were full of underwear, socks, tights, and a new dress clothes for Sunday.

 Our morning was rocky at best. Poor Abigail has a splinter in her foot and was bawling this morning as we tried to get it out. No success! Of course, I wanted to get pictures of them in their cute outfits and it was positively beautiful outside, which was making Nathan cry because the sun was in his eyes, and Abigail wasn't finished crying from her foot either. So this is a much more realistic picture of how our morning went.

Fortunately, with the threat of no more candy if everyone didn't smile, we got some cute pictures. Hallelujah for candy!!!! (did I just say that?)

We had a combination of happiness and off the chart naughtiness all day. To end our day at church Nathan screamed bloody murder at me because he couldn't have a sucker that some of the 3 year olds received in their class. Wow! On the bright side, Hannah pulled a talk together last minute for primary. She wrote the whole thing by herself. It was positively darling! And she read it by herself as well, with very little help from me.

 

 

After church we had a yummy Easter meal and divine strawberry pie. Then Aaron shared the Easter story with the kids using plastic Easter eggs that each had a symbol representing the last week of the Saviors life on Earth. I wish I had taken pictures of it. The eggs contained a cloth, nails, thorns, bread, stone, and wood. I was so impressed with how well each of them understood what each one represented. You never know just how much they listen and then they show you by repeating everything we've been trying to teach them about this most important holiday.

Unfortunately, the night ended with Nathan having to go to bed early, but the few sweet moments we had during the day will be what we'll try to remember. I'm so grateful for Easter and for the Resurrection of the Savior. For the possibility that we can be together forever because of Him, and that we will see our loved ones again.