Happy Resurrection Day!

Happy Resurrection Sunday!!  I love Spring, Easter and the celebration of my Lord and Savior and everything it stands for.....new life, new creations, new beginnings.  We had day packed full of celebrations.

The kids acutally got their Easter treats before church this year since our church service wasn't until 11.  Last year I don't think they got to even see their baskets until 10pm that night!

Baskets were filled with pool toys, new flip flops, candy treats and some new movies.

After eating our Resurrection Rolls and I am sure a bunch of candy... ;) it was time to head off to church.  Our church plant has been meeting for 1 year now and we have been in Awhatukee for a year!  Time does fly by!

The kids did an Easter craft activity. Then it was time for some pictures:

My Beautiful girls!

My Handsome boys!

Trying to get a group picture!  No easy feat with this group!  LOL

After church we went home and changed and then headed to the park for food, fun and games.

Getting ready for an egg hunt!  

After the park we headed back home and Papa and Grandma came over and helped us color some eggs.

Easter

                         Happy Resurrection Sunday!!

Don't the kids look so cute all dressed up!  :)

What a day....both wonderful and exhausting all at the same time.  Good news is that this was are first and last time having to travel from Casa Grande to get to church.  We had to leave our house by 6:30am....crazy!.  We have found a house  up in the valley and we will be moving in a couple of weeks. (More on that later.) 

So like I said we left super early to get to church in time to help set up.  We had quite a few visitors which was great!  After church we were all ready to go to Nana's (Nikki's mom's) for lunch and to hang out for the afternoon.  The kids had a great time playing bubbles, swinging, playing on the water slide and Nana made all kinds of wonderful food!!!  :)

After Nana's we stopped back at Dan and Nikki's for awhile and then Jay's dad and Donna met us there so we could take them by to see our new house. We went by there and then headed back to CG.  By time we got home it was 9pm but the kids were still excited to finally get to get their Easter baskets.  They waited patiently, not so patiently all day.  :)  Our new house has a pool so the easter bunny brought lots of new pool toys.  ;)

Jadon didn't wake up at all.  He got to open his basket the next morning.

I hope you all had a blessed Easter !

Easter

"He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying." Matthew 28: 6

Easter morning was a flurry of excitement getting ready for church. The girls got to wear their new dresses. We were all in some shade of teal. (Aunt Jutem got us started by buying Alexa and Savannah's Easter dress while she was here visiting) The boys had new shirts and everyone had new sandals. (Buying shoes for this crew is CRAZY!!) Now of course new clothes was not our entire focus but it was fun to dress up and we all don't get brand new clothes that often.

By time we woke up and started getting ready, Jay had already been at church for a couple of hours! Our church has an Easter sunrise service (5:30am). Umm yeah we won't be making this a tradition until the kids are older! ;) So we showed up for Sunday school at a more reasonable hour of 9:30am and then church at 11.

The Easter bunny comes some time while we are at church to fill the kids baskets. That way our first focus of the day is Our Lord and Savior and then we come home for fun and games. This year we also invited family over to celebrate Savannah's birthday as well. (see next post)

The kids got bubbles, hula hoops, jump ropes, a nerf gun, Jadon got a big bouncy ball and of course there was plenty of candy and chocolate!












After the enjoying of baskets, family came over and we had a yummy meal and celebrated Savannah's birthday. Then we went with my sister and her family to a nearby park and she took pictures of the kids and our families. They turned out beautiful! I will post some here soon.

When we came back all the kids participated in an egg hunt out in our back yard.


This is a picture of my mom (My dad was sick and couldn't make it) with 11 out of 14 of their grand kids.

I didn't take many pics of the egg hunt. However I made Tyler and Anastasia pose for this one. Because as they were all looking for eggs I was thinking back to their first Easter and them looking for eggs together. Now look at them!!! Love you guys and thanks for indulging me in this picture!


This is a collage my sister made of some of the Easter pictures! I LOVE IT!

Happy Resurrection Sunday!!!

Resurrection Rolls

When teaching my children, I love finding ways that are hands on and fun. Add edible to that mix and score! We have a keeper. We have made Resurrection rolls for several years now. It is our Easter morning tradition. They are super simple to make and taste great.

Here are my amazing chefs! ;)

The only ingredients you need are:

pkg of crescent rolls

marshmallows

melted butter

cinnamon/sugar mixture

The marshmallow represents Jesus's body. The butter represents the oil used in anointing the dead body. The cinnamon represents the spices used in burial.

So dip the marshmallow in the butter and then roll in the cinnamon.

The crescent rolls represents the tomb Jesus was buried in. Wrap the marshmallow in the "tomb" Pinch the edges to seal tightly.

Place on a slightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 10-12 mins.

After they cool and the kids take a bite they will see that the "tomb" is empty!