Happy Easter!
It was a nice day today.
Dad got to get off a little early, so we could do the kids Easter egg hunt before church.
We did a little scavenger hunt, like we always do.
That is something that came from Grandma Ene......at least that is who started it with my kids :)
At the end they each had a gift and a framed picture of Christ,
Then we all got ready for church.
At church I received my Personal Progress Medallion :)
Yay.
It has been a lot of fun working on it, and I can't wait to delve back into it.....
Our lesson in Beehives was a great one.
Sister Reid had twelve eggs, and each of them had an object that symbolized the last week in Christ's life.
The girls each had an egg and read the paper inside telling about the object.
It was a really great lesson.
And Sydney made some cookies for me to give to the Beehives today....isn't she the greatest!
That's what fam is for!
(check last night's post if you don't get that ;)
After church we tried to get pictures......but my camera was acting up....still is.
So I got a picture, but it was really dark :(
I lightened it up a bit, so it's not too bad.
But the one of Dad and I had to be with the phone!
After pictures, we played a round of Phase 10.
We learned we need to start playing more games so that Port learns how to be a good sport.....
Every time he got skipped, he had a full on meltdown!!!!!
(Which of course encouraged more skipping......)
Then we started getting dinner ready and Bubble called to invite us to a little Easter egg hunt she had for Eldon's brother Bobby.
They take really good care of Bobby, and make sure he has time with family and lot's of fun.
Bobby has special needs, and has all his life.
He was so cute and showed us his medals he won in the Special Olympics a few weeks ago, for skiing.
He was so very proud!
The kids had fun.....and each egg had a coin of some kind in it!
Then we came home and had dinner.
Our home teachers came over and gave us a little message and a treat for the kids :)
After they left, we turned on some Mormon Channel videos.
They were so great to sit and watch and really feel the spirit and understand more of what Christ suffered and why he did what he did.
I just love Easter, and I am loving it more and more with each year.
The more I understand.....the more personal is becomes to me.
I am so thankful that Christ suffered for our sins.
So grateful we are able to repent of our sins so that we may be able to return to our Heavenly Father......and live with our families forever.
Something I learned last week from Sister Reid's lesson, that I hadn't ever thought of before.....
I always wondered why Christ had to suffer int he garden AND suffer on the cross.
Well with the fall of Adam, two things happened.
We were now mortal, and so physical death could now happen.
But Also, there was now spiritual death.
Spiritual death, meaning a separation from God.
Now when it came time for Christ to suffer for our sins, he needed to suffer for both our physical death, and our spiritual death.
The Garden of Gethsemane was the atonement for spiritual death.......
And being hung on the cross, for physical death.
Now maybe I have that all wrong, and I may have misinterpreted what she was telling us......
But it was so amazing to me......something new I had not really known.
And has helped me to be more grateful for the great and unimaginable sacrifice Christ made for us.
Anyway.......I just love this gospel and I am especially grateful for holidays like this where we get to really focus our attention on what has been done for us, so we may live again.
#hallelujah
Madi was super excited about the Easter egg hunt this morning :)
Madi- watercolor book and watercolor pencils, and her favorite picture of Christ
Cassi- quote frame and guitar strap and a beautiful picture of Christ walking on the water
Elsie- Pattern blocks and crayons and a picture of Christ with little children....a personal favorite....
Port- Baseball bat and balls and a picture of the resurrected Christ outside the tomb
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