Easter '10

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures..."

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (New International Version)

We ended up making an unexpected trip to Shelton for Easter, well, unexpected until last weekend. Last Sunday night, Chad got a call that his grandpa had passed away. There were health problems and we all knew it might be soon but he sure fought for a long time and will be greatly missed. So, we came over to spend time with Chad's mom and the rest of the family and his service will be next month on (what would have been) his 81st birthday.

We had a really great time spending time with family and the kids had a blast playing with all of their 2nd and 3rd cousins, especially KJ! On Saturday, Chad's aunt, uncle, cousins and their kids all came over to decorate Easter eggs and then there was a hunt to find them. KJ was so excited to have all of the kids around and then later on that day 2 more of his 3rd cousins came over so he had a pretty great day!

Sunday we had breakfast and spent some time with more family doing another Easter egg hunt and then headed over to Chad's Uncle Bob's for lunch/brunch. The kids were pretty wiped out by the time we got back.

We have been trying to teach KJ what holidays are truly about so that he doesn't think they are just another opportunity to get gifts/candy. He knows that Easter is about Jesus and that Jesus died on the cross... the rest he is still learning. It's pretty great watching your children learn especially when it's about our Savior.

We are heading home today as long as the weater cooperates, here are a few pictures from our Easter weekend fun.