The girls hunted diligently, until one of the eggs broke open and they realized that Goldfish crackers were hidden inside. Then, the hunt took on a different pace. Find egg, pry open, share crackers, repeat....
On Saturday night, we invited Matt's former student Whitny to join us for dinner. Whitny acted as a tour guide for my uncle Charlie, aunt Linda and cousins Kate and Emily when they spent a month in China last summer. Dad brought her at WFU tshirt
The girls got Easter baskets with little treats on Easter morning. Based on my cousin Susan's suggestion, I had made my Grandmother Doris Crissman's sweet bread the night before - I made part of the dough into a Swedish tea ring that we ate for breakfast. We talked to Grandma and Grandpa in North Dakota before heading to church.
After church, we went to the Huffs for Easter lunch - yum! I used the same sweet bread dough and made rolls that were delicious :)
After lunch was over, Erin Ashley and I got ready for the party while the guys did dish duty. We invited some of our friends from the neighborhood to celebrate with us (they know NOTHING about Easter or what it means or anything) - I made the salt dough cross ornaments and EA painted them with pastel colors.
When the guests arrived, we had them paint their names on a cross. It was a great way to learn names, and they had fun too!
After the painting, we headed outside for an Easter egg hunt. Thanks to her Friday "practice run" with Kayleigh, Julianna was ready. She was the first one out the door and ran straight for the yard. Mrs. Soon enjoyed helping her locate eggs.
Driver Yan finding an egg hidden in atree (look at Dad laughing! he was the "egg hider")
"Grandma Wang"... she lives in our complex and delivers milk & yogurt to our house every day. She mainly snuggled with Lydia, but also managed to snag an egg during the hunt!
When the hunt was over, we headed back inside to open the eggs. We used the "resurrection eggs" - in each egg was some candy and also a symbol from the Easter story (things like a little plastic donkey, a crown, a spear, a stone, etc). So, we got to tell them the Easter story using the symbols. Here's the whole party gang together!
What a fun way to celebrate Easter weekend!
4 comments:
Awesome!! Sounds like an awesome Easter. We had a much more low key day than you guys did. The only crazy part to our day was teaching the 3 year old sunday school class. It was exciting. Love julie
Looks like you had a Great Celebration! What fun! Love that Julianna couldn't wait to east what was inside the Easter eggs:)
Love all of the pictures!!
Happy Easter Friend! Jesus is Alive!:)
Ahhh...Looks like an amazing easter! It's awesome you could see Whitny too. She was a fabulous guide.
-Kate
Great idea to invite your friends - a memorable Easter Sunday for you all. Love the photos - a picture says so much more! Love, Mom/Grandmama
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