Easter

I was hoping to write something profound about Easter, but came across this blog post and realized that someone else had done it better than I could. It's written by the daughter of some friends. Her dad sent us her blog address when his granddaughter was born, so that we could oooh and aaah over the baby pictures (which we did). Hopefully she doesn't mind a random stranger reading her blog, but I've been hooked ever since, and wish I had gotten to know her before she moved away.

In the meantime we managed to incorporate just about every tradition both sacred and secular into our Easter Sunday, with a celebratory church service in the morning followed by a 20-person meal at grandpa's house, an Easter egg hunt in the snow, bunny cake (in the tradition of grandma K), and hot cross buns.

The celebration was rounded out by the presence of my sister and her family who are preparing to move to Tanzania. My kids love their cousins and time with them always feels precious now.

Finally, I snapped some pictures of the kids. I managed to catch 2 out of 3 before they changed their clothes. Jonathan hates wearing "fancy" clothes, and managed to escape from their constraints within minutes of walking in the door.
But the other two look good enough to eat, I think!