Easter!

 We are trying to follow Elder Stevenson's council and make Easter more meaningful and more like Christmas. Of course, though, we also still did an Easter egg hunt. It's Audra's last one at home- at least for awhile- so we it was extra special.

 

I set up a special Easter display with our deceased family members. Honestly, it made me tear up every time I saw Matt's picture. He's too young. He shouldn't be in the display. But, ultimately, I do believe that because Christ is risen, Matt still lives. And that is what matters.

My parents were in town which was really nice.

The girls were excited to finally be able to wear their new dresses.

Easter hunt with the cousins:

We do a Mormon-ized Passover dinner every year. It's actually a pretty cool tradition that I have loved doing because it brings in Passover and ancient scripture. We do a Jerusalem dinner for Christmas, so it's nice to do a Passover dinner for Easter. Except we actually never had a night to to do it, so we ended up doing it for Easter lunch. That's probably a much more practical way for us to do it, and it worked out really well.

Overall, it was a great day. Mac and Ann hosted a wonderful dinner and evening, and it was a nice day to remember the importance of Easter.