Easter Weekend {and lots of pics}

We had a fabulous (busy) Easter weekend and it started on Saturday morning when my neighbor texted me, letting me know there was a hot air balloon in the field in front of our house getting ready to take off.

 Ava, so excited, running to tell us all about it

 Millie loving it

Right after that we hurried out the door to head to our churches annual Easter egg hunt.  It always suprises me how many people are looking for an Easter egg hunt for their kids.  Our church is small (like 100 people on a good Sunday) and we had about 350 attend the hunt.

Paul and Millie getting the eggs ready

Ava guarding the eggs

 This was only part of the crowd there was also food and face painting going on inside and a bounce house and Easter bunny out front.

She had to hurry or she wasn't going to get any eggs

Easter is such a special time and I try to not let the kids focus solely on the bunny, and all the candy but on the real reason.....Jesus dieing for our sins and raising from the dead on the third day so that we may live with Him for ever.  Why He did that for me still blows my mind and I will probably never be able to understand it.  Sunday morning we celebrated at church and the kids memorized Matthew 28 and recited it during the morning service.

Eliza reciting her part.  I have no idea why she is reading it, because she 

had the entire thing memorized.

After church we headed to my sisters house for Easter lunch

cousins

 Millie trying to double fist the eggs while eating candy

. . . .and the hunt is on

When we got home that night I realized that I hadn't taken any pics of the girls in their skirts, so outside we went so I could snap a few.

Millie wasn't so sure

 and Ava definitely wasn't feeling it

1.2.3 JUMP

Told you that was a lot of pics...ha!!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend celebrating His Resurrection!!!