He is Risen!

We had a full weekend celebration of Easter this year! On Saturday we had an Easter sandwich lunch and Easter egg hunt with Trav's side of the family. I didn't think Emma would really get into the Easter egg hunt or her Easter basket but she definitely proved me wrong! She sat for quite awhile going through her basket and after all of the other kids had wandered off she stood up with her basket and started walking around collecting everyone else's shiny chocolate eggs for her own basket:) For the Easter egg hunt Travis was her team-mate... he would walk to an egg.. lower her to the ground and she would pick up the egg, put it in her basket and then they would be on their way to the next egg! After the hunt we went inside for the kids to open their eggs. Emma came away with lots of candy, a bracelet and $2! Her favorite treat was her $2... she would clutch a dollar in each hand and run around the room screaming and laughing! Then she laid down on the floor and kicked her feet and screamed happy screams all while clutching her money:)
On Easter Sunday we helped out in Emma's nursery class... it was a treat because the Cannaday's were in there with us! Then we went to the Easter service which was FABULOUS! The sang and played all of my favorite Easter hymns... love it! After church we met up with Trav's family for a light lunch. Then we celebrated again that evening with a big Easter meal. Pork tenderloin with honey/pineapple glaze, (it was SO GOOD! Trav's dad makes the best meat!), fresh green beans, mashed potatoes and bread. And for dessert we had chocolate cake which I made! I'll have to post the recipe for that here in the next day or two... it is seriously the best cake recipe I have EVER had! And it's super easy to make too!
It was a great weekend of celebration and rememberance of what the Lord has done for us! Have a great week everyone!





The little thief with her shiny chocolate eggs:)
He is Risen!!!
"How old are you Emma?"
Easter morning:) This wasn't her original Easter dress. We tried on the original the day before Easter Sunday and poor little Emma couldn't go anywhere in it! It was a tad long and when she would try to crawl anywhere it would choke her!!! So... she'll wear her Easter dress in a few weeks when she's given up crawling completely and walks more!