Easter weekend was filled with lots of fun and festivities.
We kicked off Good Friday with a trip to see the Easter Bunny.
Absolutely no significance in this other than Kirkley loves a costumed animal,
and we stumbled upon the Easter Bunny at the mall a few weeks ago.
She never forgot and asked for the next few weeks...
Monday, after discussing Easter weekend had come to a close,
she asked what holiday was next. I said Mother's Day and she said,
"Will there be a mother at the mall for us to take our picture with?"
Alex and got to spend Good Friday evening at Secret Church.
Once it's posted to listen and print, we highly recommend.
I didn't make it all 6+ hours so I need to catch up too!
Saturday morning, Kirkley was thrilled to see the trail of eggs outside her door!
Jay was more interested in Kirkley's Easter basket than his!
We kicked off Good Friday with a trip to see the Easter Bunny.
Absolutely no significance in this other than Kirkley loves a costumed animal,
and we stumbled upon the Easter Bunny at the mall a few weeks ago.
She never forgot and asked for the next few weeks...
she asked what holiday was next. I said Mother's Day and she said,
"Will there be a mother at the mall for us to take our picture with?"
Alex and got to spend Good Friday evening at Secret Church.
Once it's posted to listen and print, we highly recommend.
I didn't make it all 6+ hours so I need to catch up too!
Saturday morning, Kirkley was thrilled to see the trail of eggs outside her door!
Then we were off to our Sunday school egg hunt.
Jay took us by surprise and was ready to hunt!
Kirkley had asked to make an "Easterbread house,"
and had to settle for bunny cookies when I told her that didn't exist.
She also painted her eggs this year instead of dying which was 100% less stressful.
Kirkley and I got to take a special trip Saturday afternoon to take Easter treats
to children in the peds unit.
This was the first time we'd seen her soooo excited to do for someone else.
She helped purchase, pack, and deliver all of the bags.
The kids were noncontagious so it was extra special to get to meet them and deliver personally!
She was so touched that the children were so excited to get their bags.
Reminded us of our Easter weekend there two years ago
and the sweet friends and family that came to help out!
This was a great new tradition!
We woke up Sunday to resurrection buns...
"One more Jesus to go!"
Hoping the theology of Jesus as a marshmallow translates one day! :)
We did took supplies/recipes to neighbors who gave us interesting looks.
We love these...maybe they did too!
We spent Easter Sunday at church then at
the Hamiters for Easter lunch for 50+ college students that didn't get to go home.
This was one of our favorite Easter Sundays.
So fun to make trays and trays of things -- they were hilarious to overhear,
"Broccoli casserole!" "Pretzel salad!" Made it so fun to do this for them.
Made us feel like we had a big ole family!
The students hid eggs for the kids, we had a yummy lunch, and enjoyed the afternoon!
Mallory, one of our favorites from the beach mission trip, was there.
Kirkley loves these girls we've gotten to know!
Easter Sunday concluded with a Passover style meal at our church
similar to the one offered at the LaGrange Explorations in Antiquity Center.
Kirkley attended with us and loved the charoset (especially compared to the bitter herbs!).
If you're near LaGrange, Georgia, I so recommend making a trip to the center.
Book a reservation to do the meal, check on the children's programs (there are summer day camps), and go see awesome replications that bring so many Biblical stories/scenes to life!
When reading these stories, I forget they don't know what a cave, tent, etc. look like.
We plan to take K soon!
We hope everyone had a blessed Easter weekend!
5When Christ came into the world, He said,
"Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but a body have You prepared for Me;
6in burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no pleasure.
7Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God, as it is written of Me in the scroll of the book.'"
Mallory, one of our favorites from the beach mission trip, was there.
Kirkley loves these girls we've gotten to know!
Easter Sunday concluded with a Passover style meal at our church
similar to the one offered at the LaGrange Explorations in Antiquity Center.
Kirkley attended with us and loved the charoset (especially compared to the bitter herbs!).
If you're near LaGrange, Georgia, I so recommend making a trip to the center.
Book a reservation to do the meal, check on the children's programs (there are summer day camps), and go see awesome replications that bring so many Biblical stories/scenes to life!
When reading these stories, I forget they don't know what a cave, tent, etc. look like.
We plan to take K soon!
We hope everyone had a blessed Easter weekend!
5When Christ came into the world, He said,
"Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but a body have You prepared for Me;
6in burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no pleasure.
7Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God, as it is written of Me in the scroll of the book.'"
8When He said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),
9then He added, "Behold, I have come to do your will."
He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
10And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11And every priest stands daily at His service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins.
12But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins,
He sat down at the right hand of God,
13waiting from that time until His enemies should be made a footstool for His feet.
14For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put My laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,"
16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put My laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,"
17then He adds,
"I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."
"I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."
18Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20by the new and living way that He opened for us through the curtain, that is, through His flesh, 21and since we have a Great Priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 10:5-25 ESV
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I love their Easter baskets? Did you make them or are they something you ordered! I love them!
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