Happy Easter!

We spent the night at Gigi and Papa's house after going to Jefferson City for my grandparents' Easter. Spending the night is always soo exciting for the kids! Bella can't wait to go to sleep in her bed at Gigi and Papa's! She's always getting "sleepy" in the middle of the day just so she can go and visit her room. Haha! We got up early as usual and the kids found their baskets from the Easter bunny. They got socks, PJ's for Ben and an outfit for Bella, bubbles, chapstick, a chocolate bunny, and stickers. Then they found the eggs that were hidden around the living room. We got ready and went to church with Gigi and Papa where there was another egg hunt! After church we had another amazing lunch of ham, asparagus, deviled eggs, rolls, and fruit salad. We had carrot cake, peanut butter brownie bites, and sugar cookies for dessert! Yum! The kids took naps and then we had the big egg hunt out back. It was so fun with so much territory to cover! The biggest hit these days is the new truck! Benjamin has gotten pretty good at steering and loves putting stuff in the back as he drives around! The girls were so cute driving their Easter baskets around! We were blessed with amazing weather to enjoy most of the day outside!

I'm so proud of Bella this year. She's really learned a lot about why we celebrate Easter. She goes on and on every time we see a cross about how Jesus died on the cross to wash us clean and now he LIVES! She's so sweet! She does go off on her own thoughts at times. She was telling me the Easter story one day and then added on that Jesus washes us clean of germs, and we need to remember to brush our teeth and spit out the toothpaste! "Don't swallow", she said! Benjamin really enjoyed the resurrection eggs this year! He really loved the rock which symbolized the boulder in front of Jesus' tomb. One day he grabbed the rock, unlocked and opened the door to the deck, ran out and threw the rock as far as he could! Luckily I found our Jesus rock! I explained that this was a special rock and that it doesn't belong outside. He seemed to understand because he didn't do that again!