Easter 2012

I am finally getting around to blogging about Easter this year.  We celebrate all week long with different activities.  Monday we talked about the Easter story using the pictures from the gospel art kit.  Then I took the pictures and taped them up on a wall in the house.  We left it up all week and it was a nice reminder for the kids (and myself!).  

We also learned a new song - which Gage got to sing with his best friend Luca in Sacrament Meeting at church Easter Sunday in front of the whole congregation!  I thought when they asked us if he could sing it that they asked that both my boys could sing it, so Noah learned it too.  He did such a great job and practiced so hard, but when we got there Sunday his name wasn't on the program.  He was a little heart-broken, but he recovered.  Gage did an awesome job singing the song.  He loves to sing.

Friday night we had some friends over and we made our annual Resurrection Cookies.

Friday one of my sisters and her family flew in from Utah.  It was great to have extra family here and the kids had a lot of fun with their cousins.

Saturday started the big festivities.  I started to post all the pictures, but quickly realized I had too many so I made some quick pages.

Saturday morning we headed to the church for the kid Easter egg hunt.  Avery is such a girl, she would only pick up pink or purple eggs!

Saturday afternoon we dyed Easter Eggs with our cousins in Olympia.

And then Saturday night we headed out for the annual egg roll.  It was fun introducing my sister's family to this silly tradition.

Sunday was a great Easter day.  We spent time together as a family, enjoyed church service, ate too much food at my parents and enjoyed the spirit of the day.  And I didn't take a single picture!

It was a perfect Easter Season.