Easter

Easter celebrations were not quite what I had hoped 

but for where we are 

and what we deal with daily

it was good.

In the end is it not mostly about

our children learning and living 

the truths of the story?

That happened

differently than I dreamed

but it happened.

Friday night we joined an "Upper room Experience" at a church closer to home than our regular church.  It was good - even if it was only our family and the pastor's family! (Most of the church did this in their small groups.)  It was very simple: songs, scripture portions with explanations for the children, lamb, bread, and juice.  Other than the necessary late night recovery the next day, it was a good start to the weekend.

Sunday we celebrated at church and then in the afternoon, the girls got their egg hunt in the park.  This year we put in Scripture verses of the story in a treasure hunt form.  They were so excited and speedy, it was hard to keep up with them!

Aiden soon gave up trying and had his own fun:

Walking the girls' friend's puppy

 and sliding down the hill...

only it is no longer dry and covered with dead leaves as he remembered

but rather green with new grass

and brown with wet muddy ground

after the newly started rains...

I think I should have changed him out of church clothes...

he ended up coming down on his tummy....

a muddy mess but full of smiles!

Monday morning we attempted breakfast on the beach

to live out the post resurrection stories.

Attempted because we forgot about the new rains

and had no dry wood to cook the fish!

But more than that

an engineering class

poured onto the beach

and set up a sand castle factory

right in front of us.

On an empty beach they set up right in front of us!

Grace didn't take too long in joining a group to learn also.

Aiden and Jasmin soon found it boring 

and went swimming in their clothes.

None of them all that interested in eating.

But we had fun.
And it was different.
Marked Easter. 
Maybe next year my back will allow better planning and execution ;o)