Easter 2012

Oh, I just love Easter week. We did all of our usual things. I'm thinking we will be ready to change a few things up next year, keep the older kiddo's paying attention. We had our Palm Sunday family night reenactment with a couple of other families in the ward. And for the second year in a row, I didn't get any pictures. :( Throughout the rest of the week we read other stories from our Easter book and from the scriptures.

We enjoyed the 4th annual L* family Jerusalem dinner al fresco. I didn't make a full seder plate this time, but we had charoset and maror with our broiled fish and cucumber salad. I love reading through the explanations for all the ritual foods of the passover on this Thursday night every year. And, note to self, take a pass on the goat cheese next year.

We were invited to an Easter egg hunt and brunch with some other families from our ward. Eden got to hit the field first as she was the youngest of the group.

Check out Eden's cheeser. Lately this is what she is giving us when we ask for a smile. This is now my favorite picture of all time.

We spent a lot of the weekend in the pool, but took a break to die some eggs. As usual, Grace went for the gusto.

The night before Easter Sunday, we made Easter story cookies. Though nothing will match the reaction and the teaching moment that happened the first time we made these cookies, I love going through the scriptures and the story that are part of the recipe.

And here they are the next morning, empty little rocky tombs:

Sunday was pretty great. Gracie sang in the choir with me and Cori. Eden was a fussy mess throughout the first two hours of church, but finally settled down in nursery for the third hour. I got to help out in sharing time for their special Easter lesson which was lovely for me. Brett and Tiff brought a cheesecake and shared the rest of the day with us. Now, to renew our efforts to keep this focus until next Easter!