Easter

Easter Sunday is finally here! This is one of my favorite days of the year, not only do we get chocolate and new clothes but we celebrate one of the greatest miracles ever, the resurrection!

The kids and I got up early and got dressed so we could go to the early service at the BX. For those of you who don't attend BBC, this is the contemporary service at our church, the preaching is a live simulcast with the more traditional sanctuary service. I am so glad we went. The music was awesome and they sang one of my favorites, In Christ Alone/The Solid Rock and one of the kids' favorites, Mighty To Save. Pastor Robby preached a wonderful message on the sacrifice which was not something I had heard preached before. It was a very powerful service. After the service, we headed to Sunday School. The kids always enjoy going to their classes and learn so much. They just finished up a six week session on the covenant relationship between Jonathan and David. Once Sunday School was over we headed to the sanctuary to listen to the orchestra play the prelude. It was a powerful version of "Were You There" with a video reminiscent of the old black and white silent movies. It was a great way to start the service. Unfortunately we couldn't stay because I had nursery duty. The kids always enjoy helping me out with that! After church we headed home to change clothes before going over to Roy's parents' house for lunch and an egg hunt. Roy's sister, Allison, and her two boys, Peyton age 13 and Logan age 10, were there also. It was nice to get to relax and just enjoy the meal since Roy and Amy prepared/bought the food! When lunch was over, Roy, Allison and I headed outside to hide the eggs. The kids had a lot of fun hunting them and eating the candy. We ended up with 2 gallon-size bags of candy, which is way more than we need! Since we didn't have an evening service we headed home so the kids could get their Easter baskets. Sunday mornings never work for us to do that because Roy goes to church so much earlier than the rest of us. The kids loved their treats and we had to call MeMa and PePa and thank them.

I think it was a perfect way to celebrate Easter, wonderful worship and family time. It doesn't get much better than that!