Pre-Easter Fun

Since Dustin works all morning on Easter (he leaves by 4:30 and gets home at 3pm) we have decided to start a different tradition--having an Easter egg hunt the Saturday before Easter Sunday. It was really fun. Emma and I dyed the eggs on Friday night. And Dustin hid them Saturday morning. And before we went on our hunt I gave them their Easter baskets. Inside Emma's basket was her first Barbie doll--I got her Cinderella because she has a modest dress and light makeup. :)

Miley carried around the egg carton. Here they go . . .

Here is Emma finding her first egg

Here is her basket. The eggs got pretty tore up after we hid them 3 times.
Miley getting an egg. She actually grabbed it too hard and pieces of it flew everywhere!
See!!!Miley with Emma's basket
Miley with the swings

Miley climbing up the burning slide. Oww.Emma eating a hard boiled egg after the hunt.
Counting her eggs.
It was so much fun.

Some people don't celebrate this stuff because they think it is pagan, but honestly you can teach so many spiritual lessons with these things--lessons about being made new, the resurection, and how God changes us when we let him into our hearts. When we celebrate this holiday as "Easter" we are really demonstrating our right to celebrate our belief in Christ no matter what persecution comes against us!!!

HOSANNA!!!!