Eggs!

My girls have had some really fun things to do these last couple days... and most of the excitement had to do with eggs. Friday we went to the Lovin' Learnin' Easter Egg hunt. (That is Melanie's preschool). The girls got to participate in a lot of fun things, including a craft, a few games, and an egg hunt! It was a lot of fun.

Before we played the Bee Toss, we had to get a picture. My girls make beautiful flowers, if you ask me.

The ring toss was a lot of fun. I was impressed that Melanie succeeded on her first try! Way to go Melanie.

Noelle tried to cheat and get closer, but Jarom (working the booth), wouldn't let her. Eventually I reminded him that she was just little and he let her get away with it. As a prize, he danced for the girls. It was fun, and the girls loved it.

Oliver hung out in his stroller, playing with his little toy.

Then it was time for the egg hunt!

Both girls have different approaches tot he hunt. Noelle's approach: Get as many as possible first, then check them out. Melanie's approach: Find an egg, open it, see what's inside, look at it some more... and then wonder why the other eggs have disappeared. It's pretty funny, actually. Her friend, Josh, gave her a bunch of eggs. It was a win-win. She got eggs, and he got to look for *more* eggs. :) Thanks Josh!

After the hunt, we came home and had lunch. For fun, I made them this lunch:

Yum, yum!

And for fun, they turned the eggs into a tower.

Friday night we attended the Dinosaur Egg hunt at the Arizona Museum of Natural History.

The girls had fun finding eggs, and re-hiding some (You could only take 5 home, so if you found more than that, you could re-hide them for other kids).

On Saturday, the girls went hiking and played at a friend's house. No eggs, but still fun. Sunday was Easter. Before church we had some fun at home. The kids got up early (I mean REALLY REALLY early). Eventually we couldn't convince them to "snuggle" with us in bed any longer, we we let them go into the living room.

That's where they found their Easter baskets (full with lunch boxes, books, and note books), and then went on an egg hunt in our living room!

It was Egg-celent.

We sent the rest of the day at church and with family. Easter can be a fun day, but the true importance of Easter is to remember our Savor, Jesus Christ. During sacrament yesterday, the youth speaker said "Everything He did on Earth was for us". I really like that. It's true. There wasn't a single thing He did while He was on this Earth that wasn't for us. He was the perfect example of how we should live. And He suffered all for us, then conquered death, for us. It has hit me more this year, as I have pondered this, then it ever really has in the past.

Happy Easter