Easter/Spring Pics

Even though family Easter pictures were a bust (see previous post), I thought I would try to get some fun spring shots of the kids altogether. I'll let you judge from the sequence below as to how successful I was.

Eden donning the dress she wore on Easter Sunday, along with her ever present smile.


Loved the shoes, and so did Eden. I'd say she loved them a little too much.




Lincoln is showing off his loot from the Easter bunny, though not quite prepared for the camera flash that early in the morning.

I really debated as to whether or not I was going to even give the kids Easter baskets this year. Not because they didn't deserve them, but I was wanting to put more of a spiritual focus on Easter instead of it being all about the candy. It's funny, but they weren't even expecting them as we hadn't talked much about the Easter bunny. As you can see, I caved in and sort of compromised. I figured I could do less candy and include some activities and books. I'm still figuring out what our traditions will be, but I think they will include the baskets.

Our primary presidency did an amazing activity with the kids the Saturday before Easter at the church. Max was really looking forward to it and kept mentioning it all week. The theme was "Building my Eternal Family" thus the construction hats. They divided the children into two groups. Max and Lincoln put together a lesson for family home evening. The lesson was all about what makes us a special person in our family. We used the lesson that following Monday and the boys loved it, especially when we ended by watching old family videos. In the second activity the children had to follow cut-out foot prints and clues to find puzzle pieces throughout the building. Each puzzle piece and clue related to things we can do to have an eternal family. Lincoln is proudly holding up is completed puzzle. He had a great time searching for the puzzle pieces. The last, and most anticipated activity was the Easter egg hunt. They held it indoors because it was raining and the kids had a great time loading up their baskets. This time I kept a careful eye on Max so as not to have a repeat of last year when he came away with a basket overflowing with eggs.